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> because they should have easily had a chance to recompose the show for true DVD quality and then again for a decent Blu-Ray rerelease. IIRC, that was the act
by CharlesColeman 8y ago
> because they should have easily had a chance to recompose the show for true DVD quality and then again for a decent Blu-Ray rerelease.
IIRC, that was the actual plan from the beginning: render for SD TV in the 90s, then re-render when HD TV became common and computer power increased enough for it to be practical to render at those definitions.
- WorldMaker 8y agoIndeed. Which is a shame. Contrast it on the one side to DS9/Voyager as well which weren't even filmed on film and intentionally had no plans to preserve SFX work and will likely never see Blu-Ray releases. Contrast it on the other side to Star Trek TOS and TNG which were shot on film, and had a big enough audience to warrant rebuilding SFX almost from scratch to get a Blu-Ray release. B5 was primed to be right in the middle there and if not for the unfortunate losses of data, could have had a strong Blu-Ray release at a huge fraction of the cost CBS put into TOS and TNG remasters.