This is being researched and experimented with at this very moment. A couple episodes are currently in the testing phase.
Normally a DVD would win a matchup for PQ, except in rare instances, but there are a lot of problems with the ST DVD releases which evens the playing field.
Paramount jamming 4x45 minute episodes plus extras onto a single layer 4.7gb disc is a major one. This adds in a ton of lossy compression artifacts and degrades the image substantially. By comparison, the LD has 1 episode per disc and there is no compression because its analog (Not without its own downsides though).
I should note that this image is not really representative of LD technology in it's natural state. I am using a special device (Domesday Duplicator) that captures the raw signal from the laser sensor and dumps it to a disk for software decoding, thereby bypassing all the video circuitry. I also used Gigapixel AI to upscale the image to 4K, which works great, but you could get good results from regular scaling too.
They keep making regulations worse, I keep buying older cars.
They REALLY need to pick a standard and stick with it. Not keep changing them every few years, forcing automakers to throw away tried and tested designs, for which deep parts pipelines already exist, and start all over from scratch. The emissions regulations we had 20 years ago were just fine, these bureaucrats are just trying to justify their continued existence and make everyone's lives miserable.
Everyone should leave that instance, the admin and the mods on that instance are big time thought police and will find excuses in their vague rules to delete your posts and eventually ban you if your views go against the grain.
This is 100% it, politicians across the board are tuning out the needs and wants of the common people, and are instead selling out to the corporations, billionaires, and other policy-creation-behind-closed-doors organizations (like the WEF, ALEC, etc). The only place people have left to turn to be heard is the extremes of the left or the right, so it's no surprise we're going down this path.
Every year the value of our money goes down because the government keeps printing more of it like its a cocaine addiction (This is on top of prices going up for other reasons as well).
Unless you're getting huge raises every year you're never going to get ahead, and if you're getting nothing, you're actually losing money.
Streaming services are all so backwards when it comes to quality. They think resolution is the only thing that matters, to the point it is actually degrading the quality of the product they are offering, and is also wasting bandwidth and resources.
Prior to the internet that was the best way to get it.
I can't imagine what the older generations were doing out there with stacks of Playboys, but I'm sure glad they didn't care about leaving them out there for us to find.
Have they tried entering at the numerous official border crossing stations along major roads, highways, and ports, that are staffed 24/7 by US Customs and Immigration?
If you've got disposable income and use the latest tech devices as a status symbol, absolutely.
If you're going the projector route, I'd say definitely. New laser projectors and screen tech is waaaaaay beyond what it used to be.
If you're a gamer (or using a TV as a PC monitor) I'd say yes, the tech here has advanced quite a bit, and 4K gaming looks really good if your hardware can support it.
If you've got a home theater setup, and are a movie buff, I'd say maybe, depending on how big of screen you want, how much money you want to spend, and how satisfied you are with your current gear. For me I don't think the latest tech improvements justify the thousands of dollars of new gear I'd have to re-buy just to get 4K/HDR and ATMOS support when most of the movies I watch don't even have good 5.1 tracks and are still on 480i or 1080p based media because they're so old.
If you're a casual viewer of movies, streaming content, and TV shows, absolutely not. Any LED 1080p capable TV that isn't trash tier is fine.
