ds9redefined

UPDATE!

This LaserDisc project has REALLY taken off! A number people donated and I was able to get a LaserDisc player, the DomesDay Duplicator and all associated hardware needed for capture, and a lot of the LaserDiscs! Ivan found his way to me, along a few people he’s been working with, one who has also been capturing and collecting discs. We got cloud storage and workflow worked out and we’re working together to get as close as we can to 5 copies of each disc (we’re already there on a number of episodes), and the quality is looking SO good! I should be able to start completing upscales from this source in the next few weeks.

Hi everyone! I’m the creator of DS9: Redefined, a project to restore and upscale Deep Space Nine and Voyager to HD. I completed Deep Space Nine in early 2023 (though I will probably do a version 2 at some point) and I am currently working on Voyager. I am also now beginning work on to preserve the LaserDiscs that were released of DS9 and Voyager. I hope you’ll stop by my website (http://ds9redefined.wordpress.com/) or join the Discord server (https://discord.gg/fzeRAUX8gz) if you’d like to stay up-to-date or support the project!

Hey everyone! I’m the creator of DS9: Redefined, a project that completed a restoration and HD upscale of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, and I’ve now been working on Voyager.

About a week ago, a member of the Discord sent a clip they had captured from a Season 2 LaserDisc using the DomesDay Duplicator. This enables you, with a small mod of the LaserDisc player, to capture the RF signal directly off the disc to a computer, and use software to decode the signal and convert it to digital video. The quality far surpassed my expectations!

https://vimeo.com/938920260
https://vimeo.com/940198143

I believe the LaserDiscs of DS9 Seasons 1-3 and Voyager Seasons 1-5 could represent the best quality of these episodes that were ever publicly available. And so I’ve decided to start a project that will preserve the episodes from these discs, and also provide a better quality source to make new upscales for these episodes. I already have a few donations with which I was able to order a Pioneer LD-V2200 player, as well as order a disc of the the 3rd and 4th episodes of DS9. We’re working on getting the DomesDay Duplicator and other required parts. But by far the hardest part of his project is going to be sourcing all of the discs.

If you’d like to support this project, head over to https://ds9redefined.wordpress.com/laserdisc-project/ or join us on the Discord (https://discord.gg/fzeRAUX8gz) to learn more!