Todd VaziriI got a brand new 4K OLED TV to watch black and white sixty-something-year-old “The Dick Van Dyke” shows
Joe Rosensteel 🏳️🌈@tvaziri Pillarboxed, I hope
@joesteel absolutely
Future SprogWith AI upscaling, image enhancement, auto cropping to 16:9, and frame interleaving?
We watched an episode of The Simpsons on Disney+ last night and the “upscaling” and cropping that had been applied made at least one family member queasy enough they had to leave the room.
I hope Dick Van Dyke is better!
"The Dick Van Dyke Show" on Prime looks great. They may have been remastered using film elements. It's not over-sharpened. It's presented in 4:3. Progressive frames.
On Disney+, there's a setting to play 4:3 episodes in 4:3 (without the silly upscaling).
Thanks for this tip about The Simpsons 4:3 setting. We haven’t sat down to watch TV for a couple of days but I’ll give it a try next time we do.
C64tone@tvaziri mmmmmm black levels!
Neil Bruder@tvaziri haha I know the feeling. I was going to replace my 1080p TV a few years ago but then thought wait, I mostly watch old movies on the Criterion channel so why bother 😄
Best Wishes, TheJesusFish@tvaziri as Christopher Nolan intended
Mike Taffet@tvaziri “How 4K was it??”
Brian Dear
ajkandy@tvaziri Well, it’ll probably emit fewer X-rays than the original viewership absorbed
Vorsos@tvaziri His Girl Friday wasn’t remastered in 4K HDR for us to watch on anything less.
Ronnie@tvaziri The Dick Van Dyke Show is my favorite sitcom of all time. Numero uno.
Moisés Chiullán@tvaziri coincidentally, this was one of the first things I watched when I got my OLED. Black and white, shot on film TV remastered for HD looks incredible on these things.
Kye Russell@tvaziri ditto, *upgraded* my 65” 4K OLED TV to continue watching DVD rips of The Simpsons Season 4