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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chris2" data-source="post: 324632" data-attributes="member: 495">In the late 80s, most filmed series in the US were being edited on tape. They saved money in the short term but long term this has made the upgrade to HD expensive. Paramount had to re-compose a number of ”Cheers” episodes from the original film elements in order to upgrade to HD, because the latter half of the series was edited on tape. “Star Trek: The Next Generation” was even more challenging because the special effects were all done on video, so they had to be redone for HD. Because of this, “Deep Space Nine” and “Voyager” are only seen in SD to this day.The most significant filmed series of the day that remained edited on film is “Murder She Wrote” and that’s because Angela Lansbury and her team insisted (and she had the clout to do it). Smart lady.</blockquote>