Mike Okuda: First of all, it is our very strong desire is to respect the original work by the original directors and cinematographers. By cropping and letterboxing, we change the composition. You make things appear bigger and more crowded. It is true that in some shots not all but in some shots there is additional information on the film. But then again you are changing the original intention.
So does that mean they are in the old 4:3 format and not even 16:9?
That would suck!
Heck even Babylon 5 was wisely shot in the "future-proof" 16:9 widescreen format.
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No idea how that´s supposed to work out worldwide.
BTW here´s some links with actual info:
http://tng.trekcore.com/bluray/
http://www.startrek.com/article/the-next-generation-blu-rays-launch-in-2012
So does that mean they are in the old 4:3 format and not even 16:9?
That would suck!
Heck even Babylon 5 was wisely shot in the "future-proof" 16:9 widescreen format.