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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An eagerly awaited vacation on planet Risa harbors unforeseen danger for Captain Picard. Risa seems to be the right place for a nice R&R at first. But shortly after his arrival, Picard meets the attractive Vash. That young woman asks him to help her find Tox Uthat, a rare crystal. In the wrong hands, it could become the ultimate weapon. It turns out that Vash is not the only one who is after Tox Uthat. The Ferengi and the Vorgones are as well. Picard does not have much time to find the mysterious crystal...

 

 

00:20
The beaming effect has been enhanced.

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08:03
The stars drifting by have been altered.

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09:42
The Enterprise in front of the altered planet.

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17:56
The effect has been enhanced.

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18:02
The effect has been enhanced.

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20:24
The beaming effect has been enhanced.

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31:07
The beaming effect has been enhanced.

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33:44
The beaming effect has been enhanced.

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38:30
The beaming effect has been enhanced.

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39:16
The phaser beam has been enhanced.

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39:26
The explosion has been enhanced.

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39:52
The beaming effect has been enhanced.

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42:01
The Enterprise in front of the altered planet.

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42:39
The Enterprise in front of the altered planet.

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