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   Greg Goss to SFTV_troy@yahoo.com   
   Re: Star Trek TNG in hi-def: Looks bette   
   03 Jan 10 14:10:48   
   
   a029bab5   
   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   SFTV_troy  wrote:   
      
   >On Jan 2, 7:28 pm, "David E. Powell"  wrote:   
   >> On Jan 2, 12:50 pm, Lance Corporal Hammer Schultz   
   >>   
   >>  wrote:   
   >> > On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 07:58:58 -0800 (PST), SFTV_troy wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > > It's the original 480i analog tapes scanned into 1080i digital (by   
   >> > > Paramount).  Still the upcoverted HD looks better than the overly-   
   >> > > compressed DVDs with their annoying artifacts.  Paramount's engineers   
   >> > > did a lousy job with those DVD sets... which is inexcusable   
   >> > > considering they cost $120 per season (original MSRP).   
   >>   
   >> > Correct.  The crappy video quality of the DVD set has nothing to do   
   >> > with DVD specs.   
   >>   
   >> It isn't exactly a low demand DVD though.   
   >   
   >Relevance?   
      
   A high and ongoing demand would allow them to remaster the DVD   
   properly.  A low-demand DVD is done once and forgotten.   
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   Greg Goss, 1989-01-27   
      
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