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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 263277" data-attributes="member: 57984">Believe it or not, the DVDs for this season are 300% better than how they were originally broadcast. (And, yes, it's one of my favorite years of DALLAS, too).Site member  Al Paige said that what happened (and all the Lorimar shows did this in 1986) was that while networks like CBS were still requiring their primetime dramas to be shot on 35mm film (because of the superior look to video) some production companies were getting around this by using a new, flawed computerized post-production process in which the film pieces were dubbed down to 1 inch video prior to editing (with those film pieces presumably discarded) to avoid the more expensive traditional film lab work.The problem was that it looked as bad or worse than old style videotape. The old-timers in the lab were apparently horrified that the powers-that-be allowed the show to go out over the airwaves looking this awful, but the bean-counting executives thought the devolution in visual quality was worth the savings.We were horrified, too., and just couldn't believe it --- as if DALLAS went from looking like motion picture to something that was shot with a camcorder.It could be fixed, at some expense, if the 35 mm film pieces could be found, and there are also digital tricks available today which could help a lot (and maybe some of these were used -- as I said, the DVDs are far better).Other shows in the late-'80s were doing something similar: in 1986 and 1987, the broadcast prints for DYNASTY became so ruddy and splotchy and grainy it was jaw-dropping. But the Shapiros own the negative and the Region 1 DVDs for this period are pristine and completely remastered and look far better than when it originally aired,DALLAS' Season 10 could still use some more work, But somebody would have to care.[MEDIA=youtube]o0BGhMEFg-c[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

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