Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

People just amaze me. I've read over every post here and the only negative comments seem to center around the cost of the set. As I write this, the full season is being sold by Amazon for $78. The reactions are varied but the same: "Paramount is ripping us off!" "$80 for a show this old?" "I'd pay $80 for the whole series but this is too much for one season!" Blah blah blah. Tell me, what three season show can you buy in its entirety on DVD in HD quality for $80? You will never get "the whole series for $80". Why even suggest it as a negative point? It's infantile. What does the age of the show have to do with the cost? It's a good show of high standard, has a dedicated and large fan base. It's no less of a show deserving of the best treatment than The Sopranos. Now THAT show (13 episodes a season for over $100) is a rip-off. But, what, that's okay? Please. The main reason why none of these arguments holds any water is very simple, maybe too simple to grasp. Blu-Ray is not standard DVD! It is not part of the "discount bucket of DVDs for $3 each" sales you find in stores. It's a new Hi-Def format that is more costly to produce and therefore more expensive than average standard def DVD. Why do people keep forgetting this? Even if it were a bare bones set, it would still run at least 30% more than standard def. The fact is the set is not bare bones. Follow along with me for a second: for $80, you get every episode of the first season (29 in all) in not one but TWO formats: original version or with updated special effects. Not only that, you also can choose to listen to the new surround sound audio or the mono mix from the original airings. It is, for all intents and purposes, like having two sets of episodes to choose from. Not to mention the entire catalog of behind the scenes featurettes. Finally, all of this is on the more expensive Blu-Ray format - and it is STILL LESS MONEY THAN THE STANDARD DEF FIRST SEASON REMASTERED DVD EDITION!!!!! Yet still people bitch and moan about the price? Show me any Blu-Ray set with this many hours of programming, choices and features for $80. Please. Do it now. I fricking dare you. It doesn't matter if you bought the Laserdiscs, VHS, Beta, DVD singles, then the season sets and then finally the remastered editions in the past. None of that has anything to do with the price of this set. It's on a new, higher quality format for less money than earlier sets have been and less money than many current Blu-Ray movie box sets are now. You think Paramount is ripping you off? You won't even stop to consider that the price is lowered because of the saturation of Star Trek sets? The MSRP is $120, but back in the day Voyager season sets were MSRPing for higher. So, maybe all of your prior purchases did have an effect, but not the one you're complaining about. No, this set is fairly priced to anyone smart enough to consider the whole picture. I'm sorry if you can't afford it, times are tough, I feel it too. But don't bitch about this set on that basis. It's a good value for what they are providing on the format chosen. Again: not standard DVD - if it were you would have a beef. It's not, so you don't. No further bitching will change that.