TNG HD Trailer (Blu Ray) 2

Star Trek The Next Generation Remastered Project: Official Trailer Version 2, updated with further footage. Skip to 1:17 for new footage

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[ascend501]

@DevilMaster Here is a quote from the CBS press release, "The series was originally shot on film and then transferred to videotape, which was used to edit episodes together. In order to create true HD masters, CBS is going back to the original uncut film negative...and cutting the episodes together exactly the way they originally aired." Basically, what we've been watching all these years is 80s quality videotape, which explains the noticeable change in quality.

[AdrianCoyote]

If you really want to see a difference, google 'Trek Core' and on the first page of the site, click the 3rd link. They have a side-by-side comparison from the standard definition to the new remaster. The difference is STUNNING! Vote this up!

[armhand97]

Could this be the forerunner for a new method of re-mastering classic TV shows in HD, by putting a halt to upconverting all other studios have been doing up until this point?

[ExplorerXIII]

@ascend501 Yeah even the DVD quality was shit.

[ascend501]

@aegisgfx No they aren't going CGI, but they are recompositing the effects shots in HD from the original film elements (instead of just upconverting the existing footage, which is what a lot of Blu-Ray releases do). A lot of quality got lost in the original releases because the VFX shots were originally composited on videotape. I guess they might use CGI to do certain things though, like replacing the handful CGI effects that TNG had.

[Nerd66666]

Oh my god ! This is the most epic event in 2012 ?

Maybe Maya didnt forecast the end of an era, but the beginning !

[aegisgfx]

@ascend501

I thought they were going to redo all the special effects ala TOS?

[GhibliFan1]

@fourbarposer

That's it though. Every HDTV I've encountered won't allow adjustment of ratio over HDMI in HD resolutions. Ratio is forced - press the TV remote's aspect ratio key and nothing happens. I don't know if there are any models that allow it, but none I've seen do. So the usual pan scan or zoom modes are a non-starter. Some BD players have settings to adjust how 4:3 signals are displayed, but they're often limited. I like it though, as I've grown used to bordered 4:3.

[fourbarposer]

@GhibliFan1 LOL - just tell those people to adjust their TV so the TV will do the cutting if it so bothers them. Personally I watch TV on a PC CRT, one of the very last models to be manufactured by Samsung. And since I'm just 30 cm away from the monitor, the image is larger than on a supersized TV watched at typical distance. I wish I had a 15-20" broadcast monitoring pro-CRT though. This TNG BluRay is what I have been waiting for - BEST viewed on High-end PC/Broadcast CRT. Dream come true!

[guardian040]

Oh, I had a Nerdgasm at 1:00!

[MundaneRaptor]

Now we can really see the beautiful work the effects department slaved over making the series!

I can't wait to see the Borg and the battle of Wolf 359, oh and Junior!!!

[GhibliFan1]

@cakestalker

Well if they can give it us in the 1.37 ratio, that would be fine. But don't worry, no way they'll butcher it to 16:9. They respected TOS in this regard, and with people like Mike and Denise Okuda around to oversee the project, they simply wouldn't be allowed. It saddens me greatly when I hear so called fans asking for 16:9 of old 4:3 shows... despite the fact it would butcher top/bottom info to do it. If people just give it time, they'd get used to the black bars.