In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the first broadcast, Paramount owner CBS started to restore the episodes for an HD release on Blu-ray but also for future broadcasts and the online distribution. A simple conversion of the final cuts was impossible because they only were available on video in SD. Consequently, the original negatives were scanned in HD. In order to do so, more than 25,000 reels had to be dug up from the Paramount archieves and cleaned. Also because the original visual effects had been made for an aspect ratio of 1.33:1, the aspect ratio of the new HD versions remains unchanged. Some visual effects such as phaser shots and beaming processes have been re-created instead of converted. Furthermore, perspective goofs in space and misguided shadows have been corrected and so have some paintings.


Compared are the Original Version and the Remastered Version.

In order to keep it simple, repeated effects do not have screenshots.

 

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The half-Klingon K’Ehley gets beamed on board of the Enterprise. It turns out that she was the love of Worf's youth. K’Ehley is supposed to accompany Captain Picard to a Klingon war ship in the Boradis system and act as a mediator. The crew of the Klingon ship has been in cryo stasis for 70 years and is due to wake up in the following days. However, 70 years ago the Federation and the Klingon Empire were still at war...

 

 

08:28
The tractor beam was enhanced.

Original Version	Remastered Version

08:38
The beam effect looks better.

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10:38
The stars passing by look slightly different.

Original Version	Remastered Version

10:58
The stars passing by look slightly different.

11:26
The stars passing by look slightly different.

11:44
The stars passing by look slightly different.

11:57
The stars passing by look slightly different.

12:04
The stars passing by look slightly different.

Original Version	Remastered Version

12:16
The stars passing by look slightly different.

12:37
The stars passing by look slightly different.

24:52
The effect was enhanced.

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35:50
The disruptor effect looks nicer.

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42:38
The beam effect was polished up a bit.

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