Eli5: why do old shows look so bad on my modern TV?

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I have some DVDs of shows/movies from early 2000s and the quality is awful. I also notice it on some streaming platforms. Was it always this bad?

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Because modern tvs always try to upscale and redefine the video. Old video was formatted for standard definition tvs, so it will look bad on high definition ones. Also a lot of the video has been converted from analog to digital, again this effects the quality.

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