Comparison of Netflix and DVD quality

[Shalashaska]

Also, how does DS9 look upscaled?

That may explain why it looks fine for you, TheSubCommander, if you're playing it on a Blu-ray player.

 

[Sans]

We have been using Amazon Prime to watch these. I don't know how they compare, but when we started, Netflex didn't have the remastered TNG; Amazon did.

 

[CorporalClegg]

The interlacing of the streams is a problem. However, both the R1 and R2 DVDs of both series have significant compression problems that that streams have mostly done away with.

And, personally, I'd rather live with the interlacing. I will add that I think, overall, Amazon is better; however, they're not going to be around much longer.

 

[Tosk]

You'd prefer visible interlacing to some over-zealous compression? You and I are very different people, Corporal.

 

[suarezguy]

They're both fine but I prefer the brighter look of the DVD, I suspect that was more intended from the lighting that was present and regardless it looks more interesting (especially the brighter and distinct blue strips) than the really dark and more faded version.

Side note: some of Netflix's season 5 Voyagers are UPN's broadcast cuts which are missing scenes.

Which ones are those? I tend to prefer the original broadcast versions to extended.

 

[STEPhon IT]

I rather extended scenes, sometimes because of broadcasting's time limitations a show had to cut scenes. On another medium, it's nice to see what the producers had in mind for the episode.

 

[Jedi_Master]

I'm too lazy to put in a DVD.

 

[STEPhon IT]

The cgi looks like crap during the 4th through the 7th seasons of DS9 on Netflix; it hasn't aged well, but the model fx still looks good. Probably better off to just shoot models through out the entire series.

 

[Shaka Zulu]

The cgi looks like crap during the 4th through the 7th seasons of DS9 on Netflix; it hasn't aged well, but the model fx still looks good. Probably better off to just shoot models through out the entire series.

Then how would they have been able to do all of the battles in the Dominion War?

 

[RAMA]

Netflix is compressed too, it won't look as good as a DVD.

I watched DS9 for the first time in awhile on Netflix and I had to tweak the picture quite a bit

 

[Who1]

Which ones are those? I tend to prefer the original broadcast versions to extended.

UPN cut whole scenes out of "Dark Frontier"-"Equinox" to add more commercial time. Other countries including Canada had the uncut versions and then Voyager's running time was permanently and officially cut back for season 6 starting at the production stage.
Netflix has restored at least most of the studio cuts this year, but "Dark Frontier" is still a glaring example. Watch it on Amazon or DVD and you'll see the scene where Torres scoffs at Seven of Nine being a true member of the crew. That scene is missing from Netflix and was not in the UPN broadcast.

 

[HGN2001]

From which episode is the original screencap (comparing Netflix to TrekCore DVD)?

 

[Shalashaska]

From which episode is the original screencap (comparing Netflix to TrekCore DVD)?

S1E08 "Dax".

 

[tomswift2002]

So let me get this straight.

If I watched the Netflix version on a CRT TV, not only would it look a lot sharper than being stretched out and upscaled on a 40 inch HD TV, but would the interlacing problem be eradicated?

Probably not, as that interlacing problem is now part of the picture. Netflix streams their files as progressive, even at 480 levels. What you are seeing there is a picture that has not been de-interlaced, but has been exported as a progressive frame, so where there is movement you are seeing both fields of the interlace frame out of sync.

But from all the shots, it looks like Netflix's video is a lot darker, so I would say go with DVD, since any DVD or Blu-Ray player will have a way better de-interlaced and upscaler built into it than the transfers Netflix has.

 

[HGN2001]

For what it's worth, here's my DVD capture of that frame of "Dax", made with the DVD running in VLC and no enhancements. Original posted images right below.

Harry