Star Trek: TNG to Boldly Go in HD

[Guydowood]

from thedigitalbits.com

Finally today, we've got a little something for you Trekkies. Consider it very Rumor Mill-worthy, as nothing has been officially announced (though that may change soon - more in a minute). But a lot of you have been asking us if Star Trek: The Next Generation - Remastered is ever going to happen. We've mentioned previously that tests on the feasibility of the project have been on-going at CBS for some time, and one of the key concerns has been cost. (Click here and scroll down a bit.) Well, today we've got an update for you...

http://thedigitalbits.com/#050911

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[Lope de Aguirre]

Good to hear!
I will give TNG definateley another chance in HD vwith remastered SFX (I grew up with TNG but only like a tiny portion of episodes nowadays).

I really hope that they will give DS9 a shot when TNG proofed to be succesful as Remastered project.

[miller_time22]

Well, it sounds like the gears are at least turning a little bit, even if it's taken a while. I consider this to be great news, even if it is just a rumour for the time being.

[benbess]

Great news!

But actually Voyager is my favorite Trek series. I think they should have faith in Trek fans. We'll shell out the dough to make it worthwhile...

[Milano]

I thought TNG was my favorite series, but it has to be a tie between Voyager and the last 3 or 4 seasons of DS9. Would love to see any of it on Blu-Ray!


a posting from another forum:

DS9 (along with TNG and Voyager) would be impossible to release on Blu-Ray without massive alterations. The effects and editing were all done on videotape, whose maximum resolution is so low that it would make a BR release impossible.

To release those three shows on BR, all of the effects would have to be done over again, from scratch. Just like they did with TOS. And since there are seven seasons, of three shows each, that they would have to do, I don't ever imagine this would happen, since it would take too long and be way too expensive.

As far as I know, Enterprise is the only Trek show that is airable in HD from the get-go. They could release ENT in Blu-Ray right now.

[nametag]

Originally Posted by Milano

I thought TNG was my favorite series, but it has to be a tie between Voyager and the last 3 or 4 seasons of DS9. Would love to see any of it on Blu-Ray!


a posting from another forum:

That post points out the problems that everyone has always known about these shows - edited with effects done on videotape. However, if these rumours are true then evidently Paramount have at least the confidence in their ability to do it, if the numbers stack up. If they can do it for TNG, there's no reason they couldn't for DS9 or VOY (aside from the fact they would sell less).

Anyway, interesting. I've been thinking about trying to get TNG on DVD one day as I've never owned it (watched most of the episodes countless times though). Given that they'll probably release each season at least a few months apart and probably not even start for like a year or more, I think getting the DVD would still be justifiable to me. Besides, I'd want to get a complete boxset over individual releases...

[arcadeforest]

Originally Posted by nametag

That post points out the problems that everyone has always known about these shows - edited with effects done on videotape. However, if these rumours are true then evidently Paramount have at least the confidence in their ability to do it, if the numbers stack up. If they can do it for TNG, there's no reason they couldn't for DS9 or VOY (aside from the fact they would sell less).

Anyway, interesting. I've been thinking about trying to get TNG on DVD one day as I've never owned it (watched most of the episodes countless times though). Given that they'll probably release each season at least a few months apart and probably not even start for like a year or more, I think getting the DVD would still be justifiable to me. Besides, I'd want to get a complete boxset over individual releases...

I would say go for it in reference to the DVD's considering you can pick them up on Ebay pretty cheap. I purchased the individual season releases for roughly $16-$28 per season back before Christmas (all in mint condition).

[Milano]

Originally Posted by nametag

That post points out the problems that everyone has always known about these shows - edited with effects done on videotape. However, if these rumours are true then evidently Paramount have at least the confidence in their ability to do it, if the numbers stack up. If they can do it for TNG, there's no reason they couldn't for DS9 or VOY (aside from the fact they would sell less).

Anyway, interesting. I've been thinking about trying to get TNG on DVD one day as I've never owned it (watched most of the episodes countless times though). Given that they'll probably release each season at least a few months apart and probably not even start for like a year or more, I think getting the DVD would still be justifiable to me. Besides, I'd want to get a complete boxset over individual releases...

What else they had to say over there, though... was that TOS needed new effects to make it nicer for folks watching the series for the first time. Simply, TNG, VOY, DS9 could be upscaled and cleaned up? I dunno, maybe that's a better idea?