Subj : Re: Turntables and LPs
To : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Sep 23 2021 01:47 pm
Re: Re: Turntables and LPs
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Fri Sep 17 2021 08:00 am
PF> I find it interesting that with some TV shows that broadcast in 480p,
PF> they're able to remaster wide-screen editions and do some color correction
PF> in the process. Star Trek: TNG and DS9 are apparently getting remastered,
PF> and the widescreen shots look pretty good.
Star Trek: TNG was already remastered, for blu-ray, and the entire show was released on blu-ray from 2012 to 2015. And they kept the image in 4:3 format rather than making it widescreen - They didn't shoot the series in a way that would allow them to make it widescreen. If they expanded the scans of the shot, you'd see camera/audio equipment or the edges of the sets, etc. that you aren't supposed to see. And cropping the image to produce a widescreen image isn't ideal either, since you'd be losing part of the image.
However, they have not remastered DS9. I've read that one reason is because DS9 was apparently shot on videotape, which doesn't lend itself well to a remaster (whereas TNG was shot on 35mm film, making TNG a better candidate for a remaster). Also, apparently DS9 used computerized special effects more often than TNG, and the 3D models & such used for the special effects are difficult or impossible to find (they may have been lost). The special effects were rendered at basically 480p resolution, so to remaster it, they'd have to re-create the special effects from scratch and re-render them in high definition. Also, unfortunately the TNG remaster has apparently not sold well enough for them to consider doing the job to remaster DS9 properly.
Since TNG was filmed on 35mm film, they were able to gather all the 35mm film negatives and re-scan them in high definition before adjusting the color & picture, etc.
Nightfox
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