They still had source negative film for Star Trek: the Next Generation in 2012, 18 years after it went off the air. They used it to do an HD remaster for a show

They still had source negative film for Star Trek: the Next Generation in 2012, 18 years after it went off the air. They used it to do an HD remaster for a show originally mastered on video tape [0]. I don't know if this is common or rare. [0]: https://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2012/07/remastering-star-trek-next-generation.html https://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2012/07/remastering-star-tr...