wccncc wrote:Yes, that's indeed the scene. Interesting to see what it would've looked like in the time it was originally broadcast or early reruns. My screencaps came from the Amazon Prime Video version.
If someone wants to grab it from there, we'll be happy to have that. I'm sure it's superior to this version (or at least it should be).
Standard definition NTSC broadcast TV was normally viewed at 480 lines of horizontal resolution. VHS tape was around 270 (S-VHS was 425). So when you see something rendered at 640x480 (4:3 aspect ratio), that '640' part is quite generous.
Standard definition NTSC broadcast TV looked ok back in its day. But now,
anything 4:3 takes a back seat to
anything 16:9. Broadcasters and/or content creators rarely go back and pull any footage from those days. It's mostly Youtubers that dabble in VHS recordings from the time. So it's easy to imagine that the original broadcast was vastly superior to what we have now from that time. My point is that is wasn't
that much better.
I only spent some time thinking about this because I have looked for some excellent documentary series that were done in 4:3, on DVD - and there's nothing. The only Standard Definition stuff I see resurrected on DVD (and Blu Ray for the better audio) are concerts.