I'll watch things streaming, but I do not like paying the price they normally charge to purchase a streaming show which probably won't be around (probably being the key word) as long as the physical media.
Plus, despite what people claim, there's a difference between watching a Blu-ray in HD and streaming HD. Streaming is about 1/4 as good as the Blu-Ray physical disc, so if it's a remaster, would prefer to see it in all it's glory.
I recently bought the DVDs of the two "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" movies and the full run of the TV series. You can bet your life that they aren't even full DVD quality, let alone UHD BluRay quality, but that didn't stop me from enjoying the hell out of themI'm not purchasing a single streaming show. I'm paying a subscription fee to access a large library of content, which I use fairly frequently, for more than just the one program.
If it is a UHD Blu-ray disk, you have a 4k TV, and you typically sit close enough to it, there can be a difference, yes. Since it doesn't exist in that format, I don't have such a TV, and my room layout doesn't really support sitting that close, these are not barriers to me.
There is such a thing as making perfect the enemy of good. I will not deny myself an awesome sci-fi story because the visual presentation is less than the absolute best available to modern consumer technology.
I'm not purchasing a single streaming show. I'm paying a subscription fee to access a large library of content, which I use fairly frequently, for more than just the one program.
If it is a UHD Blu-ray disk, you have a 4k TV, and you typically sit close enough to it, there can be a difference, yes. Since it doesn't exist in that format, I don't have such a TV, and my room layout doesn't really support sitting that close, these are not barriers to me.
There is such a thing as making perfect the enemy of good. I will not deny myself an awesome sci-fi story because the visual presentation is less than the absolute best available to modern consumer technology.
We've got 3 streaming services. Was looking at cutting Disney but they added Star to it and there's a lot of movies and shows we want to watch on it.
Firefly looked nice. Watching Alien right now. For 1979 looks great.
And yet, I don't have Disney+ (Marvel, Star Wars), Paramount+ (STAR TREK! NO!!!!!!), or Hulu.
... it's a bizarre situation. On the one hand, with just the three services I have, I have so much to watch that I never, ever run out. And yet, by not having some of the other services, I feel like I'm missing out (haven't seen Wandavision or the Mandalorian, nor have I see the latest Star Trek series).
I feel like I'm at the biggest feast, gorging myself, and there's someone saying, "Hey, next table over they've got really good food you should try!"
Yeah, the B5 remasters show what you can do with rescanning the original film, color correction, and good upscaling. Is there a reason you couldn't do the same for DS9? I remember the TNG remasters requiring a lot more effort & money, basically needing all there post-production work redone, but I don't recall why.What's more, maybe that means there's hope for shows like DS9?
The acting from Jurasik and Katsulis was great. Furlann, too, considering her role was sorta Space Galadriel + Space Mom. My friends and I used to joke the actors on the show couldn't play convincing humans, but the people playing aliens were terrific.One of my favourite SciFi arcs. The acting was soap opera grade, getting somewhat better with time, but the stories held up.
Worse, it isn't that someone is saying it - it is actually true - there's good stuff over on the other table.
I look at it this way - the basic, with commercials, offering of Paramount+ is going to be $4.99/month. If they have only one show I want to watch each week, that's $1.20 per show. So long as I am watching at least that much, it is a reasonable expense.
Repeat for each service.
Yeah, the B5 remasters show what you can do with rescanning the original film, color correction, and good upscaling. Is there a reason you couldn't do the same for DS9?