I'm sick of using the shoutbox for long dicussions, so:
DS9 would be nearly as much work as TOS and TNG combined. Remember that TOS benefited from being edited the old fashioned way by cutting and splicing film, so when they did the remasters all they had to do was scan in the original master reel for the episode, do some digital clean up and edit in the new CG effects.
TNG, DS9 and VOY were all shot on film, but were edited together on low-res videotape, meaning there is no master film reels for the episodes. So the people who are remastering TNG are having to go back to the Paramount archives to find the original film reels from the cameras, sort through multiple takes to find the one that was used in the final episode, scan it in, re-composite any VFX or blue screen work, and then edit the whole episode again. They will also need to re-do the limited amounts of CGI that were featured in TNG
For DS9 they would have to do everything they're doing for TNG, but with effects shots that were far greater in scope than anything on TOS or TNG, and much more of it originally done in CGI, necessitating much more brand new CGI. Voyager would probably be slightly more difficult again, due to more use of CGI from the outset.
This is also why shows like Buffy, Angel or SG-1 probably won't be getting a Blu-Ray release any time soon. Though it would be cool if they packed the whole series onto one Blu Ray disc in SD.
DS9 would be nearly as much work as TOS and TNG combined. Remember that TOS benefited from being edited the old fashioned way by cutting and splicing film, so when they did the remasters all they had to do was scan in the original master reel for the episode, do some digital clean up and edit in the new CG effects.
TNG, DS9 and VOY were all shot on film, but were edited together on low-res videotape, meaning there is no master film reels for the episodes. So the people who are remastering TNG are having to go back to the Paramount archives to find the original film reels from the cameras, sort through multiple takes to find the one that was used in the final episode, scan it in, re-composite any VFX or blue screen work, and then edit the whole episode again. They will also need to re-do the limited amounts of CGI that were featured in TNG
For DS9 they would have to do everything they're doing for TNG, but with effects shots that were far greater in scope than anything on TOS or TNG, and much more of it originally done in CGI, necessitating much more brand new CGI. Voyager would probably be slightly more difficult again, due to more use of CGI from the outset.
This is also why shows like Buffy, Angel or SG-1 probably won't be getting a Blu-Ray release any time soon. Though it would be cool if they packed the whole series onto one Blu Ray disc in SD.
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