Zowel VOY als DS9 zijn ook opgenomen op 35mm film en zou in principe op een zelfde manier een HD remaster kunnen krijgen als TNG. Maar dat is in principe nog steeds een duur proces, zie:
The Detailed, Depressing Reason Deep Space Nine and Voyager May Never Get Full HD VersionsSpeaking to Trek News in an incredibly lengthy interview, Burnett detailed the reasons why fully HD versions of Deep Space Nine and Voyager would be Herculean tasks for CBS and Paramount to release. Basically, until recently, TV was shot on 35mm film, which is already high resolution—too high resolution for the early days of television.
By the mid-1980s, video technology had advanced enough to the point that many TV shows—including Star Trek: The Next Generation—were no longer editing the 35mm film footage, but scanning it into computers, transforming it into the lower, TV-friendly resolution and edited from there to save money. In TNG’s case, that helped make the VFX work on the show easier, but it also meant there all the show’s film was left in separate pieces. Essentially, for the HD release of Star Trek, all people had to do was scan each episode. For The Next Generation, they would have to scan all those original pieces of film and then edit together each episode again, themselves. It’s more difficult, more expensive, and much more time-consuming.
What’s amazing is that they actually did this for TNG’s Blu-ray release, which was a radical, unprecedented, and incredibly daunting task. Following the edited tape versions that were originally broadcast, a new team painstakingly recreated every episode of the show from the 35mm film footage, a process that cost millions and millions of dollars. But as TNG is the jewel in the Star Trek crown for legions of fans, it was seen as worth it.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t actually worth it. Sales of the extravagant TNG remaster —original retail price $118 for just season one—failed to reach CBS and Paramount’s expectations.
A similar process would have to be done for both DS9 and Voyager—and would actually be even harder. Both shows extensively used CGI effects that were only ever rendered in the lower videotape resolution, which means all the shows’ special effects would need to be completely recreated. But neither show is anywhere near as popular in the public consciousness as TNG, it’s simply too much effort for not enough of a value proposition.
Het zijn niet alleen specials effects die opnieuw gedaan moeten worden, ook het complete editing werk moet overnieuw gedaan worden. Dit proces is is natuurlijk wel wat goedkoper geworden sinds TNG aangezien de VFX tooling ook beter is geworden, maar alsnog moet er wel een markt voor zijn.
Om het kwaliteitsverschil te laten zien, even klikken voor het grotere plaatje dan zie je het goed:
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Hopelijk gebeurt 't nog eens of trekt een of andere biljonair z'n portemonnee, of misschien zijn er vrijwilligers die het willen doen, maar dat is altijd lastig met de rechten.
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