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(written from a Production point of view)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 commenced in April 2009 with season one of The Original Series.
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
| Map
|
| 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.
|
Blu-ray release chronology 
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| Date
| Region
| Product released
|
| 2009
|
| 27 April
| B
| TOS Season 1 Blu-ray; Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection
|
| 28 April
| A
| TOS Season 1 Blu-ray
|
| 11 May
| B
| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
|
| 12 May
| A
| Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection; Star Trek: Motion Picture Trilogy
|
| 26 June
| A
| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- Japanese region A only
|
| 22 September
| A
| TOS Season 2 Blu-ray; Star Trek: The Next Generation Motion Picture Collection; Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Star Trek: First Contact
|
| 6 November
| A
| Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, Star Trek Nemesis
- Japanese region A only
|
| 16 November
| B
| TOS Season 2 Blu-ray; Star Trek: The Next Generation Motion Picture Collection; Star Trek: Motion Picture Trilogy; Star Trek (Three disc); Star Trek: Legends of the Final Frontier Collection
|
| 17 November
| A
| Star Trek
|
| 15 December
| A
| TOS Season 3 Blu-ray; Star Trek: The Original Series - Seasons 1-3
|
| 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; TOS Season 3 Blu-ray
|
| 19 October
| A
| Star Trek (single disc)
|
| 1 November
| B
| Star Trek (single disc)
|
| 2011
|
| 29 March
| A
| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan/Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country/Star Trek: First Contact
|
| 2 May
| B
| Star Trek: The Original Series Complete
|
| 2012
|
| 30 January
| B
| Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Next Level
|
| 31 January
| A
| Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Next Level
|
| 23 July
| B
| Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 1
|
| 24 July
| A
| Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 1
|
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