FYI -
DVD: 375G
BluRay: About 1,700G
Worth every bit.
FYI -
DVD: 375G
BluRay: About 1,700G
Worth every bit.
I would pay 1.7tb for TNG in “yes” quality.
My 720p h.265 potato version is only about 90GB, same as DS9
The TNG Bluray boxset is also worth it because of the amount of effort and the deft touch that effort was applied with, that went into the release. First of all, the source material is the original 35mm film stock (aside from, if memory serves, a couple of seconds that came from and SD source). So it looks really good… the problem was though, the effects shots were done on SD video. So they had to recreate the effects shots in HD. Ideally all the footage would be what was originally shot and broadcasts but what we ended up with is an acceptable compromise for a less than ideal situation… still, I wish there was an option to toggle the original effects shots on and off. Honestly though, I think it’s something that wouldn’t bother most viewers.
To see some screencaps of the effects shots, rather than posting a whole bunch of them here, I recommend that you look at the review of the boxset, over at Ex Astris Scientia.
The other great thing about the Bluray’s is that Paramount didn’t fall into the pit of stupidity, by screwing with the original 4:3 aspect ratio. As far as I know, TNG was never shot with widescreen coverage in mind. In other words, 4:3 was the intended aspect ratio.
I would not hesitate to recommend it personally… same goes for The X Files Bluray boxset.
~640GB here. I own the blu-ray set but I also was too lazy to rip it myself.
I agree that some of the special effects are annoying. The CGI model of the Enterprise itself is wildly inconsistent, as if they created a new ship model every time and couldn’t be bothered to check it for accuracy. The CGI model also had lighting inconsistencies too which makes it even more irritating. I don’t even know why they replaced the ship model with a CGI model in these shots because the ship was just slowly sailing through space in them with nothing happening, the original footage looked perfectly fine.
It was kept 4:3 simply because a lot of props, rigging, cameras, and cast were in the side frames. Many shows produced in that era were shot this way, it was just common practice as nobody thought 4:3 was going to change.
definitely thought this thread was gonna be about the theoretical amount of storage being used in the series…
Are you familiar with the widescreen release of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series? Complete with never before seen shots of lighting equipment, and/or random crew members just standing at the side of the shot.
So in Buffy’s case, they may have filmed it with a widescreen aspect ratio but it was only ever shot with 4:3 coverage and broadcast in mind.
The more annoying thing to me though, is there are certain shows that I know were shot with 16:9 coverage but that to date, have only ever been released in their broadcast format of 4:3.
For the shows you are talking about, when it came time to release those series, the studios used the broadcast masters to create the DVDs and bluerays instead of the original shot footage.
A full collection of Murder She Wrote in top quality will run you about 1100GB.