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Netflix Is Using AI to Upscale a 1980s Sitcom and the Results Are Borderline Horrific (futurism.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's probably a bit more complicated than that.

When Star Trek: The Next Generation was remastered in HD, it required a) direct access to the film reels, b) complete re-editing of the film from scratch into the episodes, and c) completely new effects, since the original ones had been done on video post-film transfer.

For a sitcom, c probably doesn't apply, but b and even a are potentially huge costs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I wouldn't say huge costs, but yeah ai is gonna be cheaper than standing up and physically fetching the reels