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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Television shows were originally filmed on film which had higher resolution than TV at the time, but was the ony way to capture video. Then in the 80s and 90s many TV shows switched to being recorded on video cassette which has much lower resolution (good enough for TV broadcasts at the time), but costs a ton less. That cost savings was significant, but it means there are no saved copies with better resolution than the original recordings.
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