Posted by Jeff Rife on 12/20/05 04:32

Joshua Zyber (jzyber@mind-NOSPAM-spring.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> "Jeff Rife" <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1e10f9bf3e6d6b0e98a22a@news.nabs.net...
> > AFAIK, *all* Star Trek series except "Enterprise" had SD FX and were
> > finished to standard 480i videotape.
>
> Except for the original 1960s series, which had optically composited
> special effects full post-produced on film.

Seriously? I thought the finals were on video due to cost. It's nice
to know it wasn't.

> I believe even Enterprise's CGI was rendered at standard-definition and
> upconverted for the HD broadcast.

I've heard both ways, so I don't know.

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