Why old Black & White films and TV seem to have better picture resolution than stuff filmed in the 80s and 90s?
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One thing to note is that the digital scans made today are literally cleaner than the originals. I remember when you could tell the difference between film and video tape on TV by the hairs and dust that popped up in the image.
The new scans are literally pristine. They even take out the cigarette burns that were used by projectionists to mark where the reels needed to be spliced.
Even in a theater there would be shit on the film that showed up. I saw some really old silent films that had been rescanned and they were just amazing. Literally better than when first shown. Kind of amazing.
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