# Upscaling to 4K, Explained: Why Your Old Footage Never Looks as Sharp as You Hoped

Turning "Star Trek: The Next Generation" into HD cost CBS more than $12 million and took over three years. What you have is a laptop, a folder of aging camcorder files and a free weekend. That mismatch accounts for most of the disappointment people run into when they try to push video up to 4K. Upsc

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| Published | 25 August 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/upscaling-to-4k-explained-why-your-old-footage-never-looks-as-sharp-as-you-hoped/