Hello Welcome to the page! [16] The remastered versions of the first ten Star Trek films were released from 2009 to 2010 in both the DVD and Blu-Ray disc formats. The iconic series "Star Trek" follows the crew of the starship USS Enterprise as it completes its missions in space in the 23rd century. Nevertheless, according to one reviewer, the sound quality was superior to all the others. Top: original, bottom: remastered. Mr. Acosta was able to give us what Star Trek the original series might have looked liked. Besides technological advances of the format proper, it was the spatial resolution phenomenon that became partially responsible for the perceived image improvement for these releases, such as those for the remastered films, Original Series and Star Trek: Enterprise. With Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton. Gabl stated, "I think most of them are total recreations. Enterprise-D on their own mission to go where no one has gone before. But unlike Star Trek: TNG, with its plethora of light stands, crew members and other flotsam floating just out of frame, there are at least parts of Battlestar that were always intended to be widescreen. Instead of Capt. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Star Trek: Motion Picture Trilogy (DVD, 2009, Widescreen) at the best online prices at eBay! The TNG Season 1 Blu-ray was released on 24 July 2012, Season 2 on 4 December 2012, Season 3 on 29 April 2013, Season 4 on 29 July 2013, Season 5 on 18 November 2013, Season 6 on 18 June 2014, and finally, Season 7 on 2 December 2014. Still, preliminary talks were reported to have resumed in July 2019 for a remastered release, albeit for a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release. Restored and meticulously remastered in brilliant high definition, Star Trek: The Next Generation is a true milestone in TV history. [5], Bonchune's supervisor Dochterman had already indicated previously that the digital sequences were produced at a high definition resolution in a remark made in 2009 to DrexFiles(X), "I sure wish we had had the time and resources [note: either for the remastering of the analog film footage, the home video production as the Blu-ray format was not marketed yet, or both] that Warner Brothers had allotted to the Blade Runner redux. Engadget is part of Verizon Media. It was disclosed in 2012 what eventually became of the Japanese master transfers, when it was revealed that stills originating from this particular project were the ones that were included as illustrative backdrops in the 2010 reference book, Star Trek: The Original Series 365. (The Magic of Tribbles: The Making of Trials and Tribble-ations, p. 42), Little information is available on this project, as this version was never released on any home video format in America and only on an extremely limited basis in mainland Europe. a resolution far higher than required for any contemporary SD television series or home video format. The remastering projects did involve some technical aspects that had bearings on those originating from the Star Trek franchise, but which, in general, applied to other motion picture productions as well. Then we made molds and cast them, cut the windows out, and put neon inside." These Japanese transfers were used twice more, for the lesser known UK 1996-1998 VHS re-release, and the likewise UK 2007-2008 Star Trek: The Original Series - The Collector's Edition DVD/Magazine combo partwork release. [14] all three seasons are available on Blu-ray Disc, as well as through Apple's iTunes Store (along with a "best of" collection for budget-minded fans), with select episodes available on Microsoft's Xbox 360 Video Marketplace. Star Trek: The Original Series - The Collector's Edition, The Magic of Tribbles: The Making of Trials and Tribble-ations, Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Next Level, Energized! And it would be on 1080p Blu-Ray as we speak..." [6](X) The 2007 Blade Runner Ultimate Collector's Edition Dochterman spoke of, was withheld from release until after the introduction of the Blu-ray format the year previously, in the process becoming a standard for such releases. the upgrade from SD to HD (as DVD the production was merely meant to be played on television sets and was therefore executed in the SD 480i/576i video format with picture quality enhanced by traditional analog methods instead of digital upgrading [3]), it still was in essence a remastered production as it did receive a new, upgraded soundtrack. The operation was especially commissioned for the 1992-1993 Japanese Original Series LaserDisc collection releases, Star Trek - Log 1, Log 2 and Log 3. Visual effects were entirely re-composited from the original constituent film elements, and not up-converted from the derivative videotape end products as explained. For CBS to be able to do so, they had to sub-contract, considering the amount of work the remastering entailed, other companies to do the work on a season alternating basis. In the 1970s and 80s, it was fairly common for broadcast pilots, miniseries, and 2-part episodes to be re… [24] Contrary to The Original Series remastering project, CBS Digital had by this time switched over to the LightWave 3D software (as used by Foundation Imaging for the earlier Director's Edition of The Motion Picture) for the recreation of missing elements in CGI. These formats are at the very least employed for 6 channel (5.1) sound systems, though the newer 8 channel (7.1) norm is steadily gaining ground as of 2016. Typically, video remastering entails the digital scanning of the individual film cells of the original masters in 720p/1080p/2160p resolution, after which, optionally, digital editing is performed in dedicated image manipulating software packages, such as color correcting or repairing damage on the cells. Called "digitally mastered" (as indicated on the below-mentioned UK VHS box-art, and the "digitally" essentially referring to the computerized editing equipment instead of the films themselves) at the time, new, cleaned-up and color corrected, transfers were analogously (meaning that each individual film cell was separately photographed with a high resolution camera, instead of digitally scanned) produced from the old masters. It also means that if the new 2160p format becomes the new norm, the procedure can be repeated for the first ten films, though not from the digitally enhanced 1080p versions; the original film elements have to be revisited in that case, as had indeed been done for the Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Director's Cut) Blu-ray, though it had been downscaled to the 1080p resolution format for its 2016 Blu-ray home video release. In a similar fashion as they had done for the Original Series remastering project, CBS Consumer Products again reached out to the Star Trek fan community, this time by giving access to the project to the administrators of the TrekCore news website. On 31 August 2006, CBS Paramount Television announced that, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Star Trek: The Original Series would return to broadcast syndication for the first time in sixteen years. Most of these workprint tapes were habitually not archived at Paramount and ended afterwards up in the possession of collectors such as Cyril Paciullo, having acquired them at the various Star Trek auctions. Discussion in 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' started by Rad, Oct 17, 2016. Incidentally, CBS Digital had four years earlier already stumbled upon the "spatial resolution" effect by accident, when they decided out of cost considerations to cut down on computer rendering time by dialing down the (pixel count) resolution of their highly detailed original CGI Enterprise model. The last shot rendered was of the Enterprise "sailing off into the unknown at the end of the episode." Buy Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan [Blu-ray] [Remastered, Restored, Widescreen, Subtitled] at CCVideo.com. Original Series Remastered in HD, Widescreen May Be Next By Michelle October 30, 2006 - 4:36 PM. [21]. As far as Star Trek is concerned, all its remastering projects fall under the auspices of what is presently CBS Consumer Products. If so, then a HD ready (master) print already exists – further implying that the DVD release actually concerned a downscaled product, the technique still in its infancy at the time – , though its current whereabouts are either unknown, or that the print is unsuitable for other technical reasons as a Blu-ray master.