eli5: Older shows now in HD

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eli5 : Why are some TV shows from 20+ years ago available to stream in HD and widescreen when SD was normal at the time?

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SD was the norm for *broadcasting*, a lot of tapes were still in a better format.

So if they have a copy of the originals they can just reconvert it to digital from there to get a better version.

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