| Nosferatu@Cult Labs | 27th October 2021 08:37 PM |
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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs
(Post 662375)
From DVD Compare, about the first season:
General Note:
Because the Babylon 5 visual-effects shots were archived as 4:3 NTSC and the purely live-action shots were archived as High-Definition, there is a noticeable drop in quality whenever a shot containing CGI occurs (since the 4:3 NTSC image had to be blown up to fill and cropped to fill the 1.78:1 DVD). This drop in quality is much worse on PAL DVDs (were the shots had to be then transformed to PAL). Rewind @ www.dvdcompare.net - Babylon 5: Season 1 (TV) (1993)
I think that means the only way to have a high definition picture is to use the same aspect ratio as the visual effects.
| Additionally, the show was originally broadcast in 1.33:1 (4:3), so the Blu-ray/HD stream has the original aspect ratio.
"Now for the most surprising piece of news... Engadget has confirmed that Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has now completed a six-year effort to upgrade the classic 1990s J. Michael Straczynski science fiction TV series Babylon 5 for the digital age. Babylon 5 Remastered is now available for viewing on HBO Max, and it’s also available for download on iTunes and Amazon. The new HD presentation includes all five seasons of the show with live action film elements scanned in 4K from the original camera negative, digitally cleaned and properly color graded, with VFX upsampled from the original SD. The entire series is available in its original 4x3 broadcast format. The 1998 version of the series’ original pilot film, The Gathering, has also been included, though it’s unremastered and so in 16x9 (as the original film elements were lost during the Northridge earthquake in 1994)." https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/m...ts/012621-1430 | 