But the problem is more than changing the aspect ratio. Shows that were originally shot with very primitive technology are sometimes terrifying, such as a I like Lucy clip that went viral Last year that showed a couple of actors in the once-blurry background of the background brought to so many studies that they are now like a surreal Picasso Sketch.

I visited the set of Phaser In the late 90s, because the TV industry was preparing for the transition from the Hi-def standard. While I admire the decoration of the living room of Dr. Crane, one of the captured sitcom producers who joked that everyone can rely on SD rather than redoing all their stand-up sets. Phaser, Luyand many more do so without thinking about how they can one day view a timeless format.

While countless classic movies have been successfully remastered for HD or 4K, they are also solitary projects, where real care and attention can be given to each frame. Hello and I like Lucy Both are produced in 180 episodes. The simpsons 429 standard-def episodes were produced. Doing quality control on that amount of product is very difficult, which is how most of these mistakes are made. (In the case of The simpsonsDisney+ finally introduced an option to watch the first 20 seasons in their original aspect ratio.) Every now and then you get a status The thiefwhose Creator David Simon is forced to participate in the process of changing the quality of the urban Drama image, but it is rare.

This specific Passionate men The error is a surprise to one, because the show is always presented in HD widescreen. But the first four seasons were shot on film, so maybe in the process of editing, someone accidentally used an alternative take on the vomit scene where the crew members were not deleted. A source close to the process said that Liongate provided HBO Max with “incorrect files” and that the correct versions will be uploaded ASAP.