Posted by NunYa Bidness on 12/20/05 06:56

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:15:00 -0500, "J" <speechee2@hotmail.com> Gave
us:

>
>"Joshua Zyber" <jzyber@mind-NOSPAM-spring.com> wrote in message
>news:EtHpf.7142$3Z.6683@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>> "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.
>>
>> I believe even Enterprise's CGI was rendered at standard-definition and
>> upconverted for the HD broadcast.
>
>Seems to me somewhat shortsighted, esp. in the case of Enterprise. Second,
>why would you throw away the original film? They only had to keep the 40
>min. that ended up in the show.

52 minutes per episode, for the original series.

I have noted longer commercial breaks in today's stuff though.
I have to typically wait through 5 to 8 commercials, and it used to be
a mere 3 to 5 in the seventies.

> Third, even in TNG era they knew about HD
>so they could've done the fx in hd & maybe transferred that to film or
>whatever. But I guess Q4 profits are all that matter...
>
Depends on one's long term foresight (studio execs). If they had
any brains at all, they would capture and store at the absolute
highest res possible.

It can only mean greater sales numbers among discerning consumers at
some point along the way.

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