Subj : Re: Media storage for general storage and moving
To   : Blue White
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Sep 05 2024 10:33:44

  Re: Re: Media storage for general storage and moving
  By: Blue White to Ganiman on Thu Sep 05 2024 08:35 am

 BW> Older things, too, especially those not made for the wide screen.  Some
 BW> people swear up and down that old shows look better in HD but, unless
 BW> they've been remastered or something, I just think they don't look quite
 BW> right.

Yeah, in order to really take advantage of HD, it's best to remaster it, including re-scanning the film in HD, if possible.  That's what they did with Star Trek: The Next Generation (and probably the same process for TOS), and I think it looks great in 1080p HD.  It would be great to also see Star Trek: Voyager and Deep Space 9 remastered in HD, but it looks like that might not happen. I've heard the process would be even more expensive due to how they made those shows, and they feel like the cost can't be justified due to low sales of the TNG blu-rays etc..

There is software to do AI upscaling, and it "works" to an extent, but for now it's not capable of outputting something like a high-quality remaster. Maybe some day software will be able to do it though.

Nightfox
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