Star Trek Online - PvE Event Took place Wed 31 Jan, 2024 8:00 PM
“ STO Division Themed Event
Battlezone Blitz
Captains the Battlezones call for Aid! - Captain Aragorn
Overview: Captains, we have been recieving numerous calls from the battlezones as they are being pushed back by the Voth, Varduuar and Borg, and we must help them
“ It's not that they've been lost, it's that they don't contain the VFX shots, as those were composited on videotape as a cost-saving measure starting with Season 3 with the start of Voyager, and those shots are too low resolution to be enlarged the same way they did for TNG.
“ I might be misremembering. In all honesty its been a while since I've looked into the reasons, I think it was financial for DS9/Voy remasters that a lot of fans have salivating for. ”
“ Really? I thought TNG was remastered by digitally scanning the original 35mm film but it's been sometime I read that so I'm not sure. As for not remastering it to 4k I think CBS just considered it not necessary since a true fully remastered 1080p image is already amazing hence TNG. ”
“ Honestly yeah its amazing what folks have been able to do with upscaling, I think the original 35mm or the negatives for TNG and DS9 have been lost which is why we’ve never seen a full 4k remaster, that or its just too costly for the return they’d get ”