@ SilverWook
I always thought both hi-def versions were always identical. (I guess that was only with simultaneous releases early on, before HD-DVD’s shaky market position?) So now, what? We must buy old laserdiscs AND old HD-DVDs (not to mention the players … doh!) to get less remaster-tampering than in contemporary releases?
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I apologize for this disgusting piece of self-promotion but I did comparing videos for all TOS episodes …
You did those?!? That is so AWESOME!!
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You are my NEW, PERSONAL HERO!!
I love you – now I must save all those videos!! I hate you – now I must save all those videos!! .
BTW, interesting about the wrong CU of Spock on the DVD in episode “By Any Other Name”. Different from the videotapes (all releases) and the earlier TV broadcasts? Laserdisc, too?
I also noticed the odd movement in the frame-stepping and higher voice pitch, both on the Blu-ray in episode “Arena”. Could those problems be from incorrect capture of a Region B Blu-ray against a Region 1 DVD?
Not sure how the older versions look like. I have TOS only on DVD (the 2003 edition) and BluRay. My VHS tapes went to the trash bin when I bought the DVDs and I live in a country where 99% of people have no idea what a laserdisc is. And I don’t really remember when was the last time I’ve seen the “non-remastered” version on TV.