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Old 01-06-2012, 09:38 AM   #3
Vegita-San
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Originally Posted by Spitfire View Post
As I recall all the DVDs are taken from VHS tape masters. TV was shown on VHS master tapes back then so the laser disc was taken from the same masters the VHS were. The format was less limiting though.

Finding out if the newer DVDs used the actual VHS masters or merely the home releases for their transfers will give you the answers though they must have access to some of the masters because not every episode made it to home release.
THat would be a good idea to find out. Do episodes that where released previously look worse than episodes that where never on VHS tape?

I find it hard to believe that Lionsgate would be so lazy as to transfer them from 20 year old store bought VHS..
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