Just to add that the approach they were taking back then also meant overbuilding for things like close ups and pull back shots from Windows etc. Was the final shot of DS9 full cgi or mixed?
DS9 on blu ray?
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Just to add that the approach they were taking back then also meant overbuilding for things like close ups and pull back shots from Windows etc. Was the final shot of DS9 full cgi or mixed?
The final shot of DS9 was CGI. And that model has been used on the Ships Of The Line calendar's since.
Last time that I saw SPACE, they aired everything at 1080i, and then their SD channel was just a sub of the HD feed, so even 4:3 stuff was presented within a 16:9 matte that had black on all 4 sides in SD. So I would suspect that SPACE is probably upconverting DS9 and Voyager to 1080i (from either 3/4 U-Matic or Betacam SP copies), and then their SD feed just has the shows in a 16:9 matte (otherwise their HD feed would have the SD show in a small square right in the middle of the screen, rather than filling the middle of the screen with pillarboxes on either side).
Eww.
No wonder they would look terrible. 14:9 doesn't even make sense.
I just bought the 50th anniversary blu ray trek collection @ best buy. https://www.amazon.com/Star-Anniver...-1&keywords=star+trek+50th+blu+ray+collection
($208 on amazon, got it for $130 with a free gift card.) If they did a release similar to this for DS9/VOY I would have no problem paying more per show. It's neat. Each part of the collection has it's own packaging, and each disc has an iconic image printed on the cover from one of the episodes on the disc. For example, Disc 1 in the set shows a creepy silhouette of Gary MItchell. I am really glad I made this purchase, but I was suprised at all the negative reviews on Amazon. A lot of people are upset because it's basically a repackage of everything relased thus far (except the TOS Blu Animated series), but for someone like me who never watched/owned TOS on bluray, it was a great deal.
Hopefully increased sales from all the 50th anniversary Trek merch (although I haven't actually looked at any sales numbers so please feel free to correct) and the launch of Discovery in the winter will be the little push we need to get a similar collection of DS9 and VOY on blu ray. And these last few posts involving the original assets are getting me more and more excited for an eventual release!
($208 on amazon, got it for $130 with a free gift card.) If they did a release similar to this for DS9/VOY I would have no problem paying more per show. It's neat. Each part of the collection has it's own packaging, and each disc has an iconic image printed on the cover from one of the episodes on the disc. For example, Disc 1 in the set shows a creepy silhouette of Gary MItchell. I am really glad I made this purchase, but I was suprised at all the negative reviews on Amazon. A lot of people are upset because it's basically a repackage of everything relased thus far (except the TOS Blu Animated series), but for someone like me who never watched/owned TOS on bluray, it was a great deal.
Hopefully increased sales from all the 50th anniversary Trek merch (although I haven't actually looked at any sales numbers so please feel free to correct) and the launch of Discovery in the winter will be the little push we need to get a similar collection of DS9 and VOY on blu ray. And these last few posts involving the original assets are getting me more and more excited for an eventual release!
14:9?
I can understand cropping to 16:9, even if I personally hate it.
But 14:9? What's even the point if you're not getting rid of the black bars?
I'm assuming the DVDs of DS9/VOY were sourced from the original broadcast tapes?
Were the tape masters taken from the interpositive or the original camera negative?
Were the tape masters taken from the interpositive or the original camera negative?
As much as I love Trek, if I had $40 million to burn, I'd likely be using it to feed the homeless and sending poor kids to school. I wouldn't feed the CBS profit machine, any more than I already have.
Well... if I was a super-hiper-ultra millionaire, I would do other things too. Obviously.
But Trek teach us that the seek of profits is below the seek of the commonwell. Yeah, I would do. Bring happiness no matter what is not a bad thing, and stop thinking selfishly would do a better society, that's about Star Trek, doesn't?
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