Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 - 15th December 2014

[Jezza]

Originally Posted by Blu-FutureUK

DS9 & Voyager now CBS

CBS have said there aren't any plans to do DS9 or VOY straight after TNG. From what I understand TNG hasn't been as successful as was hoped and that on Blu-ray sale alone they'll just about break even once Season 7 is released.

Perhaps once TNG has made more of its money back in syndication then we'll see DS9 and VOY.

[Rixx]

Originally Posted by Jezza

CBS have said there aren't any plans to do DS9 or VOY straight after TNG. From what I understand TNG hasn't been as successful as was hoped and that on Blu-ray sale alone they'll just about break even once Season 7 is released.

Perhaps once TNG has made more of its money back in syndication then we'll see DS9 and VOY.

A bit to soon to say it's been unsuccessful, wait until they have released the seasons 1 to 7 boxset/multipack. While they might make the UK wait a year or so for the boxset, the US/Canada will more than likely get a multipack on the same day as the Season 7 release.

Also, wasn't TNG HD part of the recent 2 year deal in the US between CBS and Netflix?

[CouncilSpectre]

Weren't BD sales always a nice little bonus? The long term profits are going to be in the streaming deals that they secure around these. Now that the series is future-proofed, those deals should rake in the $$$s for years to come.

I really hope that they give the remaining series the full remaster treatment, but it wouldn't overly surprise me if they went down the route of Firefly and The X-Files, ie. remaster the non-FX footage and then upscale the rest. Gutted if they do do that though.

[FastAndFluid]

I have to say I was wowed by the HD picture quality of the first much-hyped series, but settling down to start on Season 5 last weekend I thought the PQ was totally underwhelming - soft and muddy. Honestly watching it on a 65 inch TV it looked like SD upscaled. Can't help feeling they've dropped the ball on the quality front.

[malcy30]

Originally Posted by FastAndFluid

I have to say I was wowed by the HD picture quality of the first much-hyped series, but settling down to start on Season 5 last weekend I thought the PQ was totally underwhelming - soft and muddy. Honestly watching it on a 65 inch TV it looked like SD upscaled. Can't help feeling they've dropped the ball on the quality front.

Was S5 one of those where CBS out sourced the HD restoration. I know a couple of seasons are worse than the others hence CBS slowed the release pace so all the work could be done in house. However is does now mean a few seasons will always be worse than the others.

[CouncilSpectre]

Think Season 4 was the last one to be outsourced wasn't it?

CBS-D were going to do all of the odd-numbered seasons with the even-numbered being farmed out, but they ended up doing 5-7 (along with 1 and 3) if memory serves.

[Jezza]

Originally Posted by malcy30

Was S5 one of those where CBS out sourced the HD restoration. I know a couple of seasons are worse than the others hence CBS slowed the release pace so all the work could be done in house. However is does now mean a few seasons will always be worse than the others.

No, Seasons 2 and 4 were out sourced to other companies, CBS did all the others.

I've yet to reach Season 5, but if it is a softer image then it's possible a different film stock was used. The Child from Season 2 quite clearly used many different kinds of film stock, resulting in some shots looking softer or grainier than others.

[Chris2005]

I'd remastered DS9 and Voyager myself, for free, if I had the necessary skills, lol.

I might be able to do some compositing work, but some of the later CG stuff is beyond my skill.

[Indiana Jones]

Originally Posted by stubiedoo

Price is a total joke they'd have to at least half that for it to be reasonable.

Its just a place holder price, come release it will be £40-50 just like the past 6 seasons.

Originally Posted by FastAndFluid

I have to say I was wowed by the HD picture quality of the first much-hyped series, but settling down to start on Season 5 last weekend I thought the PQ was totally underwhelming - soft and muddy. Honestly watching it on a 65 inch TV it looked like SD upscaled. Can't help feeling they've dropped the ball on the quality front.

Season 5 has the most SD upscaled footage, sure you weren't watching one of those

I think we have become so used to how good it looks on BD that its easy to forget how down right horrible it looks in SD, the quality drop in the episodes with SD upscaled footage is quite jarring.

[CouncilSpectre]

Considering the process and what's involved we're incredibly fortunate that they've had to fall back on SD so rarely. Less than one episode's worth of time across 178 episodes. Not bad.

Can't comment on season 5 personally, I'm still making my way through season 4!

[Rixx]

They've announced some of the Season 7 extras at the Las Vegas Star Trek Convention. Looks like it will be another good set.

http://trekcore.com/blog/2014/08/tng...las-vegas-con/

[Thane]

£37 on Amazon. Pre-ordered at that price!