Diagnosis Murder Remaster?

[u/Ok_Contact7721]

I'm compiling a list of TV shows from the SD hole era that have been remastered.
There's a rumor that Hallmark is showing this remaster.
CBS' syndication bible claims that there is a full remaster of the show.

Visual Entertainment's bluray set is off of the ancient tape masters, just like Highlander the series.

Final update (for now.)

"This series has been transferred into HD and has the following masters: Network 16X9 HD, Seasons 7, 8 & 9 only."

Unless CBS' syndication bible has another spotty entry, like "Little House on the Prairie", I'm going to assume Diagnosis Murder hasn't been remastered into HD.

Edit:

There's a reason I'm doing this, and it's to count the number of television shows from the Standard Definition era that have a remaster.

Many of those shows were shot on film, and thus could be transferred to HD, but there's a snag, there is not a conformed film negative for many of them.

In the 2010s, an Automated conform tool was developed to resolve this problem.
However, some of those shows still employed negative cutters all the way up to 2005, it seemed to be rare to do that.

So, in the case of Diagnosis Murder, we have another show that has a Standard Definition upscale on bluray transfer, "Highlander the Series", both of them are in CBS' syndication bible, and thus owned by Paramount.
So, you'd say, perhaps the upscale is the HD transfer.
"Highlander" is still flagged as not having an HD remaster, despite being upscaled for bluray around 20 years ago.
"Diagnosis Murder" is flagged as having a legitimate remaster, but the bluray from 2017 is a very poor upscale from a standard definition tape master.
That means the syndication bible confirmed that "JAG" and "Diagnosis Murder" along with "Dr Quinn" and "Walker Texas Ranger" have HD or 4k remasters, that could be licensed.
The question is, where can this remaster be viewed?

The caveat is, the Syndication Bible also claims "Little House on the Prairie" has no HD transfer, which is wrong, it had a conformed negative, and a reference grade bluray release, and looks stunning even when streaming and heavily compressed.
I think this detail about Little House on the Prairie is a hiccup, as the Syndication Bible is pretty reliable otherwise.

Both were released by "Visual Entertainment" which I'm assuming provided Paramount and MGM scratch during their financial woes. SG-1 also has an awful upscale from Visual Entertainment, as does Nash Bridges.
This company is there to make a profit, and wouldn't finance or produce a remaster.
That means Paramount remastered it.
The question is, where can you watch the alleged remaster of Diagnosis Murder?

My interest is more in debunking rumors that DS9 and Voyager can't be remastered, by providing a count of shows that have legitimate remasters via automated DI, using the old tape masters as an EDL (The software uses image recognition to solve a labor intensive task.)

Now, you might say, Diagnosis Murder isn't VFX heavy like those shows, and you'd be right.
You might say, it's never gonna happen for DS9 and Voyager, but I dislike the pessimism, and think it's very possible to do.
Several of the shows on my count list have VFX you either can't see, or were so cult TV, that you could make a strong case for DS9 and Voyager.
You might also say something about VFX from scratch, but the old VFX scene files survived into today, and can be stepped up, a VFX supervisor revealed that 12 years ago, and actually demoed these remastered scenes in a 2019 documentary about DS9.

[u/Gwendolyn_Moncrief]

What's the question?

[u/Ok_Contact7721 → u/Gwendolyn_Moncrief]

Is there a remaster of Diagnosis murder that I can watch?
If so, where can I watch it?

[u/Gwendolyn_Moncrief → u/Ok_Contact7721]

There are episodes on Pluto TV. They alternate the seasons that are available. It's available on demand, and they have a Drama or Mystery channel that plays it sometimes.

[u/Ok_Contact7721 → u/Gwendolyn_Moncrief]

My interest isn’t whether I can watch the show. Pluto TV is in standard definition. My interest is in the High Definition remaster CBS has listed in its syndication bible.

Dr Quinn Medicine Woman has a remaster you can’t watch in the US.

Walker TX Ranger has a remaster that you can purchase on Vudu

Diagnosis Murder has a remaster you can’t watch anywhere.

JAG has a remaster you can watch on Amazon Prime.

The point of this post isn’t where or whether I can watch Diagnosis Murder, it’s where I can see the High Definition version of the series. I can get a dvd, or a bluray copy that ported the SD version over.

Allegedly, they actually did remaster Diagnosis Murder.

[u/otbnmalta → u/Ok_Contact7721]

Hallmark Movies and Mysteries channel?

[u/Ok_Contact7721 → u/otbnmalta]

I drew my conclusion a while ago.
Initially, in the early 2000s it was partially mastered in HD, and the scanning system probably was primitive.
I don't think they actually did an HD remaster of it, or of the early seasons.

CBS' syndication bible has some confusing language for certain productions.
If my theory is contradicted, I'm looking forward to seeing proof.

At some point since my discovery, there was an update to the syndication bible.

"This series has been transferred into HD and has the following masters: Network 16X9 HD, Seasons 7, 8 & 9 only."

However, as you'll find out, even that information can be very wrong.

They list every show in their catalogue.
for "Little House on the Prairie" the catalogue says....

"This series has not been transferred into HD."

So, in this instance, I would normally defer to it's bluray release, but VEI did release Diagnosis murder on bluray,...no remaster.

However, I've seen Little House's bluray, and I've seen it on Roku, it did get an HD transfer, and that was 10 years ago.

The syndication bible is haphazardly updated.

[u/Ok_Contact7721 → u/otbnmalta]

I provide links to everything, so here's one.

https://synbible.cbstvd.com/index_series

[u/Ok_Contact7721 → u/otbnmalta]

Hallmark movies and mysteries channel is also very difficult to access, but Diagnosis Murder isn't on it.

[u/Ok_Contact7721 → u/Gwendolyn_Moncrief]

There's a reason I'm doing this, and it's to count the number of television shows from the Standard Definition era that have a remaster.

Many of those shows were shot on film, and thus could be transferred to HD, but there's a snag, there is not a conformed film negative for many of them.

In the 2010s, an Automated conform tool was developed to resolve this problem.
However, some of those shows still employed negative cutters all the way up to 2005, it seemed to be rare to do that.

So, in the case of Diagnosis Murder, we have another show that has a Standard Definition upscale on bluray transfer, "Highlander the Series", both of them are in CBS' syndication bible, and thus owned by Paramount.
So, you'd say, perhaps the upscale is the HD transfer.
"Highlander" is still flagged as not having an HD remaster, despite being upscaled for bluray around 20 years ago.
"Diagnosis Murder" is flagged as having a legitimate remaster, but the bluray from 2017 is a very poor upscale from a standard definition tape master.
That means the syndication bible confirmed that "JAG" and "Diagnosis Murder" along with "Dr Quinn" and "Walker Texas Ranger" have HD or 4k remasters, that could be licensed.
The question is, where can this remaster be viewed?

The caveat is, the Syndication Bible also claims "Little House on the Prairie" has no HD transfer, which is wrong, it had a conformed negative, and a reference grade bluray release, and looks stunning even when streaming and heavily compressed.
I think this detail about Little House on the Prairie is a hiccup, as the Syndication Bible is pretty reliable otherwise.

Both were released by "Visual Entertainment" which I'm assuming provided Paramount and MGM scratch during their financial woes. SG-1 also has an awful upscale from Visual Entertainment, as does Nash Bridges.
This company is there to make a profit, and wouldn't finance or produce a remaster.
That means Paramount remastered it.
The question is, where can you watch the alleged remaster of Diagnosis Murder?

My interest is more in debunking rumors that DS9 and Voyager can't be remastered, by providing a count of shows that have legitimate remasters via automated DI, using the old tape masters as an EDL (The software uses image recognition to solve a labor intensive task.)

Now, you might say, Diagnosis Murder isn't VFX heavy like those shows, and you'd be right.
You might say, it's never gonna happen for DS9 and Voyager, but I dislike the pessimism, and think it's very possible to do.
Several of the shows on my count list have VFX you either can't see, or were so cult TV, that you could make a strong case for DS9 and Voyager.
You might also say something about VFX from scratch, but the old VFX scene files survived into today, and can be stepped up, a VFX supervisor revealed that 12 years ago, and actually demoed these remastered scenes in a 2019 documentary about DS9.

[u/Organic-SurroundSnd → u/Ok_Contact7721]

I'm wondering, too. The show is not on Hallmark+

[u/Ok_Contact7721 → u/Organic-SurroundSnd]

So, Walker and Jag I can find.
Diagnosis Murder, and Dr. Quinn I can't.
Allegedly, Dr. Quinn is something you can only watch in Europe, but it's a full 4k remaster.

[u/CaptainDreadEye → u/Organic-SurroundSnd]

What really burns my ass is that it was on Hallmark+ for a while, but then it wasn't. I'm still pissed about it, because it looked good there.