There are three types of fans who will have some type of interest or disinterest in this collection. The fans who are interested in preserving the original format of the show will not enjoy this collection because many of the visual effects are enhanced (i.e. more realistic starfields) and/or altered completely (i.e. the Romulan warbird style ship in "The Enterprise Incident"). 
However, fans who are excited to see their favorite show given a bit of a facelift while still preserving the original intent will be pleased. The visual enhancements, for the most part, are not noticeable unless one is obsessively familiar with every detail of the original format, and in most cases, they stand out only against scenes that did not clean up quite as well. The third type of fan who will be interested in this set is the collector who must have every release, particularly if they have as many differences as this one does.
Most of us watched these episodes via their original broadcast or the syndicated reruns on old television sets. At my house, it was an old TV set with grainy reception — we didn't have cable until 1991. Anything on DVD is already heads and shoulders above what was available to the casual viewer until recent years. Now that most American consumers has (or wants) large, high-definition television sets, it is reasonable that we should also want our favorite shows to look their best on them. In this, Star Trek - The Original Series: Season Three Remastered has succeeded.
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