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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: [QB] All of this is really geared to prologing the franchise. Every Trek TV series before ENT / TOS-R is not up to any sort of HD standard. Paramount wants to be able to make money on DVDs as well as syndication, and to have HD material to do it. Within our lifetimes, we'll have ONLY hi-def signals transmitted on our hi-def screens through digital means. That means that reruns of Golden Girls, Babylon 5, and Knight Rider will forever ONLY be viewable as fuzzy, blurred images. Paramount is ensuring that Trek will be watchable to new and old audiences for years to come, ensuring what they hope will be a small but worthwhile income stream while maintaining material that will in turn help new additions to the franchise. TNG is historically the best-rated of the Trek shows for its context, and it's the natural choice after TOS to preserve. I don't think Voyager or DS9 will get the same treatment for some time, and probably not untilt he cost for redoing everything comes down significantly. Still, I'm sure whoever pitched TNG-R made a similar value proposition and the execs bit into it. It's money over enjoyment, though ten years from now I'd be very happy to enjoy Encounter At Farpoint in 1080p on a crappy old HDTV and NOT have to complain about the lousy effects and blurry picture. Mark [/QB][/QUOTE]
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