Star Trek Voyager should be on blu

[Maxwell Everett]

Originally Posted by benbess

But if they are blanching at the total price and the c. 3-4 years this would take, what about doing a 1.5-year project that costs a fraction of doing all the episodes. Redoing 60 episodes might cost c. $6 million, would only take maybe 18 months, and would at least save the best of Voyager for HD.

Trouble is, while a "Best of Voyager" might sell decently on blu-ray, it wouldn't interest television channels or streaming services who would rather purchase a license agreement to show all the episodes (because they have to fill a time slot or series slot). The magic number for syndication is typically 100 episodes or more, and if you're doing 100, you might as well do 172, because you're already 60% of the way there. And syndication deals and streaming packages are where the big mega millions are made, not blu-ray, I'm afraid.

Don't worry, CBS will eventually get around to Voyager too, just like Deep Space Nine. It makes little sense for them to continue to store the 35mm film assets (at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars per year, decade after decade) and do absolutely nothing with them!