I've only barely skimmed the surface of the preservation world, but the irreverent attitude taken by the industry towards audiovisual media releases frustrates me greatly. That more accurate older releases are made unobtainable in favor of newer botched versions just adds insult to injury.
I'm grateful that diminishing returns were hit earlier with audio, though, which limits the blast radius for music releases. Most classic albums have a range of different masterings available on audio CD, many of which are available cheaply secondhand, which makes getting ahold of a good/accurate release considerably less daunting.
Movies and especially TV shows on the other hand are a mess. It shouldn't be a miracle to get a high-quality, faithful official remaster like the one Star Trek: TNG got.
Movies especially with re-releases. Star Wars with Lucas tinkering and blocking old copies.
But we have this - <a href="https://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/project-4k77/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/project-4k77/
"97% of project 4K77 is from a single, original 1977 35mm Technicolor release print, scanned at full 4K, cleaned at 4K, and rendered at 4K."
Opening scene comparison - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1b47UP6ZGI" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1b47UP6ZGI
cosmic_cheese · · focus · HN ↗
I'm grateful that diminishing returns were hit earlier with audio, though, which limits the blast radius for music releases. Most classic albums have a range of different masterings available on audio CD, many of which are available cheaply secondhand, which makes getting ahold of a good/accurate release considerably less daunting.
Movies and especially TV shows on the other hand are a mess. It shouldn't be a miracle to get a high-quality, faithful official remaster like the one Star Trek: TNG got.
Namahanna · · focus · HN ↗
But we have this - <a href="https://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/project-4k77/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/project-4k77/
"97% of project 4K77 is from a single, original 1977 35mm Technicolor release print, scanned at full 4K, cleaned at 4K, and rendered at 4K."
Opening scene comparison - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1b47UP6ZGI" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1b47UP6ZGI
jgord · · focus · HN ↗