So some of this stuff just has to be taken as-is with a quickie cleanup. Even today I get direct DVD recordings off some digital cable channels that look as noisy as VHS, with really ugly compression artifacts to boot. That cable installation was a horrible signal, with red jumping off the screen, so bad at times that I finally cancelled the service and lived on antenna for a while until I moved elsewhere. I kept most of the original film grain but pretty much got rid of the dirt and other gunk that the cable broadcast put there. There is that point of diminishing returns, which I think I've just about reached with that sample of mine. At best you can keep VHS from looking too much like VHS. VHS doesn't have the resolution to make it look like DVD. I tend to think there is a bit of 'silk purse and sows ear' about VHS, and it's all too easy to get into the realms of 'diminishing returns' - A lot of extra effort and expense, for ever smaller improvements. and I tend to prefer the less saturated color look as well, so I probably use too little color!
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