The film ‘Ice Station Zebra’ is on the TV and was made in 1968. The picture is as good (if not better) as any current production I see on e.g Netflix. How is it so sharp when it was way before the days of HD?

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The film ‘Ice Station Zebra’ is on the TV and was made in 1968. The picture is as good (if not better) as any current production I see on e.g Netflix. How is it so sharp when it was way before the days of HD?

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Fun fact: Eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes loved this movie an insane amount. There was a period of time where he lived in Vegas and bought a TV station, and while he’d occasionally settle for demanding they replay a regularly scheduled program that he’d missed, by and large he’d just demand they play Ice Station Zebra on repeat. To the point Vegas entertainers came to recognise this movie being played on that particular channel was the surest way to know if Howard was home.