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New This Week

CBS is releasing the entire first season of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” on Blu-ray first the first time late this year, but today brings us The Next Level, a sampler of three (or four, depending how one counts) TNG episodes designed to give fans a sneak peak of what the upgrade to HD looks like.

* “Encounter At Farpoint,” of course, launched the series and was swimming in low-grade special effects in dire need of updating. If I’m not mistaken, male Enterprise crewmen could be spotted cavorting about the corridors in Starfleet minidresses.