Subj : Re: Babylon 5
To   : Nightfox
From : DaiTengu
Date : Mon Aug 22 2022 02:05 pm

 Re: Re: Babylon 5
 By: Nightfox to Tracker1 on Mon Aug 22 2022 08:37 am

Tr>> For what it's worth, HBO Max did a high definition remaster of it...
Tr>> it's much better quality than the DVD copy... I'm guessing they used
Tr>> the best available sourcing and did AI upscaling with well trained
Tr>> AI against actor and studio photos.

Ni> If the show was recorded on 35mm film or similar, they could re-scan it in
Ni> high definition, which would probably provide better quality than an AI
Ni> upscale with current software.

If you're talking about B5, I think it has the same problem that Star Trek: DS9 and Voyager have, in that practical effects were shot on 35mm, but the digital effects were done another way, and can't be upscaled.  All digital effects would need to be recreated from scratch.

DaiTengu

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