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Posted by Jay G. on 01/07/06 20:20
On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 13:37:49 GMT, Joshua Zyber wrote:
> <lorincantrell@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1136555150.389136.131840@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>> Paramount is also horrible about charging $100 for season sets of
>> everything with "Trek" on it. I'm too used to paying $40 or $50 so I
>> own nothing but the original series (because I figure that something
>> shot in the 60's will never look any better than it does now on DVD.)
>
> Not true. The original series was shot and fully post-produced on film,
> which is why it could be remastered from the original film elements for
> DVD and can be re-released at an even higher resolution on HD. The later
> series, unfortunately, were shot on film but post-produced (including
> all visual effects) on video, and are forever limited to
> standard-definition resolution.
I wouldn't say "forever," since Paramount could (theoretically) go back to
the original film elements are re-do all the post production in
High-Definition. That's not very likely though, at least not currently.
-Jay
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