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Offline Death_Merchant

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View Original Trek for free on CBS
« on: February 24, 2008, 10:27:09 pm »
http://www.cbs.com/classics/star_trek/video/video.php?cid=619493214&cc=0

All three seasons of Star Trek appear to be available in their entirety. All you need is a browser with Flash installed and a willingness to sit through the occasional 15- or 30-second commercial.

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Re: View Original Trek for free on CBS
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2008, 10:58:22 pm »
Nice Find Death_Merchant. Are this the remastered or norm? not that it matters, It's all good tv.

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Re: View Original Trek for free on CBS
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2008, 11:04:52 pm »
this content is currently unavailable :(  :'(

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Re: View Original Trek for free on CBS
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2008, 11:30:11 pm »
It's original, not remastered.
Seems to be complete, where the remastered had some edits for time.

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Re: View Original Trek for free on CBS
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2008, 06:46:31 am »
 :'(

i wanted to see startrek  :rant:

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Re: View Original Trek for free on CBS
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2008, 08:49:27 am »
You can also access the content through means like Openhulu.. instructions are there if you want to go that route. 

Guys, before posting these kinds of links.. please realise that a lot of these links may or may not work outside the US because of IP filtering.... any IP coming from outside the US to these channels are being funneled to messages about not being allowed to view this content because they're outside the US.
..ooOOoo..totally useless information..ooOOoo..

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Re: View Original Trek for free on CBS
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2008, 12:13:19 pm »
Lots of places seem to be offering the TOS videos for free.  It's almost as if, since the advent of Remastered Trek, the original series is considered a worthless property.  Oh, for those who can't access the CBS videos here's a link to a Comcast site with the same shows.  I hope the link works for everyone.


http://www.fancast.com/videos/star%20trek
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Re: View Original Trek for free on CBS
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2008, 03:26:50 pm »
I've seen the on-air versions of Remastered and I much prefer the originals. The remastered episodes are butchered for commercial time, they're not worth looking at until they hit DVD uncut.
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Re: View Original Trek for free on CBS
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2008, 07:30:45 pm »
Awe some.
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Re: View Original Trek for free on CBS
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2008, 05:43:59 pm »
Very cool! Nothing beats the oldies.

I also noticed that they are continually uploading all of the Animated Trek to Youtube.com, each episode broken up into three parts. A couple of users add a few every couple of weeks. Lots of fun, and IMO the stories are better than the average TOS episode. (And I finally learned how to pronounce ka-ZINTI)  :police:

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Re: View Original Trek for free on CBS
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2008, 10:17:36 am »
A couple of episodes missing, though.

I wonder if they know.  I wonder if they care!
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