| For example, "The Thief of Bagdad" (1940) features scenes with a flying carpet suspended by wires. In the theatrical prints, the grain size was large enough t

| For example, "The Thief of Bagdad" (1940) features scenes with a flying carpet suspended by wires. In the theatrical prints, the grain size was large enough to hide their presence. However, standard definition DVD transfers from the internegative made them show up easily. one place where this comes out to comic effect is the fairly recent release of the Batman television series in high definition. just when you're about to laugh at a tragedy, you start to laugh at the wires and ropes that made it all come together. it is quite amazing to see something that didn't intend to be noticed become so amazing. the sadness is how much of the 80's and 90's television was recorded on tape and not film, which is so much lower quality that we won't be able to restore to the high levels of the 50's and the 60's.