so apparently all of the early seasons were reanimated in HD widescreen at some point, that’s why all the old episodes don’t hit the nostalgia quite right. how do I search for the original format?
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Look for a dvdrip. At the time the episodes were originally aired they would pre on p2p sites as like 35mb .avi’s in 240p, you don’t want that
I had them in RM. RealMedia. Incredibly bad and yet somehow fitting.
Hmm, the 4:3 versions did make it to DVD but finding the old version for things is never easy. It’s a common wish however, in Anime circles in particular.
Looking at a predb over scene releases and going back as far as they go I see that the naming standard, as I suspected, didn’t hint at neither aspect ratio or resolution.
https://predb.net/search/south.park.s01?page=1
However if you look for DivX or Xvid releases I’d say it’s fairly likely they’ll be in 4:3 since Xvid by and large had gotten replaced by H.264 / X.264 by 2017 which is the earliest release I can confirm is going to be the remaster since it’s from the Bluray that released then:
https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/4399/South-Park-(TV-Series-1997-).html
The above is likely not fully complete so the remaster might’ve happened between 2004 and 2017, and this might be readily available information but I’m running out of time…
So basically my tip if you’re lazy is look for Xvid/DivX and cross your fingers. If you’re not then correlate the remaster date/release date to the predb and look for a scene release from before the remaster dropped.
