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20 year old downloaded videos - that's like 480p xvid avi? I vote for re-downloading. I have had some stuff like that flying around from back in the day. Whenever I have wanted to watch one, I lasted a few seconds until I decided to dump it and get a better version. I would keep rarities, of course, but otherwise it might even be quicker to re-download than to mess with disks.
Same. I had 90's Fox x-men in my collection. I had gotten back in maybe like 2003 at a LanParty.
Shit was super rare at the time cause it was never released to DVD/Streaming services. It was essentially just VCR recordings from on-air tv.
Fast forward to modern day I was like I wanna watch that and when I started playing it I was like...bleh. Opened my torrent client and got a updated version.
A lot of these cartoons from the 20th century don’t and never will have HD versions. If they do, they’re just upscales. Original captures would be more desirable than an edited version.
Most of anime are 1080p because they download raws of bluray rip.