Would Laserdiscs be of any benefit here? Although sadly they only got up to the middle of season 3 by the time new releases began to dry up in 1999.
The digital broadcast subchannel Heroes & Icons shows DS9 six nights a week in the U.S, but there’s a pesky bug logo in the corner and commercial breaks where there were none originally.
I have read about laserdiscs of DS9 but never actually seen an episode via that medium, so I can’t really judge the quality on that. Do you happen to know someone who owns them or could transfer them to files?
Yes, the logo issue is terrible. I have seen programs that remove them, but there is always a little bit of blur left, which I personally find distracting. And the commercial breaks add headaches when trying to sync the audio.