‘Star Trek; The Next Generation’ fans will rejoice in the news that CBS, as announced some time ago, is working on a four episode sampler disc of the classic sci-fi series to see how the episodes will look in high-definition and how costly it will be to remaster the audio and video. On Friday, LeVar Burton (Star Trek’s Geordie La Forge) all but confirmed that ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ is being converted to hi-definition for Blu-Ray release.

On Twitter, LeVar Burton said:

The link associated with the post was a photo taken just outside CBS Television City, we’ve added the photo below.

The rumor is that all seven seasons of ‘Star Trek: TNG’ will get the HD Blu-ray treatment and, as information is revealed and confirmed, we’ll post it here.