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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A Ferengi spaceship has stolen an energy converter from a station of the Federation. The Enterprise has the assignment to follow the Ferengi. They reach the orbit of a planet in the T'Kon Empire where both spaceships suddenly stop. Energy is being drained from both ships, both parties believe the other party is responsable for it. But it quickly turns out the planet is doing that. They get beamed to the planet where the humans and the Ferengi have their first encounter.

 

 

 

01:24
The Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

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01:49
Enhanced effects.

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02:25
The Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

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02:38
The Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

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03:17
The Enterprise and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

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03:33
The Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

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05:24
The Enterprise and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

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07:42
Captain Picard and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

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07:54
Captain Picard and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

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09:18
The Enterprise and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

09:32
The Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

10:05
The Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

11:01
The bridge and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

11:10
The Enterprise and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

11:25
The bridge and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

12:13
The Enterprise and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

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14:36
The bridge and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

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14:45
The Enterprise and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet, followed by a shot from the bridge.

15:07
The bridge and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

15:56
The bridge and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

16:35
The bridge and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

16:46
The bridge and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

16:58
The bridge and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

14:36
Captain Picard and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

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20:03
A hologramm of the planet.

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21:01
The Enterprise and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet, followed by a close-up of the Ferengi ship.

21:34
The Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

24:03
Captain Picard and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

25:31
Enhanced weather effects (sky).

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27:39
The Ferengi committee longer blue.

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27:51
The effect of the Ferengi weapon has been slightly enhanced and the blue field surrounding Ryker has been digitally altered.

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28:00
The Enterprise and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

31:09
The Enterprise and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

32:06
The lightning effects between the rocks have been digitally enhanced.

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33:58
The guard's appearance has been digitally enhanced.

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39:26
The Enterprise and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

41:53
The Enterprise and the Ferengi ship in front of the digital enhanced planet.

42:49
The Enterprise in front of the digitally enhanced planet, the Ferengi ship flies off.