Star Trek: The Next Generation (DVD vs Blu-ray)
My friend showed me an episode from the newly minted Star Trek: The Next Generation Blu-ray set. The disc comes with three episodes and is meant as a teaser for the upcoming season box sets. The episodes have been restored from the original 35mm negatives, which was news to me as I had always assumed the show was shot on video. I was impressed with the restoration work, and I figured that I have enough nerdy readers to justify this quick comparison. Besides the expected boost in color, contrast and detail, the restored images reveal a lovely grain structure. The added texture helps eliminate a lot of the hazy smear of the original DVDs. Looking at both formats, it appears that the DVDs were vertically stretched and zoomed, as the Blu-rays show more information in the frame and are slightly letterboxed. Click the images below for full resolution captures.
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