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New York City in 1993 in HD - DTheater DVHS Demo Tape

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What it is

Six minutes of street scenes from New York City in 1993, captured from a D-Theater HD DVHS demo tape that reused footage shot for the Japanese HiVision market. It shows Times Square and other sights in high-definition video.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Pointed to as striking proof of how good 1990s HD video could look, and as a window into early-90s New York.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “Strikingly real HD footage of 1993 NYC.”

    Bucephalus355, 2018-09 · Recommendation · in “Street View of 1980s New York”

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Topics: new york, 1993, d-vhs, hd video, archival footage

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