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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During a scouting expedition, the Crew of the Enterprise encounters a Promellian battle ship on the fringe of an asteroid belt. Picard and Data get beamed up to the old ship. After first investigations, it turns out that the battle ship is lethally trapped. Apparently, Promellian enemies buid a machine that sucked the entire energy out of the spaceship.After a little while, the Enterprise loses energy as well and they are incapble of leaving. A race against time has begun...

 

 

 

 

 

 

01:33
The asteroid field has been slightly altered.

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01:45
The asteroid field has been slightly altered.

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02:27
The asteroid field has been slightly altered.

02:58
The Enterprise in the asteroid field slightly altered.

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03:15
A spaceship in the asteriod field slightly altered.

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05:38
The Enterprise and the spaceship in the slightly altered asteroid field.

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07:31
A spaceship in the asteriod field slightly altered.

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12:43
The Enterprise and the spaceship in the slightly altered asteroid field.

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14:56
The spaceship in the asteroid field slightly altered.

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15:04
The Enterprise and the spaceship in the slightly altered asteroid field.

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16:15
The Enterprise and the spaceship in the slightly altered asteroid field.

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21:31
The Enterprise and the spaceship in the slightly altered asteroid field.

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27:51
Same scene again.

29:05
Enhanced phaser effect.

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29:50
The Enterprise and the spaceship in the slightly altered asteroid field.

31:51
The Enterprise and the spaceship in the slightly altered asteroid field.

33:41
The Enterprise and the spaceship in the slightly altered asteroid field.

35:46
The Enterprise and the spaceship in the slightly altered asteroid field.

38:29
The Enterprise in the asteroid field slightly altered.

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39:03
Captain Picard directs the Enterprise across the slightly altered asteroid field.

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39:09
Captain Picard directs the Enterprise across the slightly altered asteroid field.

39:13
Captain Picard directs the Enterprise across the slightly altered asteroid field.

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39:32
Captain Picard directs the Enterprise across the slightly altered asteroid field.

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40:07
Captain Picard directs the Enterprise across the slightly altered asteroid field.

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40:15
Captain Picard directs the Enterprise across the slightly altered asteroid field.

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40:34
Captain Picard directs the Enterprise across the slightly altered asteroid field.

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41:21
The photon torpedos have been slightly altered. As a result, the explosion is is distinctly enhanced.

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