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Babylon 5 in HD?
posted by KnixonSTAFFMOD on February 4, 2021 at 12:17 PM
It seems that HBO Max has sprung for some remastering, so that B5 is now available in 1080p. I await the downloads!
Reply by VobIdem
on April 3, 2021 at 4:30 PM
Really? That would be great
Reply by tmdb82469342
on April 3, 2021 at 5:21 PM
It's in 1.33:1
We're back to the beginning again... But in HD this time!
Reply by Knixon
on April 3, 2021 at 7:59 PM
As I recall, the live scenes were filmed in a way that could be shown in widescreen, but the special effects weren't. Or maybe vice reversa. But either way what I'm reading/hearing is that the "remastered"/"HD" versions you can find now, for example on Netflix, are not the real thing, yet. The actual transfer hasn't been done yet, so what Netflix did is like an up-conversion or something. Not the same thing.
Reply by Knixon
on April 3, 2021 at 8:01 PM
The real horror story, though, is what they did to Buffy The Vampire Slayer (series).
Reply by tmdb82469342
on April 3, 2021 at 10:34 PM
https://youtu.be/VKcAYMb5uk4
Reply by Knixon
on April 4, 2021 at 2:42 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZWNGq70Oyo
Reply by tmdb82469342
on April 4, 2021 at 3:18 PM
Apparently it's on Disney+ but I don't know if they're showing that version.
Reply by Steve
on August 13, 2021 at 8:37 AM
Watching on HBO MAX after just finishing up a binge of Deep Space 9. I have to say (watching both for the first time) they're the same show? Serialized sci fi show on a space station.
Watched the Pilot. It's cropped in 16:9 and the quality is poor. The first episode in the original aspect ratio looks pretty great - maybe that's when they started the new HD transfers. Also, the pilot has some horrible digital effects. Episode 1 seems much more modern. I have to say so far the series is horrible though. I know it gets better but man these first two are Plan 9 From Outer space level horrible.
Reply by Knixon
on August 15, 2021 at 11:52 PM
Well whatever you do, do NOT watch the "upconversion" of the Buffy series, they made a complete mess of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZWNGq70Oyo