Changes: Star Trek: The Next Generation (Betamax)

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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		"Encounter at Farpoint"	1987	U	BEB 2261
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	Episode	Release Date	Reference
1	"Encounter at Farpoint"	5 September 1991	40270-721
2	"The Naked Now"	5 September 1991	40270-103
3	"Code of Honor"	5 September 1991	40270-104

Turkish release

At least one tape featuring the pilot episode was released in Turkey by local distributor Özen Film.

Tape	Cover	Episode	Release Date	Reference
1	No image yet	"Encounter at Farpoint"	Unknown	21

Footnotes

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

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-The first three episodes of '''''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''''' were released on the [[Betamax]] format before the demise of the format in the early 1990s. These tapes used the same packaging as the [[Star Trek: The Next Generation (VHS)|VHS release]] with the only difference being that a "Beta" sticker was applied to each cover.
+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 ==
+== UK releases ==
+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.
+{| class="grey chart" style="width:100%"
+! style="text-align:center; width:5%;"|Vol.
+! style="text-align:center;" |Cover
+! style="text-align:center;" |Episodes
+! style="text-align:center;" |Release Date
+! style="text-align:center;" |Certificate
+! style="text-align:center;" |Catalogue No.
+|-
+|style="text-align:center;" |1
+|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TNG Vol 1 UK rental video cover.jpg|150px|Cover of Volume 1.]]
+|
+:{{e|Encounter at Farpoint}}
+|{{y|1987}}
+|U
+|BEB 2261
+|-
+|style="text-align:center;" |2
+|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TNG Vol 2 UK rental video cover.jpg|150px|Cover of Volume 2.]]
+|
+:{{e|The Naked Now}}
+:{{e|Code of Honor}}<ref name="code">This episode was given the title of "Code of Honour" on the video sleeve.</ref>
+|{{y|1987}}
+|PG
+|''Unknown''
+|}
+== US releases ==
+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.
 {| class="grey chart" style="width:100%"
 ! style="text-align:center; width:5%;"|Tape
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 |40270-104
 |}
+== Turkish release ==
+At least one tape featuring the pilot episode was released in Turkey by local distributor Özen Film.
+{| class="grey chart" style="width:100%"
+! style="text-align:center; width:5%;"|Tape
+! style="text-align:center;" |Cover
+! style="text-align:center;" |Episode
+! style="text-align:center;" |Release Date
+! style="text-align:center;" |Reference
+|-
+|1
+|style="text-align:center;" |''No image yet''
+|
+:{{e|Encounter at Farpoint}}
+|''Unknown''
+|21
+|}
+==Footnotes==
+<references />
 ==See also==