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Shot on 35mm film but edited on Standard Definition (SD) video tape (480i), DS9—alongside Voyager —was locked in a technological prison. When Paramount refused to fund a full HD remaster (citing the $20 million+ price tag and poor sales of the TNG Blu-rays), the future looked bleak. That is, until 2020, when a tech-savvy fan asked a radical question: What if we let Artificial Intelligence do the work? star trek deep space 9 s01 ai upscale 4k 2020
Does it replace a true Studio 4K scan? No. But since Paramount refuses to make one, this is the definitive way to watch the Dominion War saga begin. The 2020 AI upscale of Deep Space 9 Season 1 is not just a fan edit; it is a digital archaeology project that rescued a masterpiece from the graveyard of standard definition. Disclaimer: This article discusses a fan-made restoration