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Those dollar dvds ( I have some) are made from old
transfers to 3/4" tape of worn and faded 16MM syndication prints. They are not what it would
have looked like back then when they would have
broadcast a new 35MM print from an RCA film chain.
The Star Trek is a good example, the old VHS tapes
were mastered from 16MM syndication prints, the
new DVD releases were mastered from the original
35MM interpositives. Most movies are also mastered
from the interpositive. Current network film shows
are mastered from the camera negative transferred and
color corrected to digital tape for editing and then
broadcast.
I am a Telecine Colorist and do this everyday.
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