The “best” TV you could buy in 2005, television shows specifically appeared to be “high quality” or “clear” and now if you watch a show that is directly uploaded from the producers (circumventing continuous compression from file transfers) you can tell it’s out dated just based on the quality of the show (aside from cultural cues such as fashion, vehicles etc)
tl’dr : I was watching T.C.A.P w/ Chris Hansen on TV when it was aired, watching it now I can tell how old it is based on the quality of the recording.
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It’s the magic of analog transmissions. No discrete packets of data. Images captured on film and projected as a continuous electrical signal on a CRT TV that has a raster in lieu of a pixel grid. Very often, it’s digitizing those pieces of media that makes them look horrible.
If you want to make an old show look good on modern screens, the worst thing to do is to simply convert the show on tape to a digital format. The authentic way is rescanning the film with a proper digital camera at extremely high resolutions (8K+). That’s what is done for all movie remasters for the sake of HD releases, and it’s what allows you to watch Star Wars Ep 4 without wanting to punch your fancy OLED.
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