Star Trek: The Next Generation in High Definition
Posted: October 03, 2011 • 8:42 pm
I've been following this for a while and it finally looks as though it's going to be a reality after all the rumours which have been going around the last couple of years.
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av35kFHd ... r_embedded
Looks great, but "It's your new taste of The Next Generation...Of The Next Generation"?
Even the voice over guy sounded as though he looked to the guys in the mixing room with a "WTF" expression on his face.
Also, according to http://tng.trekcore.com/bluray/:
So, to me:
- They're definitely aware of the demand for TNG HD
- They're interested in doing it
- It's going to be a very expensive and timely process for them since they're starting with well under half a season's worth of episodes to test it with
- Perhaps they want to test the market by testing the reception on the above three episodes and decide from there just how far they want to take TNG HD.
I've got TNG on DVD and have only watched the whole series once. Since 2004, i've been going through TNG, DS9 and currently half way through Voyager and will be onto Enterprise next. I plan on revisiting TNG so hopefully by the time i'm done with Enterprise, i'll have TNG waiting for me in HD glory.
As for the episodes they're testing the HD process on, I like them but i'd trade in Encounter At Fairpoint for Best Of Both Worlds.
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av35kFHd ... r_embedded
Looks great, but "It's your new taste of The Next Generation...Of The Next Generation"?
Even the voice over guy sounded as though he looked to the guys in the mixing room with a "WTF" expression on his face.
Also, according to http://tng.trekcore.com/bluray/:
- The sampler disc will be released in the US on January 31st 2012, later than initially expected. The disc will be called 'Star Trek The Next Generation - The Next Level' and cost $21.99.
- All 178 episodes of TNG will be transferred to true high-definition 1080p and released in blu-ray format in season sets starting with season one 'later in 2012'.
- CBS are returning to the original negatives of the show (over 25,000 reels of footage) and will recut the film to be transferred to high definition with 7.1 DTS Master Audio.
- Visual effects will not be upconverted from videotape, but instead recompositioned.
- Longtime Star Trek figures Michael and Denise Okuda will act as consultants to the project.
- The event is described as a celebration of Star Trek The Next Generation's 25th anniversary.
- Ken Ross, Executive Vice President and General Manager of CBS Entertainment, issued the following statement: "Fans have been clamoring for a high-definition release of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Transferring the series to high-definition presented difficult technical challenges, but our team has come up with a process to create true 1080p HD masters with true HD visual effects. We can't wait to show fans how pristine the series looks and sounds with our upcoming Blu-ray releases."
So, to me:
- They're definitely aware of the demand for TNG HD
- They're interested in doing it
- It's going to be a very expensive and timely process for them since they're starting with well under half a season's worth of episodes to test it with
- Perhaps they want to test the market by testing the reception on the above three episodes and decide from there just how far they want to take TNG HD.
I've got TNG on DVD and have only watched the whole series once. Since 2004, i've been going through TNG, DS9 and currently half way through Voyager and will be onto Enterprise next. I plan on revisiting TNG so hopefully by the time i'm done with Enterprise, i'll have TNG waiting for me in HD glory.
As for the episodes they're testing the HD process on, I like them but i'd trade in Encounter At Fairpoint for Best Of Both Worlds.