Will they ever release the old episodes in HD?
Posted by maienqiuzoje@reddit | mythbusters | View on Reddit | 4 comments
I started watching the show from the beginning, and it's a bit painful having to watch the early seasons in such bad quality. They air the reruns of them in HD right? So they must have a HD source, why not release them?
I think season 6 onwards is available in HD.
They should release the complete series on Blu-ray.
MasterFubar@reddit
You can't have high definition if the source material wasn't filmed in HD to start with.
Epoch20@reddit
They did it with ST TNG.
ByteoftheApple@reddit
It's because TNG was filmed on 35mm film, which is more than enough resolution for HD.
cgw3737@reddit
Agreed. As a Star Trek fan I've read about why TNG was remastered, but not Voyager or DS9, and apparently it has to do with whether the video was shot on film or on tape. I'm not sure how feasible Mythbusters would be to remaster. Unfortunately there seems to be a 5 to 10 year range of TV material that won't get remastered anytime soon due to technical and budgetary constraints.