Dallas To Get Remastered In HD

[Mustard]

As far as we know Dallas will retain its original 4:3 aspect ratio. There will be no stretching of the image.

Remastered Friends had the advantage of having more free picture space on the left and right sides. Dallas does not have that luxury for the majority of its scenes.

Blu-ray is automatically 16:9 at minimum. To put 4:3 on Blu-ray, you have to put pillarbox black bars on the actual footage itself to make it 16:9. Stretching was the wrong word to use, sorry.

 

[Miss Texas 1967]

If it wasn't intended to be shown in widescreen, as in the way they framed the shots weren't supposed to show crew or set edges then I'd rather not see it that way. Cleaned up picture however would be wonderful.

It's bad enough when you can see the edges of the fake Southfork set in later seasons :eyes:

 

[Seaviewer]

Not just true on O-R CBS Dallas, but also of O-R NBC 60s Star Trek (BKA TOS); the remastered edition (I personally believe this is what enabled me to truly enjoy TOS) has been roundly attacked by purists who can't get over that not everyone enjoys seeing TOS in the (more or less) unrefined look of the original 60s NBC broadcasts (notwithstanding that the Blus do allow the choice between NBC 60s and remastered now

I remember when they were released, people said, "Wow, it's so clear you can see where Spock's ears join on!" - but I don't want to see where Spock's ears join on.

re: Friends

the fact that Warner Bros. had to go back and fix some scenes by cropping them to prevent awkward moments such as camera-people showing up on screen begs the question of why the series was transferred to widescreen to begin with.

For me, it begs the question of why it was filmed with extraneous views in shot in the first place.

 

[Miss Texas 1967]

For me, it begs the question of why it was filmed with extraneous views in shot in the first place.

My understanding is they shot expecting the edges to be cropped in post-production and never expected we'd be scaling up the release for widescreen so the extra stuff didn't matter.

However, series like Buffy & Stargate have had the HD treatment and they are truly shambolic. Ratios have been cut here, there & everywhere leaving scenes in with missing heads etc, scenes were totally cut out and the fan rage was real when they were paying for an inferior product compared to the DVD sets.

It'd be fascinating but really take you out of the story if we saw Dallas like this:

This is a good video talking about the rest of the issues with the Buffy DVD, starting with the automated colour adjustment rather than manual to maintain the original mood of the scenes.

 

[bmasters9]

I remember when they were released, people said, "Wow, it's so clear you can see where Spock's ears join on!" - but I don't want to see where Spock's ears join on.

Which is why the original clamshell releases...



or this...





...would be your best bet if you wanted to enjoy TOS the way you wanted.

Of course, you being Down Under, I'm not sure exactly how you would get it in the original 60s format you apparently favor; you would have to have a region-free player if you wanted it the way I showed you.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

There's that one scene with Charlie, Ray and Jenna in the car seeing Bobby's car being towed after Pam's crash. I don't know if that aired but it must've to end up online, right?

That scene aired in the USA but was cut from the UK transmission master.

Don't ask me why, I haven't a clue.

This is great to hear, as it shows Dallas is still being acknowledged in the 2020s, not just for the huge impact it had around the world on its original run, but also on the millions of younger fans who are still becoming addicted today.

It would be wonderful to have some HD blu-ray releases as well, together with Knots and Falcon Crest, but as others have said, we are probably (and sadly) entering into dream territory here. But - then again - as James said, you never know!

I am thinking about investing in that single-sided DVD box set though..... I own about half the series on those cheap double-sided discs, but several of those aren't working properly now, especially seasons 9-10. I don't know how they were ever allowed for commercial release....

This thread has whetted my appetite for a complete early years re-watch. Think it's time to bring it on...!

This is the one you need to buy.

Which is why the original clamshell releases...

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or this...

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...would be your best bet if you wanted to enjoy TOS the way you wanted.

Of course, you being Down Under, I'm not sure exactly how you would get it in the original 60s format you apparently favor; you would have to have a region-free player if you wanted it the way I showed you.

I have both.

The original clamshell releases and the remastered releases.

The remastered Star Trek releases are truly outstanding but for purist fans you can still watch the original's on the discs.

 

[bmasters9]

I have both.

The original clamshell releases and the remastered releases.

The remastered Star Trek releases are truly outstanding but for purist fans you can still watch the original's on the discs.

I did not know you had them! I responded as I did on assumption that you didn't, and that you wanted them.

 

[Seaviewer]

This is the one you need to buy.

Is that the same as this?

 

[Karin]

My understanding is they shot expecting the edges to be cropped in post-production and never expected we'd be scaling up the release for widescreen so the extra stuff didn't matter.

It'd be fascinating but really take you out of the story if we saw Dallas like this:

This is a good video talking about the rest of the issues with the Buffy DVD, starting with the automated colour adjustment rather than manual to maintain the original mood of the scenes.

Oh don't get me started on those horrible Buffy DVD's. I began collecting them with the original ratio 4x3. But for some stupid reason they decided to crop the image to 16x9 widescreen for the later seasons. It is so annoying. I think TV shows should be released in the aspect ratio they were filmed and for Dallas as well as Buffy it's 4x3.

In fact those Buffy DVD's are so horrible that I think the last time I rewatched the show I saw it from my VHS boxes for the latter seasons since the quality of those were better than the DVD's! :bang:

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Is that the same as this?
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Yeah that's it.

 

[Soap archives]

I might be minority but I wanna see it the way it was back late 70s and 80s not remastered

 

[Grangehill1]

I might be minority but I wanna see it the way it was back late 70s and 80s not remastered

I honestly think half of the reason I don’t like season 10 is because of the awful picture quality. It jars so much from season 9. Anything to improve this season would be greatly appreciated

 

[TheDeadBobby]

I would buy the entire box set in MP4 if they offered it so you could download it. I don't want to rent it and run on someone else's servers and never really own it.
DVDs are too shaky and they are already going away.

 

[Miss Texas 1967]

I would buy the entire box set in MP4 if they offered it so you could download it. I don't want to rent it and run on someone else's servers and never really own it.
DVDs are too shaky and they are already going away.

Would ripping the DVDs work?
I actually haven't had any problem with my single sided discs but I totally get what you're saying. It's also nice if you're travelling, you can put the episodes on your iPad and watch on the go. I definitely watched Knots Landing in some odd locations because I could lol

 

[TheDeadBobby]

Would ripping the DVDs work?
I actually haven't had any problem with my single sided discs but I totally get what you're saying. It's also nice if you're travelling, you can put the episodes on your iPad and watch on the go. I definitely watched Knots Landing in some odd locations because I could lol

Well generally, home recorded aren't even as good as store bought, it's a different and less robust process.

 

[Miss Texas 1967]

Well generally, home recorded aren't even as good as store bought, it's a different and less robust process.

I guess in the meantime though you could do that if you really wanted the copies digitally for safe keeping. VLC lets you click record and it copies a version from DVD to PC.

 

[TheDeadBobby]

I guess in the meantime though you could do that if you really wanted the copies digitally for safe keeping. VLC lets you click record and it copies a version from DVD to PC.

I actually think I have that program, the only problem is my double sided DVDs ... half of them quit working.

 

[Miss Texas 1967]

I actually think I have that program, the only problem is my double sided DVDs ... half of them quit working.

Oh damn, annoying
I use VLC when playing anything on my laptop. You just right click and hit record and it'll save the clip as an MP4 file. In theory you could do the entire episode at once if you wanted, I only ever use it for short clips.
I assume it's not exactly an action which is approved by the owners of the property but you're not doing it for profit so I feel it's the same as importing a CD into iTunes, for your own use it's fine.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

**NEWS** The High Definition restoration/remaster of all fourteen seasons of #Dallas is nearing completion. The project at Warner Bros, Burbank has included three colorists and a Graphics and VFX Artist to remaster the opening titles. More news soon.

The above courtesy of the Dallas Fanzine on Facebook.

It's exciting, isn't it!!

 

[Billy Wall]

So can we expect Dallas to stream on HBO Max in the not to distant future?