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Originally Posted by Steve...O
I hate to throw a bit of caution here, but let's not forget Mark To's comments earlier in the thread about the remastered episodes being syndicated length. Has there been any indication about whether this release uses syndicated versions?
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If what Paramount is doing with the remastered Star Trek is any indication, then Hawaii Five-0 should be remastered AND full-length/non-syndicated versions.
Star Trek is being digitally redone for broadcast; the producers are sprucing up the entire 51-minute versions, then they are cutting syndicated prints that run about 43 minutes. The 51-minute versions will eventually be released on DVD.
Last year, Paramount went back and completed remastering all of the non-remastered episodes from the first 4 seasons or so of Hawaii Five-0 for broadcast. The syndicated package grew from 175 episodes to 209 (out of a total of 284 episodes). I suspect in hindsight this may have been done so they could have completely remastered season sets ready for the first 4 seasons on DVD. Hopefully they have taken the Star Trek approach and remastered the full-length episodes. Not to mention I hope they go back and finish remastering the remaining 75 episodes of the series from seasons 5-12.