Star Trek Voyager: Seasons 1-7 (DVD, 2004)

I do love my favorite Star Trek series, but the packaging for this set is simply tragic. Whoever designed it needs to be fired, it's that bad. The discs themselves give good picture and sound quality, and I have no complaints about that.

When i saw this series on EBAY for so cheap i thought it is probably too good to be true. After receiving my set of dvds I immediately became suspicious of the legitimacy of this product. The authentic case that the real Voyager DVDs come in are acrylic and slid open in a somewhat fancy way. The set I received came in what looks to be a top end forgery of a case. The case is not made out of acrylic but cardboard and the dvds slip into an awkward set of sleeves that look to be something you might expect to receive bulk software cds in.
I have now watched 5 of the 7 seasons and I am now almost completely positive that they are bootlegged copies of the originals. the video quality is not constant or flawless. I have had the video stop a number of times only to restart where it left off on it's own sometime later. One disk's main menu is completely flawed and it was only after letting my DVD player try to figure out what to play for about 10 minutes that it finally began playing little bits of the first few scenes of the first episode. after about another 10 more minutes the player had moved through the broken portions of the disk and normal play could continue.
If it weren't for the fact that I paid $170 for this and that I am not convinced that reporting this to EBAY would do any good and to go out and buy the real thing from Paramount would cost about $500-700 I would have reported this seller and the product.
If you are shopping for this show (as well as any other Star Trek it seems) you will more than likely run into another copy of the pirated versions. they seem more prevalent that the real things right now on the net.

This is a bit of a mixed review. Voyager in it self is great. I give it a 10 out of 10 with out even thinking. But I had several problems with the packaging and the disks themselves.

First off the box is just a box. Like a normal every day box. Not a dvd box or anything fancy. Its just a box. The problem is you are almost garneted to bend it wile opening it. So if you are looking for something that will stay in perfect condition over a long period of time, then this is not it.
Inside the outer box is another box that is just plain cardboard. And inside that is all 7 DVDs in cloth plastic sleeves. This is the worst packaging I have ever seen for anything. Its almost like it is bootleg, or who ever put it together just didn’t care. But its not bootleg because this collection is sold on the star trek website. Its just rather disappointing.

Another problem was with the DVDs. They don’t work all that well. What happens is the video skips around like the disk is badly scratched. I tried them on the Playstation 3, on my computer, and on a normal DVD player. None of that changed anything. Eventually I got them to work perfectly on a mini portable DVD player. I have no idea why this worked better than a computer or a ps3, but it did. So this may be a huge draw back for this product. You don’t want to spend all that money on this only to not be able to watch it on your tv.

In the end, this is still a great product. You get to see all of voyager, and for a rather cheep price. You just have to make some sacrifices as to how you watch it.

I love Star Trek. I finished TNG series, and Voyager was next on my list. I DID NOT like the fact that both brand new and sealed series of Voyager that I bought, one was a gift, had data damage on almost all disks of seasons 1 and 2. I researched very hard to see if they could have been pirated, but from all that I found, it would have had to be a very elaborate pirating scheme if indeed these were pirated. It is possible that the manufacturer just did a horrible job. No, these are not bought from overseas. They are genuine American.

But, I bought it for the shows, and the shows are amazing. Season 6 is the best in my opinion.

The packaging is worrisome when you open these up. Each DVD is in a "sleeve" and the boxes are really cheap (they look ok until you go to open them). Might be worth investing in something better to hold the DVDs for some.

But nothing wrong with the DVD's. All the extra features are present. So I don't have a big problem with the packaging. It's the content that counts.

The DVD set is great. It allows you to watch your favorite episodes over and over again. I think what makes this series so enjoyable is that despite a hard day at work or the junk you hear/read about in the daily news, you can always put one of the DVD's (or more!) and just put the real world on hold for a while. You can just sink into the plot of whatever episode(s) you like and destress. Its not a politically charged series and it doesn't have anything to do with present day-its a refreshing plot in terms of entertainment. I am not an avid DVD buyer; in fact, this series is the only DVD's I own. However, Star Trek Voyager captured my imagination as a kid and I always wanted to own the DVD's when they came out. It took me years to track down a DVD set for a reasonable price. You will see many sets are going for several hundred dollars and that's absolutely outragious. I wouldn't pay more then about $250 for the set, or $35/season. Star Trek merchandise has always been much more expensive than other television series products and I never understood why. It's not that popular compared to pop culture dramas, etc. Anyway, if you are a fan and you've wanted to own the DVD's, I do recommend them. However, beware that you aren't being taken. Don't pay more then its worth. There's always an alternative to paying hundreds of dollars. Besides, for those who aren't aware, DVD's, CD's and other similar forms of storeage don't actually last past 15-25 years. No matter how good you care for them, they will eventually disinigrate. You don't want to be one of those people who have invested hundreds/thousands of dollars into elaborate collections that will only last you 15-25 years!

Loved evrything about it, You cant go wrong with star trek voyager !! The whole 7 season pacl is the only way to watch and the last season is the best !!

I feel like the item was great but they just need to make sure they pay all the shipping before they send it. Otherwise it was good

I did not like the packaging that the dvd's were in. I've seen these in hard plastic cases and thought that was what I was receiving. These were in a cardboard box, in regular disk sleeves, not at all "authentic" looking from what paramount distributed.

I am very happy with how fast the item was shipped. I recommend this seller to anyone. A++ can't wait to do business with seller again.

Opened the cardboard box-set up today...the dvds were all out of order...they are all silver disks with no art work on the disks...the boxes are cardboard, not the plastic retail box...the picture and sound of the dvds are horrible, similiar to the quality of VHS tapes recorded off of broadcast TV...pure trash...not sure what I am going to do with this mess...a total waste of my money

I purchased this item. There was a slight problem when it was first mailed to me. However I contacted the seller and she was on top of the problem. She was most helpful in getting the item to me and was very happy with the end result.
She is a very good seller and I am very happy with the product and I would use this seller again in the future.

The set is very cheap comes in a box not in a normal season box. All the discs are label the same cannot tell between them. The disc do play and you do have all the features on the extra discs. You get what you pay for.

I have been buying each series of Trek in order, and recently got to these. OK, actually, I bought TAS out of order, but that doesn't matter. Having never had seen any of this on TV (I don't watch TV anymore, haven't since I was a kid) it was surprisingly good. As with TNG and DS9, the first season started out kinda slow while they built characters and backstory. As they went along, they got better. Certainly one of the best moves was the season 4 dropping of Kes and addition of Seven of Nine, who, as the series progressed, because one of the best characters, not just because of her eye-candy characteristics, but because of Jeri Ryan's acting ability and the strong stories given her. The way the producers handled the "alien of the week" aspect was pretty good, although it's amazing how every species in all the galaxies look so humanoid, other than ears and noses. Probably the best character is the Doctor, who also got better as the series progressed and he took on more human foibles. Plus his interactions with Seven were always good.

Eventually, however, as creative differences cropped up between the executive producers and they phased in new people (pun intended) the continuity and quality of the stories and the direction of the show wandered almost as much as Voyager itself did from it's intended course. They managed to bring it all together by the end of the 7th season and it all ended satisfactorily, but there were often episodes that were pointless and derivative. But overall the quality, considering the number of episodes (176 I think) was quite good.

So, for me, I would likely rate them in the following order, minus Enterprise which I have yet to see: 1. DS9 - best stories, action, and characters 2. TOS - where it all came from 3. TNG - the link between TOS and the modern Trek universe 4. VOY - quite good but too many cooks 5. TAS - How Roddenberry ever consented to putting his name on this pablum is beyond me.

I would like to mention that I would have given this 5 stars if the packaging had been even acceptable. I'm pretty sure I got the official Paramount release, and the fact that the boxes were crap, the inner box was just a cardboard sleeve with a cutout that held a Tyvek multi sleeve with 8 holes, and that there was no booklets, nothing other than ST:VOY and the disc and season number on the discs, is just shameful. Shame on you Paramount for bringing down the quality of such a great series just to maximize your profits, especially on an overpriced box set to begin with. This had to be the worst packaging of all the sets I own.

The individual seasons where packaged in cardboard boxes which made then hard to open. The packaging is not such as to make it easy to access the dvd's easily and they probably will not last long. Also the dvd's just said disk 1 and so on. They did not say which shows where on which disks.

When I got the Star Trek Voyager DVD Box set Season 1-7 I thought I would get the set that the picture was showing, but I did not. I was also unhappy that the DVD's came in cardboard. Also that in the location spot it said that it was in the United States but it come from Guangzhou, China. I don't think that it was right to say that it was in the USA when it come from China. Plus I did not think that it was right to show something but said something different. Some of them mess up. I'm going to have to buy them again but not from the Seller. But I will say that the Seller did a good job on the shipping they did come fast.

Great price. you can't find these cheaper in the stores. One issue I have is the packaging. It is not the original plastic packaging you might be expecting. It's better in the way that the plastic is known to crack and break, these won't. The one problem I have is the DVD's are in cheap sleeves and cardboard. Not as easy to get open as regular DVD's. Other than the packaging I absolutely love this purchase. The discs are new and seem to be the original discs. If you are looking for a cheaper way to get this show, this is the way to go. They are still ridiculously expensive to buy in the stores. I would recommend these highly.