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zehaevatoday at 2:11 PM1 replyview on HN

What he's talking about is that the CGI in B5 was filmed in 4:3 and not in 16:9 like the rest of the show. When they did the "high res" releases they had to make the choice of doing everything in 16:9 or in 4:3.

In 4:3 it looks good and like the original airing show, in 16:9 any non-digital/composite shot looks freaking fantastic. But once you get to any digital or composite shot it takes a nose dive in quality.


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bbarnetttoday at 3:04 PM

There was recent (last few years) work done to fix all of this.

https://www.modeemi.fi/~leopold/Babylon5/DVD/DVDTransfer.htm...

I have these versions, and it's world better than everything beforehand. It's also a good opportunity for a re-watch!

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