As part of the marketing effort for the TNG Blu-Ray editions, two episodes from Season Two were broadcast on movie screens across the country last night (Fathom Events). We decided to see what all the fuss was about.
They pushed the whole "HD" transfer from the original masters, and showed before and after stills that looked pretty good. We got some introductions from Denise and Michael Okuda (technical consultants and Trek gurus), a cast reunion, and some bloopers. Then the two episodes ("Q Who" and "The Measure of a Man") were presented.
I have to say I wasn't all that impressed. Was it clean video? Yes. Did it look high-def? Not so much. Perhaps blowing it up on a huge screen made it a bit blurry, and maybe AMC skimped on projector quality. In any case, it didn't make me want to run out to buy the Blu-Rays, especially at their current absurdly high prices. For now, I'll stick with Netflix. Maybe when the Blu-Ray price drops by half over time--although we might get a holodeck version before that happens...