Star Trek: Voyager Documentary Planned for 2022

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by Brayden96

Better than nothing. Means they can release it on Blu-ray. It's what they do for Doctor Who. If they can't make a true HD master for something, you upscale it and that's what they've thankfully done.

It looks like garbage compared to actual HD and not worth the cost of mastering and pressing and packaging and marketing discs. The DVDs already get what they can from those masters. Doctor Who was shot on videotape and there's no escaping that. VOY and DS9 were shot on film so there's 4K worth of info on those negatives.

Originally Posted by Cap.T

On Paramount+ US neither Voyager nor DS9 are streaming in HD upconverted or otherwise no matter what JustWatch says. They are SD only. I just checked with the actual Paramount+ App and the Paramount Channel on an AppleTV 4K.

They're streamed using their in-house upconverter for a 1080p compatible signal. They haven't been upconverted "professionally" like some SD->HD remasters on Blu-ray. It's not much but it does look a bit better than Netflix's SD streaming from before.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

The DVDs already get what they can from those masters.

I'd imagine new SD masters from the tape masters would be superior to the DVDs. Things like the Trek shows and The X-Files didn't have the best treatment on DVD. It wouldn't be a night and day difference, but considering some of the releases we chase for slightly better encoding it could be decent enough for some.

But we would all love HD masters, even if they're hybrids.

[Brayden96]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

It looks like garbage compared to actual HD and not worth the cost of mastering and pressing and packaging and marketing discs. The DVDs already get what they can from those masters. Doctor Who was shot on videotape and there's no escaping that. VOY and DS9 were shot on film so there's 4K worth of info on those negatives.



They're streamed using their in-house upconverter for a 1080p compatible signal. They haven't been upconverted "professionally" like some SD->HD remasters on Blu-ray. It's not much but it does look a bit better than Netflix's SD streaming from before.

My bad I didn't know. If they can make true HD masters they absolutely should. If they can't then do the Doctor Who route of upscaling to 1080p and doing what they can with remastering.

Some people might not like upscale releases but if it's the best they can do I am all for it.