WB considering HD update

[Looney]

I was watching some of this last night....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGrXO2RDzLg

I think we need to get them on Babylon 5 immediately. It is amazing, and a bit frightening, what people can do with visual imagery these days.

[Springer]

You may have seen, there have been some fan attempts to reformat B5 for HD, though obviously not to the same level as Star Wars fans, but it's a taster of what's possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5LvOxIuu1c

https://thewertzone.blogspot.com/202...ots-in-hd.html

[Looney]

Yes I've seen them and it hurts to watch.

I sooooooooo hope Lyta's Shadow is right, but you know watching clips like these reminds me that WB likely won't put as much care or effort into any attempts they make.

[Ubik]

FYI, there's a fan project on Reddit, apparently upscaling the footage to 4k via AI techniques. Still early days.

https://www.reddit.com/r/babylon5/co..._hdr_60fps_ai/

There's already a full HD upconvert available done by a fan, again, check reddit for P2P links.

[Ubik]

Some example footage here, looks pretty good....

https://www.reddit.com/r/babylon5/co...on_the_firing/

[Looney]

I just feel like I would have picked a different clip. I mean the scene is fine, I've just always cringed at that "Oh boy" and the end.

Thanks for sharing Ubik.

[Ubik]

Originally Posted by Looney

I just feel like I would have picked a different clip. I mean the scene is fine, I've just always cringed at that "Oh boy" and the end.

Thanks for sharing Ubik.

Who knows if they'll get it done, but seems like a good time when many are restricted in terms of going out and doing 'real world' stuff.

[Lyta's Shadow]

Just noticed that the icons for each season on Amazon Prime Video (UK) have been updated to say Remastered. They are still SD videos however so not sure what is going on.

[Springer]

Originally Posted by Lyta's Shadow

Just noticed that the icons for each season on Amazon Prime Video (UK) have been updated to say Remastered. They are still SD videos however so not sure what is going on.

I noticed the same remastered branding is on the episodes on Apple TV/iTunes too, but like you from what I can tell it's still the usual low quality standard def versions. It's interesting that it's saying remastered on both Amazon and Apple, which suggests it's not some random thing and maybe something is coming not too far down the road?

[Looney]

Well I noticed that my Amazon streaming versions are all now full frame instead of widescreen. I mean we know I am crazy, but I didn't watch any episodes for about a month and I swear they were widescreen before. I wonder if Amazon is somehow sourcing them form iTunes or Vudu now?!