Comparison shot (exact framing a hair off):
Inspirational credit to AdmiralPatrick@dubvee.org for their Dark Matter “Especially” crossover wherin I found the existing template a bit fuzzy. Of course, seeing as there’s no actual official HD footage to work off of (thanks, Paramount), the newer shots taken are at least more detailed.
DS9 was produced the same way TNG was, other than the CGI ships in later seasons that TNG never had: It was shot on 35mm film, but transferred to video for editing & visual effects. Producing a proper HD rerelease would require doing an HD transfer from the film negatives then re-editing and redoing any non-practical effects. (Any phaser beams, transporter sparkles, or Changling morphs.) The TNG HD remaster BluRays didn’t get Paramount enough return on investment to justify doing DS9 HD, especially with DS9 not having the same broad popularity as TNG.
Thanks for the info, I did not know that.
I did my part. I (re-)bought TOS, TAS, TNG, and all of the movies on Blu-ray when they came out. Can’t say I’m pleased with DS9 etc being in upscale limbo forever.