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Subj : Re: TNG vs TOS - anybody still think Next Generation sucks?
To   : rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current,alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From : Straker
Date : Fri Sep 30 2005 03:41:41

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos

In article <433C8417.584047B1@rochester.rr.com>, Mike
<miker@rochester.rr.com> wrote:

> I still enjoy TNG today. Although on todays DVD and high def technology,
> TNG is more dated because it was mastered to broadcast videotape and
> can't be mastered in high definition like TOS which was mastered to
> film. So, my DVD's of TNG represent the best quality of video production
> in 1986 which is a far cry from high def.

I think you mean what it was shot on, not what it was mastered on.
Which, IIRC, was film. I know I've seen pictures of TNG sets with film
cameras. IMDb also says it was shot on film. Nobody would shoot that
kind of show on standard videotape. It helped that they were still
using models at the time instead of CGI, so all optical effects could
be easily done on film.

Back on topic, I can't watch TNG anymore. Just can't. TOS forever!

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