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SFTV_troy wrote:
> On Jan 3, 7:54 pm, "David E. Powell" wrote:
> > On Jan 3, 9:48 am, 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?
> >
> > There wouldn't be too much risk redoing it, because plenty of people
> > would buy a higher quality release. Even people who had the
> > originals.
> >
> > > > Is it true the DVD episodes were occasionally cut from original
> > > > status? I heard that some of "Face of the Enemy" may have been
> > > > snipped.
> >
> > > Really? That sucks (if true).
> >
> > I heard that a scene from the original show was cut, where a Romulan
> > crewman sacrifices himself so that the Romulan Captain could get the
> > drop on Troi. Maybe they didn't want to show an enemy doing that, but
> > it said a lot about their culture.
> >
> > > > The TNG DVDs came out a while ago, I'd heard good reviews of them
> > > > before, not anything about bad quality.
> >
> > > They are mostly okay, except when there's dark scenes, and then you
> > > can see the picture devolve into pixels... like watching youtube. The
> > > DS9 DVD set has the exact-same flaw.
> >
> > I've noticed. Strange to see it in ST because I'd think it would be a
> > high end production. I have "Sledge Hammer" on DVD and there's a
> > little of that in the night scenes, but very little.
>
>
> Oh Star Trek was definitely high-end: $1.5 million spent per episode.
> The original Betacam tapes are probably flawless, but Paramount
Why would there be Betacam tapes of TNG?
> decided to go with a cheap transfer when they created the DVDs.
> Pinching pennies instead of spending the extra hours on an engineer to
> fine-tune the dark scenes and eliminate pixels.
>
>
>
>
> > > Putting 4 episodes per DVD was a bad idea. They should have limited
> > > themselves to 3 episodes, especially for the price paid ($120).
> >
> > I hear you, that would up the compression. I think "Sledge" has six
> > half hour episodes per DVD, or roughly the equivalent of three one
> > hour episodes of Trek. Maybe that explains the clear transfer on
> > "Sledge." It was also done just a couple of years back.
>
> Yep. Unfortunately putting 4 hour-long shows per DVD has now become
> standard. I don't think DVD was ever designed to handle that much
> video in such a small space (4.7 gig).
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