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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 : Mike
Date : Sat Oct 01 2005 00:24:41

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

Broadcast TV is limited by the bandwidth signal to around 330 lines of
horizontal resolution. 80's era Analog broadcast video is around 400 and
has more than enough quality for broadcast television. Technical
equipment might be (and always might have been) capable of 525 lines but
it doesn't mean stuff is broadcast that way.

All of this makes for a lesser quality image on TNG discs as compared to
TOS. Seinfeld went though a lot of money and effort to go back to the
original film elements of their show and reconstruct it to make HD
transfers and not use the original video masters for DVD.

They wouldn't have bothered if the difference between broadcast analog
video and modern hi def film transfer is invisible on DVD.

Unfortunately, it can't be done for TNG because of all the effects that
would have to be recreated from the ground up.

Many videophiles have criticized studios throughout DVD's history who
dusted off old movie transfers made for laser disc (400 lines of
resolution on LD) and put them on DVD because it made for a visible
compromise in quality.



electrictroy@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Mike wrote:
> > It is visible. the video state of the art in the 1980's wasn't near what
> > it is today in standard def. I think analog broadcast video made use of
> > about 400 out of the 525 lines of standard definition.
> 
> .
> 
> I thought TV studios of the late 80s/early 90s had video machines
> capable of recording the full 525 lines?  No loss.
> 
> .
> 
> One of the annoying things I hate about DVD is the compression.
> Especially in dark scenes.  You end up with visible pixelation.  Grrr.
> 
> troy

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