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Blu-ray Disc

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Blu-ray Disc (BD or Blu-ray) is a high-definition home entertainment format. Launched in 2006, it competed briefly with HD-DVD before becoming the preferred high-definition format.

Star Trek releases on Blu-ray had commenced in April 2009 with season one of The Original Series.

[edit] Regions

Blu-ray releases, much like DVDs are divided into separate regions, to restrict the areas specific discs can be played. The following is a guide to the regions and which areas of the world they relate to:

Region Country
0 "Region free" releases
A East Asia (except Mainland China and Mongolia), Southeast Asia, the Americas and their dependencies.
B Africa, Southwest Asia, Europe (except Russia), Oceania and their dependencies.
C Central Asia, East Asia (Mainland China and Mongolia only), South Asia, central Eurasia and their dependencies.

[edit] Blu-ray release chronology

Date Region Product released
2009
27 April B TOS Season 1 Blu-ray; Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection (Blu-ray)
28 April A TOS Season 1 Blu-ray
11 May B The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock, The Voyage Home, The Undiscovered Country
12 May A Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection (Blu-ray); Star Trek: Motion Picture Trilogy
22 September A TOS Season 2 Blu-ray; Star Trek: The Next Generation Motion Picture Collection; The Wrath of Khan, The Voyage Home, The Undiscovered Country, First Contact
16 November B TOS Season 2 Blu-ray; Star Trek: The Next Generation Motion Picture Collection; Star Trek: Motion Picture Trilogy; Star Trek; Star Trek: Legends of the Final Frontier Collection
17 November A Star Trek
15 December A TOS Season 3 Blu-ray
2010
22 March B Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, Star Trek Nemesis.
To be announced B TOS Season 3 Blu-ray

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