Star Trek movie collections

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Originally Posted by Warbler

steve_dave, what exactly do you mean by standard definition?

Hey, no one thinks you're stupid, it's a totally valid question.

Sort of like my previous post (and sorry if I'm being redundant), Casablanca was shot on film, edited on film and shown in movie theatres, a print exists to make a HD transfer.

TMP was likewise shot and edited on film in 1979, a film print exists.

TMP The Director's cut was never shown in theatres. Therefore no film print of it exists, only a video file that was used to create the DVD. This video file is no where near the quality of film.

In other words, after several months of editing in 2000, they had the choice to dump out a file on film to show in movie theatres, or a lower quality output for DVDs. They chose the latter. (The wisdom of that decision is yours to contemplate).

That's why there is currently no source material to create a HD print, but since all the raw footage still exits, such a source could be made.