Why some "remastered" music videos look awful
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This isn't "the way they were meant to be seen". • Join CuriosityStream, including access to Nebula and my original series, for only $2.99/month here: https://curiositystream.com/tomscott When YouTube allowed music labels to "remaster" their original uploads, different videos had very different approaches. Some are in crystal-clear 4K; others are very definitely not. Here's why some of them look terrible. Animation by Willow Marler: https://wmad.co.uk Sound mix by Graham Haerther: https://haerther.net 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there too) 📰 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with good stuff from the rest of the internet: https://www.tomscott.com/newsletter/ ❓ LATERAL, free weekly podcast: https://lateralcast.com/ https://youtube.com/lateralcast/ ➕ TOM SCOTT PLUS: https://youtube.com/tomscottplus 👥 THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: https://youtube.com/techdif
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