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Originally posted by vhelp
@ neo_sapien,
Personally, I don't think it matters all that much anyways.
I mean, first of all, they JIMMY it's quality. Yes, JIMMY!!
They do something to it's "color space", and when you watch it on
TV, it's sort of sun-flared or smoke-chizzeled or something. I
can't begin to tell you how crazy I went through many times, in
trying to figure out of all my captures, this show just won't work
w/ me. Till I realized that they (between broadcasters and the
makers [guard watchers] of these shows) vandelize the quality to
maintain minimal copying or what-have-you.
That's in addition to the BITRATE techniques they employ on Satellite
streams. In short, they reduce the BITRATE, which in turn, lowers
the quality of the stream. As far as I understand it.
But, as far as ANY Star Trek showing (enterprise, voyager, ds9 and
next generation) all these shows are JIMMY'ed 
So, I don't think it will look (benefit'wise) any better EVEN IF,
you opt for an HDTV or HD source for your Satellite. I think it
would be a waist in this respect. And, if they continue to plaugerize
our source w/ the above mentioned BITRATE technique, we are in for
more loss of quality.
Sorry, for the rant.., 3 years ago, the quality was outstanding, now,
its sucking worser as they add more channels.. and more channels..,
and more channels.. - thanks to BITRATE nonsense.
-vhelp
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Are you referring to the lack of rich colors? For the last several years, everything in DS9, Voyager and Enterprise has looked like it was somehow colored drab grey. I always figured Paramount didn't have enough money to afford proper equipment, because I've seen that kind of lack of rich colors in broadcasts from 3rd world countries that make it back to the U.S. via the news, like Pyongyang's parade grounds (grey everywhere...very little color).
I've tried so many things to straighten out the color on recorded episodes of Enterprise, it drives me nuts. I'll be completely infuriated if Enterprise in HDTV is just a regular analog drab grey Enterprise that's been enlarged to 1080i.
I think that up in Canada and in the U.K. the colors are just right, though. If you've ever watched a cap of the episodes made by FTV which comes in VCD and is capped in Canada via satellite on Tuesday nights (C-Band satellite I think), you'll see rich blue colored uniforms.
You'd think that one of the most popular shows on TV would be allowed a quality method of distribution, at least. What really PISSES ME OFF is that they're giving other countries top quality, but the country of origin gets the quality equivalent of a palmjob from a shemale.