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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Matthew Blaisdel" data-source="post: 344349" data-attributes="member: 26">No, the opening credits are just a normal, simple upscale, no AI involved there. The AI  (adding cumputergenerized things to the picture, that weren't there before)  was done to the episodes. And that's what the Topaz AI HD upscaler does - for everyone to buy for like 200 bucks.Why they didn't even use that for the opening credits as well? Don't ask me, it wouldn't have cost them more, maybe a day or two extra rendering time, but the result would look much better than it does now with that "normal" upscale process.But it was done with several other shows of that era already ... Star Trek TNG, The X-Files ... or even a minor popular show like MacGyver, which was completely edited on video for it's whole 7 seasons run and the elements were put all together again scene by scene and all seasons are available now as true film scans in HD. That process is available for some years now and i think Star Trek TNG started that and it became quite automated and much more affordable lately.  The only obstacle that would make this expensive is, if Dallas was a sci-fi-show with many effect shots to be upscaled and recreated, but that isn't the case with those big primetime soap operas of the 80s.Warner just took the cheapest and easiest way here, and i can't and won't excuse that for such a huge worldwide success show like Dallas.</blockquote>