Ziggy587 wrote:I've watched a few VHS tapes on an HDTV and they're definitely watchable. However, they are noticeably softer and less sharp than a DVD. But a store bought movie on an SD CRT looks fantastic, providing the tape is in good condition and the VCR is dirty. Something recorded though, those never look as good as a store bought tape and can range from passable to really bad. Depending on how well the recording quality was to begin with, and the broadcast quality that it was recorded from. Also, how much the tape has degraded over the last 20+ years. Even store bought tapes will degrade, but the recorded ones seem to degrade faster. Some of my VHS are still sharp, but others have gone a little fuzzy. A few are really bad, where colors are bad in addition to sharpness.
Indeed, the one I got is original brand new shrink wrapped. Via the internet I learned that these analogue devices have different qualities, and not all recordings and outputs are equal. Most people recall VHS with less than desired picture quality probably because they used to rent ones that have been viewed to death. I don't blame them though because I think the price of VHS was $40 or so which to me is outrageous per movie viewing especially in 90s money. Yet it still is better than a scratched DVD disc that stutters and skips all around the timeline.
Maybe I am wrong but people seem to have been buying more DVDs than VHS-which was more rented-maybe because DVDs were selling at cheaper price later in its lifetime?!
marurun wrote:I will take that fuzziness over bad compression artifacts. That’s also one area steaming falls down. Your wifi connection have a blip? It’s the chunky video show!
My problem is 1 blip it goes down, then it kind refuses to go back to high quality again. Its 2021 and the quality still goes down to 360 or 240P sometimes. Even 1080P is archiac by now, I mean we had Bluray back in 2006. That is pre smartphone era, its not a fancy thing.
PretentiousHipster wrote:Green screen still sucks but definitely better. I feel like the twin peaks fans are not gonna get the Zelda references and vice versa lol. Also some Link's outfit has green patterns :/
https://youtu.be/7J4zwW-nO6A
Wasn't it blue screen originally? I never got why they changed it. Probably because blue is a common colour, but so is green.