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At least the first three episodes of '''''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''''' were released on the [[Betamax]] format before its demise in the early 1990s.
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Episodes of '''''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''''' are known to have been released on the [[Betamax]] format in the UK in the late 1980s and in the US in the early 1990s.
   
 
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== Releases ==
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== UK releases ==
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At least two Betamax tapes were released in the UK by [[CIC Video]] in {{y|1987}}. As with the [[TNG Season 1 UK VHS#Rental release|VHS release]] of the time these were intended for the rental market.
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! style="text-align:center;" |Episodes
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! style="text-align:center;" |Release Date
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! style="text-align:center;" |Certificate
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! style="text-align:center;" |Catalogue No.
 
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! style="width:2%; text-align:center;" |Tape
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|style="text-align:center;" |1
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|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TNG Vol 1 UK rental video cover.jpg|150px|Cover of Volume 1.]]
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:{{e|Encounter at Farpoint}}
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|{{y|1987}}
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|U
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|BEB 2261
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|style="text-align:center;" |2
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|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TNG Vol 2 UK rental video cover.jpg|150px|Cover of Volume 2.]]
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:{{e|The Naked Now}}
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:{{e|Code of Honor}}<ref name="code">This episode was given the title of "Code of Honour" on the video sleeve.</ref>
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|{{y|1987}}
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|PG
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|''Unknown''
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== US releases ==
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The first three episodes were released on the Betamax format in the US by [[Paramount Home Video]] in {{y|1991}} before its demise in the early 1990s. These tapes used the same packaging as the [[TNG Season 1 US VHS|VHS release]] with the only difference being that a "Beta" sticker was applied to each cover.
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! style="text-align:center; width:5%;"|Tape
 
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|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TNG 01 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 01]]
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|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TNG 01 Beta.jpg|150px|Cover of Tape 1]]
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|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TNG 02 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 02]]
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|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TNG 02 Beta.jpg|150px|Cover of Tape 2]]
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|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TNG 03 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 03]]
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|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TNG 03 Beta.jpg|150px|Cover of Tape 3]]
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==Footnotes==
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<references />
   
 
==See also==
  
==See also==

Revision as of 08:11, 19 August 2014

Template:Realworld Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation are known to have been released on the Betamax format in the UK in the late 1980s and in the US in the early 1990s.

Betamax releases
The Original Series • The Animated Series • Star Trek films • The Next Generation

UK releases

At least two Betamax tapes were released in the UK by CIC Video in 1987. As with the VHS release of the time these were intended for the rental market.

Vol. Cover Episodes Release Date Certificate Catalogue No.
1 Cover of Volume 1.
"Encounter at Farpoint"
 1987 U BEB 2261
2 Cover of Volume 2.
"The Naked Now"
"Code of Honor"[1]
 1987 PG Unknown

US releases

The first three episodes were released on the Betamax format in the US by Paramount Home Video in 1991 before its demise in the early 1990s. These tapes used the same packaging as the VHS release with the only difference being that a "Beta" sticker was applied to each cover.

Tape Cover Episode Release Date Reference
1 Cover of Tape 1
"Encounter at Farpoint"
 5 September 1991 40270-721
2 Cover of Tape 2
"The Naked Now"
 5 September 1991 40270-103
3 Cover of Tape 3
"Code of Honor"
 5 September 1991 40270-104

Footnotes

  1. ↑ This episode was given the title of "Code of Honour" on the video sleeve.

See also

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