What makes you say that it could "use" a "restoration"? I think the DVDs look (& sound) great already. Do you mean improve the picture quality or do you mean restore the original broadcasts?Face Palm said:This series could really use a blu ray restoration!
Seeing as the series was Paramount Television, future distribution of it probably still lies under Paramount control (akin to the theatrical films). Disney might not be able to touch the TV show, even if they wanted to.Udvarnoky said:I don't think Disney is going to fund any restoration effort.
That would be the way to go, although, I wonder: How common it is for early-'90s-TV-series to be released on Blu-ray?Moedred said:With Lucas no longer involved, they could always sideline (or stream) the educational featurettes, and release a complete 12 DVD (6 BD) set. But this time include all the extras and edits that actually relate to the series.
Face_Palm said:When has 480p ever been considered to "look good" or good quality? In 1990 sure...
DVD (480p) was hardly a jump in quality from VHS (400p)
Face_Palm said:Blu ray (1080p) is fantastic quality, but it even comes short to the actual resolution of film which is 4K which is 4 times 1080p.
Face_Palm said:The films were released on blu ray, I don't see why the TV series can't be either.
Numbers aside, the DVD image quality is an improvement over any VHS release or home recording. Couple that with flat-screen TV and the show does, indeed, look good...better than it ever has before!Face_Palm said:When has 480p ever been considered to "look good" or good quality? In 1990 sure...
DVD (480p) was hardly a jump in quality from VHS (400p)
Right but?don't forget that the show was shot with 16mm (as also noted above by Udvarnoky) so we're talking less than 1/4 the size of Indy's 70mm theatrical films. Would a 1080p version of Young Indy look better? Maybe not.Face_Palm said:Blu ray (1080p) is fantastic quality, but it even comes short to the actual resolution of film which is 4K which is 4 times 1080p.
The films were released on blu ray, I don't see why the TV series can't be either.
That depends on demographics. Where do you live, Face Palm?Face_Palm said:Twin Peaks is coming out on blu ray just this month.
Nobody buys DVD's anymore. My local best buy has one single half-isle for DVD's compared to 6 full isles of blu rays.
No. The source's quality is the available maximum quality. Migration to more advanced format does not magically make it any crisper. Only advantage is that you'll be able to fit more on a single disc.Raiders112390 said:If I was to get my home movies (from Hi8 tapes) transfered to Blu Ray, would they look any different from the DVD copies we have?
Udvarnoky said:I think our best bet is if they ever throw the series up on a streaming service. If there is in fact already an HD version that they simply downscaled for DVD then they can just use those transfers.
Gobi-1 said:If Lucas still owned Lucasfilm he might spend the money for a full scale Young Indy restoration regardless of the cost, because he could afford it, but I don't see Disney making that effort.