Good point, Dave. HD will be the way to go… eventually. I’m just not sure that I want to wait that long (and buy the necessary equipment) when I can watch what I want right now for a relatively modest price (about the same as three DVD movies).

Slayve: Did some digging and as far as I can gather, only one release-type of downloadable HD Star Trek:TOS remasters exist.

Star Trek.com states:

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is now offering HD and standard-definition downloads for some of the Original Series Remastered, as well as the first three seasons of “Star Trek: Enterprise,” plus the movies “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” and “Star Trek Generations.” You can either purchase or rent titles, but you must be an Xbox Live member at the Silver or Gold level. Prices vary and the costs are set in “Microsoft Points.” For more information, visit the Xbox Live Marketplace.

and, TrekMovie.com (which stylizes itself as the source for Trek remastered) says:

Apple’s iTunes store and Microsoft’s Xbox Live service. Both services offer entire seasons of Star Trek, with some remastered episodes mixed in with non-remastered episodes. As more episodes are produced and aired, they are then added later to these services. The Xbox Live service offers the episodes in 720p HD.

Since neither website specifically cite the Xbox release as the ‘uncut’ versions, we’re left assuming that they’re the same as the iTunes releases. Using the powers of science and logic acquired from decades of watching Trek, I checked into the running-time of Balance of Terror, Miri, and The Naked Time on both iTunes and Xbox Live Marketplace, and they each matched up at 50 minutes, which Dr. Geek assures me is the proper runtime for pure, uncut episode of TOS.