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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8204717" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>So, that's not quite correct, by my understanding. The <em>original broadcast</em> versions of the CGI were fine - Straczynski was thinking ahead, and produced CGI technically better than the dominant CRT TVs of the time could really show. </p><p></p><p>However, when they ported that over to DVD format, the studio did a slipshod job of it. For many years, the only way to see the show was off these crummy DVD ports.</p><p></p><p>For HBO Max, they did go back to the masters, and did a more proper port. You are correct that they kept to the original broadcast ratio for cost reasons - the filming was all done in widescreen, but CGI porting to that would have taken more work than in the original broadcast ratio. The information to do it exists, but it wasn't deemed cost effective - the fans will <em>love</em> the remastered thing in the original broadcast ratio anyway.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If CBS/Paramount sees that we fans will flock to remastered versions, it would be a selling point for Paramount+, yeah.</p><p></p><p>So, for goodness sake, watch B5, and get that message out! We all want to see O'Brien in high definition! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 8204717, member: 177"] So, that's not quite correct, by my understanding. The [I]original broadcast[/I] versions of the CGI were fine - Straczynski was thinking ahead, and produced CGI technically better than the dominant CRT TVs of the time could really show. However, when they ported that over to DVD format, the studio did a slipshod job of it. For many years, the only way to see the show was off these crummy DVD ports. For HBO Max, they did go back to the masters, and did a more proper port. You are correct that they kept to the original broadcast ratio for cost reasons - the filming was all done in widescreen, but CGI porting to that would have taken more work than in the original broadcast ratio. The information to do it exists, but it wasn't deemed cost effective - the fans will [I]love[/I] the remastered thing in the original broadcast ratio anyway. If CBS/Paramount sees that we fans will flock to remastered versions, it would be a selling point for Paramount+, yeah. So, for goodness sake, watch B5, and get that message out! We all want to see O'Brien in high definition! :P [/QUOTE]
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