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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Your tv might be modern, but the tv shows have been recorded with old cameras.

They didn’t have the technology yet to record it in a high resolution which is why they can only show the resolution on your modern tv that the cameras recorded back then.

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