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Re:Martin Scorsese's secret life as an obsessive VHS archivist by rchaud on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @10:59AM (#39828771)
VHS resolution is 330p, and Youtube still has millions of videos that top out at 360p but still look fine for consumption purposes.
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Re:Martin Scorsese's secret life as an obsessive VHS archivist by porbelm on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @01:17PM (#39830369)
It's not 330p as 330 is the HORIZONTAL resolution, not the vertical. Vertical is still the same as NTSC (525 lines) or PAL (625 lines) so you'd technically have "480p" (NTSC) or "576p" (PAL) visible, with half the horizontal resolution. You can't describe these old video formats in the newer NNNp or NNNi terminology.
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Re:Martin Scorsese's secret life as an obsessive VHS archivist by LocalH on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @09:36AM (#39838896)
480i or 576i, as VHS is an interlaced format.
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