During the San Diego Comic-Con, it has been revealed that A&E Home Entertainment will release
Space: 1999 - Season 1 on Blu-ray on November 2. No technical details are available, other than it will be a "complete, uncut and restored in high definition" release, in pillarboxed 1.33:1 video.
The series, originally shot on 35mm film, was restored BBC studios, which posted a detailed
description of the work done. The telecine was done from a new interpositive. Even with the new film elements, a great deal of grading was still occasionally required.
Dust and scratches have been removed in two stages. The first process is automatic, but the BBC emphasizes that it is important not to have it "too high"; otherwise, "an unnaturally flat and 'plastic' looking smeary image can result." In the second stage, the Digital clean-up team, armed with pen and tablet, painstakingly removes remaining defects and areas of larger damage.
Also, the opening titles were rebuilt from the best available materials in HD.
As to audio, the current video tape masters exhibited a highly variable sound quality between episodes, with peak distortion, crackle, print-through, wow and other problems. Extra audio elements were shipped over from the US.