There are some very interesting videos of old street-life films shot in the 1930's and 1940's that have been remastered to 4K, colorized and 60FPS that look like they were shot yesterday. It's almost like a time machine.
@@rytism7156 No don't bother. It's low quality fad upscaling by losers who need something to do with the garbage software they paid $400 dollars for. It's a fad for infantile low intelligence mental infants. If you want actual high quality look for actual film scans, film resolution is actually pretty good so you can easily get real 4k direct scans off 16mm film archives and 8k scans off 35mm video film. Actual film high quality raw scans is what you're looking for, not fad software that's fake and AI doesn't actually exist. It's a sales gimmick to make you feel special about yourself.
High quality film was very common commercially. It was home theater that was low definition. When they 'remaster' old films into HD, they're just taking the original high quality master and releasing it to the general public instead of the down scaled and letterboxed versions we saw at home back in the day.
@@natsfan100 partially true. It depends on how old of a film we are talking. If this was before I'd say the 1970s, a lot of those movies were stored on actual physical film and that was the only copy of available. The film was physically degraded so they had to usually, before computers, go frame by frame and do hand cleanups and sharpening filters.
Were you born in the mid 2000's? my condolences to you, you were born at a time when this country had already gone to shit along with most of the world
There is a lot of film from even the 60's that is very HD. It's just that DVD could not provide that, but if you get an old movie on Bluray, you can see the HD.
I was born in the 80’s and feel the same way! Even seeing in widescreen-ish surprises me, instead of 4:3. Widescreen (16:9) really wasn’t common until the early 2010s…
A lot more white people. The Best times. Back when it was mostly just White and Black people and no racism in the media. Puerto ricans and Asians too in New York but hardly anybody else in big numbers. No mexicans at all. Everybody got along. The better days
Actually there are more shots which really are spot on. But you can see she noticed someone looking at her. Her body reaction was like: pff not again..lol
I was born in 1998. This is crazy, watching the 90s in high HD quality. I've always seen the 90s through my parents' old blurry pictures in photo books, and old VHS tapes. That has somewhat programmed my brain into thinking that was how it looked during that time. Crazy.
my mid gen z ass literally cant see something older than 2005 not being in fuzzy static television or still photos. Like i physically cannot comprehend the world existing in the same clarity that i can see in 2024
@@criticalhard True. However there was very little difference between early and late 2010’s. I just didn’t feel it at all unlike previous decades. Is it just me or the culture has been stagnant recently?
@@ROCKSTAR3291 Massively agree - the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s seemed to have distinct cultural themes. To the point where you can easily identify what era an old photo or video is from. But the late 2000s to present have just felt boring - there's nothing really going on.
@@SantiagoMonroy5 This is more realistic in terms of fps, but in terms of resolution film is still higher. Amazing video, in any case, I had seen a small part of it in Techmoan's channel.
Seeing 30 years ago in such high quality puts into perspective how fast time flies. Someone who was 10 years old when this was recorded would be 40 now.
Find some old family 8mm film reed and have a ball. Found my great grandfathers who toured all over Canada and USA shooting film. Reels and reels of it projected onto a wall in my basement. The clarity and colours of projected film is absolutely brilliant. 1960’s, Air shows, Chicago with the Marion towers being built, Disney world the year it opened...amAzing stuff.
Here’s Monaco in the 60s on 70mm film. Significantly higher quality than HD, you’d need to see it in Blu-ray on a 4K TV to be close. ruclips.net/video/sCv-dIFGcd0/видео.html
That's crazy, that level of quality from 25 years ago. And it looks like it was shot at 60 frames per second, unless this footage was interpolated? Could practically be from a modern DSLR
>that level of quality from 25 years ago We've had that level of quality for longer than that. Movies shot on film are higher than HD resolution. What's amazing about this is that it's digital, so it doesn't have that grainy film look. Also, 35mm movie cameras were rarely used to shoot random street scenes due to their cost, so footage like this is uncommon.
It was shot on an old analog high-definition 3/4" format VCR called "UNI-HI" (with model no. HDV-10) introduced in 1984 and used videocassette tapes that could each hold up to 62 minutes of footage encoded as an analog component signal (Y/B-Y/-R-Y). It was based on the old U-Matic VCR format. The resolution was about 640 lines for the luma channel, and the resolution was about 320 lines equally split between the two separate chroma channels. The signal-to-noise ratio was 42 decibels, equating to a dynamic range of 7 stops, or a contrast ratio of roughly 128:1. In digital terms, that's the equivalent of 210 Mbps (not bad for a 1984 VCR).
It's so easy to think that the 80s/90s looked like a 4th-generation VHS tape, or that the 1890s looked like a sepia-toned photograph, even when you know in your head that's not true. Exellent, eye-opening footage.
It's incredible! This is definitely a phenomenal and unique video, especially since it was filmed 30 years ago. But what’s even more interesting is how the destinies of these people turned out, for example, a man in a business suit and glasses against the backdrop of the Twin Towers, a sweet beauty walking towards a guy with a ponytail, a girl adjusting her earring, a couple smiling at each other. Each of them contributed to this video, making it so bright, wonderful, positive, real - and for this I want to thank them and wish them all the best. P.S: I met a guy with a ponytail on RUclips, a very cool guy. I wish him all the best😊
I am always intrigued about this when I see old footage of people going about their lives, what are they doing now, what has happened to them, are they even still alive?
Minus all the smartphone zombies. Sometimes I wish I'd been born early enough to experience the entirety of the 90s. Too bad I was born at the end of the greatest decade in 1999, nevertheless im still glad to have been born at the time
I'm 1997 but pretty much grew up with 90s stuff (from cartoons to sega games,toys,..) we didn't had mobile phones nor computer till 2006 or so but even then internet explorer was so slow no one was bothering with we'd always play outside till dark
How lovely to see everyone looking straight ahead while walking and not staring down at a phone. We've lost eye contact now. Beautiful footage. Thanks for uploading.
Best quality material shot on video, yes, but the material shot on film will still look better, and the resolution is much higher. If you take a look at some remastered film footage, even from the 60s, the quality is just amazing. ruclips.net/video/HtUH9z_Oey8/видео.html
There is a guy who took around one of those giant VHS camcorders and video blogged himself in the 80s, mostly in NYC. He died in 89' from too much blow up the nose. Anyway, all his videos have been posted on here. I think it is called something like 43rd Street Project
@@thingonathinginathing well, weird is only what's deviant from what's most common. So in a sense, it is weird that they're not on their phones, since it's so prevalent today.
It was recorded with the then brand new-and highly expensive-HD technology. I would love it if the technology existed that could restore old film and video storage from 30 plus years ago to 1080p quality, let alone 4K.
Best decade ever. I remember hanging out in Manhattan when I worked in Jersey in 1999. Before 9/11, social media, and coronavirus... things were different; much better.
Watching with tears, my grandma still alive that time, my childhood still happy, but all is over the next year. Central park indeed so great, wishing that i can have a visit one day.
This is so trippy. Seeing something recorded that's over 20 years ago starts messing up your perception of time. We're so used to seeing HD videos/movies, we just assume that it was recorded "recently", but watching this, really messes with you.
I mean, film has an incredible amount of detail (much higher than this video) and it's been that way for decades and decades. This is still quite interesting to see but it doesn't seem weird at all.
+Rilumai; yes but the look is still different with analog tapes and especially film! This footage is shot digitally and along with the 60p it reminds us so much of the cameras we have today.
Thomas I agree that film looks different and much better than this video, but wasn't this video also shot on analog tapes? That's what the description says anyway.
Yea, just turned 28. Wish I could be in my 20's forever... 😔 The world of my childhood when I was in elementary in the late 90's and early to mid 2000's was totally different than the world today. Growing up alongside the rise of the internet and computers, seeing the twin towers get smashed into in 1st grade on Live TV in class (don't know why the teacher thought that was a good idea for small children to see..), then the "War on Terror". Was just a kid then, but even I realized shit was getting real...
I am 37. I remember starting elementary school without the internet since it wasn't a thing. But by the time Highschool came we had yahoo and Napster. There were payphones everywhere and a 25 cent bag of chips was a lot more chips. My daughter who is 15 never knew a world without the internet and seen payphones in old movies. When I tell her stories from my childhood and days of playing Pogs on the schoolyard I now feel like an ancient.
What a shame this format never took off, this is considerably better than DVDs were throughout their entire run. Truly a format which was 20 years ahead of its time
@@stebopign alongside the ability to actually fast forward through trailers/ads without "function not available" BS message trying to force you to watch ads for their lesser movies that can't sell on their own while you wait and wait to watch the movie you actually want to see... ...I know a lot of people turned to piracy more because of restrictive crap like that than to actually save money.
I'm a car guy, was thinking the same thing about all the Caprice classic taxis. There was even an old checker cab in one of the shots. Surely all scrapped and crushed by now
Consider one thing: Any professional 35mm film footage of that time, if well-preserved, would translate to HD and 2K and 4K resolution. People tend to think of the resolution of consumer end products (VHS, Laserdiscs, DVD's) as equivalent to the actual source media (16mm/35mm/70mm film, Broadcast master tapes, etc). HD video production was happening in Japan in the 1980's but HD as a consumer reality in America happened 20 years later.
To be fair, the reason why it took so long for HD video to become a common consumer item was because the early analog HD systems (like the Sony HDVS used here) were insanely expensive and was more a production rather than a consumer format. It was only by the mid 1990's when microprocessors became faster and cheaper along with the development of digital compression codecs that HD video became more practical for consumers.
@@gabrielmoreno9455good point. This footage has its own charm though-the higher frame rate of video, while often derided by film purists, makes it seem closer to real life IMHO.
Indeed! I was thinking the same thing the other day. I hope everyone uploads as much content as possible as old as possible to be saved forever for all of us to enjoy and cherish. I adore watching the past and eras I never lived in. Thanks RUclips and technology!
Nope. And I'm relieved to see HD footage from the 90s, because I remember it crystal clear, whereas looking at old TV shows makes it look as if the entire decade was drenched in grease. Seeing this video reminds me that things actually looked as I remember them.
@@SpaceCattttt A lot of TV shows we're recorded on film and have been remade in HD. Although one difference here is that his was interlaced footage. Which looks 'live'.
Wonderful footage. It brings me back to my childhood, I feel like I want to cry but my tears would be warm and somehow full of happiness and nostalgia. I feel grateful for being grown up in the 90s. What an amazing time to be alive it was. No internet and no cell phones, just the right amount of comforts and technology. It was fun, really. And great music hits too. I guess the 9/11 changed our perspective for the worse, people aren't that happy since then imo Thank you very much for the upload, I love it.
I don't think it's the cell phones, but I definitely do think it is 9/11. Usually, cultures end in a gradual way. The 80's had a smooth gradient into the 90's, with the introduction of easier computing and access to greater color gamuts. However, the the 90's and the 2000s were a very immediate switch. From people I have asked, and things I have seen, a lot of people had a very immediate shift of feeling and mood once 9/11 happened. The economy also went to shit directly after due to the sudden loss of a large financial construct, and the practical death of the travel industry. Many people lost the feeling of strength, indestructibility, and safety that many used to have back then, as US citizens, and that effect still shows today, although things are definitely recovering as more generations pad the gap. (Also people in the 90s also wore suits so much better than people in the 2000s omg) -- a 2007 kid
The couple smiling at each other feels way more real and genuine than any movie of the same era. It's really interesting to see how natural everyone looks by today's standards. Thanks HD!
It's interesting that when you think about old times, a blurred image immediately comes to mind, without much color and without definition (which were common TV and VHS images at that time). It's even weird to see images in high definition from almost 30 years ago, it seems like it's a modern-day movie representing the 90's.
mate, 30 years ago there was color and high quality video during that time, plenty of it. It just wasn't readily available, technology wise, like it is now. To have this type of quality Camcorder back in this time would cost you an arm and a leg. Not everyone had access to it - and not every had a TV to show that quality. Go back 70 years - that's what you're talking about.
At that times, USA was doing great with its Capitalist ideology. Now, slowly left ideology is getting common among Americans. Left is just a myth. Capitalism is the only way out to be a successful nation.
This is what I remember 1993 looking like at age 13 or 14 -- funny to see the distorted VHS tapes making me feel older than I am. Now I know how my parents, grandparents and great grandparents must have felt looking back at old footage knowing that's not how they remembered it.
I'm sure they remembered watching old film footage on TV though, just like I remember watching early 90's film and videotape footage (which had its own trademark look) back then. Seeing it still takes me back.
How I adore old videos in high quality. And this particular video has such a cool picture that many modern cameras nervously smoke on the sidelines. It is these videos that take you back to the past, allowing you to feel the bygone eras.
8K isnt even that much nowadays compared to HD in 1993, it's like 32K nowadays, something it's only going to be normal in a distant future, like 20 years future
it wont, size is the thing that matters here, cinemas will only achieve perfect quality with 64 k most likely, it's such a big screen that the resolution is too small for the screen, IMAX theatres even worse, for regular tv's and smartphones it will stop at 4k, but cinemas and the such will most likely require 64 k resolution to match our eyes level of detail, perhaps even 128K recordings will be necessary, nonetheless evolution is still going to happen, it's inevitable, new technologies allow it, and as they get cheaper, people will want 16K computer screens, even if they dont see any difference from 4K or 8K, they want it just because they think they are getting more from their buck. Buying a 4k 13'' screen is retarded and people still buy it becuase they can
I don't know why, but in so many 90s clips I've seen I get this greater sense of life than what I see and experience today. There also always seems to be something more vibrant about it, like the sun burnt brighter or something. It's a feeling I also felt as a kid in the 2000s, which could probably just be added up to as child-like wonder, yet I get a similar sort of feeling viewing the 90s and how streets and stores and the like looked, even though I was never there.
Today's material world is a hollow echo of the pre-internet time, imo. In order to experience anything back then, you went out into the world. Going out is not nearly as significant today. Everybody just pretending to have fun while wishing they were home in a dark room scrolling social media.
I was alive in the 90s and am still in my 20s (so I’m not some bitter old boomer) and things were much better in almost every way by 1995. 95-01 was heaven in NYC the most incredible place I’ve ever seen, you could feel this electric rush of the city. When I came back a few years ago it wasn’t even the same city, everything has changed.
@@car7000 It was legit, his RUclips profile had a few videos of him in present day. He mentioned that he was told by one of his friends who recognized him in the video when it was featured on a blog, possibly an NYC blog? He said “Hey! That’s me! Ponytail guy! Lol!” And then went on to explain it and responded to some comments.
Probably just shot with a normal film camera of the time. Even 35mm film allows for a very reasonable amount of detail. It just took technology awhile to catch up in regards to scanning and transferring technology. Quite often VHS and DVD comes from the same print.
People still don't understand film interacts in an organic fashion with natural light. In the digital medium, the elements are strained and dictated in a machine like fashion.
Yes! And I'm not even An American! I guess with the way 2020 is going & a lot of other terrible things that have been happening all over the world for the past few years, we just long for the feeling of peace & intimacy that the 90's convey
That is because of movies... we see this and it remembers us from the 90'movies or shows, which sometimes we used to watch as kids and than it brings this kind of nostalgic moment that we may have been there. I think it's because of that, American culture was everywhere, and when we were kids that was where we wanted to be too. Captain flying away... (Wait, does this only work on 9gag?)
I've been to NY before, but I don't remember any of it. Went to NYC in June 1999 when I was only 9 months old, yet I still feel super nostalgic for it despite having no memory of it...!
Its so surreal seeing this footage in HD because i wasnt even thought of yet and was born in the 2000s and it looks like somewhat today but realistically 30 years ago.
Yesss. If this video was in low VHS quality, i'd look @ this like "HOW THE WORLD WAS GR8 IN THE 90S THE GOOD OLD TIMES THE NOSTALGIA Y DOES EVERYTHING SUCK 2DAY". But it's in HD, so it's only regular footage of a city with people walking.
@@baviation1872truth is, these people were EXACTLY as you are. Same lust, same hopes and dreams, same fears. Perhaps this truth will help you relate to these images even more. As I have gotten older this realization has made me go back and look at my perceptions of people as a child and as a young man in a new light.
@@JackSnyder-t3dit means that liberals and all you other pussy gun hating democrats ruined nyc and turned it into a festering shithole of a city where homeless people run rampant and OD on fucking heroin in the streets.
It's like when you have dreams about being high school, then in the middle of the dream you think "wait, I have a college degree. Why am I here again?" (I always wake up as I establish the inconsistency)
I've been driving a cab in the city since 1987.. I've witnessed all the changes in NYC for over 33 years and I miss it all. There is no place like New York.
@@JosephKarthic he is just nostalgic because he lived his whole life on that city... (same case for everyone on this planet cheering the place where they lived all their lives or 70% of their lives atleast ) it doesn't really matter where they live on this planet , they will going to cherish the memories and experiences through the life based on that ,so his memories is based on that city.. too bad this guys cannot realise themselves... so close minded.. example: if someone lived his whole life on italy/milano,roma etc .. or paris/france of course they will say there is no place like "their" city ... Keep in mind @Mian Saeed Every metropolis is basically this ;) buildings and concretes... with humans and animals... the real beauty of the world is not on metropolis but in the nature ;)
I graduated from College in 1993. Wonderful memories back then. The 90s were a great time to be alive. Social Media and the people on cell phones 24/7 has destroyed social connections and empathy toward others. Sad how far we have fallen.
As someone who experienced childhood in around early 90's, it's weird to think that '93 is already like nearly three decades ago. It's also crazy to think that during this time, we needed to find payphones to call someone from outdoors, go to a library or ask around to find out things, bring a camera to take pics and vids...
Every time I see old videos in HD I’m reminded that that the world was really like this. It’s crazy that my parents really saw the 80’s and 90’s in 4K...
I love how people notice the camera and look at it. When a person brought their camera, it was a noticeable & large device. It also wasn’t very common. Now, most people have a pocket sized device that films in 4k & can post said video onto the internet…
@@violetcavanagh3799 i think so too. I was 30 when they were destroyed. Though i remember seeing them before in movies and stuff, i never really got it. Now though i always look for them in anything with NY in it. I always feel sad if they aren't there. It's almost like a symbol. Before 9-11 and after. I even told my son the other day, that it hurts that he'll never know our world before 9-11. Two totally different worlds. I can't explain it any better than that.. But to me, they represent before this world became so mean. A symbol of what we once were..
@@amywhite9972 i totally agree. i kind of have a different perspective as i was born almost 6 years after they were destroyed, so i never really get to see them unless i go out of my way to look for them. it's a shame how they arent represented more, even tho they are gone. i miss them lol
@@violetcavanagh3799 i understand. I'm always finding old movies with them in it. I was even watching Deep Impact recently and when the wave hit, i was like... No...... 😭 But thankfully they didn't fall. The water went around them. I was like shew.. But it really freaked me out for a second..
Javier Hernandez upload a video from your phone of your town and we'll compare. Not sure you're watching this in full HD, your $20 Moto probably doesn't support that.
Doubt it . 80s looked completely different from the 90s . The 90s looked different from the 2000s . But ever since the 2000s started , the world seems the same for the last 19 years so I don’t think it will be that much of a dramatic change .
You are like a one episode sitcom girlfriend, or at leas that’s what my mother said when she read your comment. She is hilarious, If she didn’t pump out all 6 of us at eighteen I’m sure she would have gone to do great things but that how the cookie crumbles
the first part gave me flashbacks, a mix of going downtown with my mom and some memories of job interviews. man i can almost feel the morning breeze mixed with car exhaust, freshly baked pastries, a little cig smoke, and the receptionist's perfume.
This is incredible, I had no idea this tech existed in '93 and I'm 29 years old now. Oh and this video felt like a 5 minute long sitcom intro without the credits lol.
if your talking about just digital HD then yea but if not film has more then enough resolution for HD so thats why we have films from the 1920s+ that are remastered into HD
emko333 Yeah, but you don't usually see old "TV" type content in HD. Cinema films have a very different look with the wider aspect ratios and artificial lightning. This showreel could easily be mistaken for a Casey Neistat vlog in style. That's what makes it fascinating to me :)
Ozone Destroyer that’s pretty much the only difference, that and the car models being older, and the Twin Towers in the skyline. Besides that NYC looks pretty much the same now, 1993 wasn’t that long ago either.
Macadam Blob that must be a joke. Nothing is nearly the same as it was even ten years ago, let alone 27, phones and car models have nothing to do with it, the general look of people, fashion, the atmosphere, everything looks better
that final shot is so beautiful, worthy of being a calendar photo. it's amazing to see 90s footage look so crisp and clear. i was a toddler at this time but it feels so long ago yet also like it just happened
@@caretakerrr123 I just wish they still dominate the New York skyline. New glassy skyscrapers are fine but they don't match with other buildings. Constructing one by one, Manhattan skyline will dramatically change, in fact it already did. I prefer the old iconic look with amazing twin towers. Twins were USA! Today It's not the America we used to watch in movies.
I love coming back to this video every once in a while and every time this puts me in awe. I was born in the early 2000s, after the attacks on the towers, and this is the closest thing I will have to look back on new york before they happened. Looking back at photos and videos of the city before then always gets me a bit emotional, I wish I could've seen the skyline and the towers with my own eyes rather than through a lens. Don't get me wrong, one world trade center is an engineering and architectural marvel but looking at photos of the manhattan skyline with the new tower vs the twin towers, that view just seems unmatched in my eyes, it just seems a bit empty for lack of a better term. but one thing i do really love seeing with the skyline now is seeing one world trade center with the beams from where the twin towers once stood, that view really gets me emotional and it's just beautiful.
This is the longest law and order intro I’ve ever seen
lmfaoo im dead
Hahahaha
Blueis Notgreen Was Bill Clinton President? Was it a bad time for America?
@@eduardogavilanes4651 i thought it's George H. W. Bush?
HBC 101 no. Bill Clinton got elected in 1992 and was inaugurated in 1993
Seeing Pre-2000s clips in such high HD quality is like hearing a movie with sound in the silent-film era. It’s MARVELOUS.
That's the first thing I've thought too: incredible quality for a VHS tape.
True, this is gold
It’s also like seeing photos and videos pre 19th century 😂
Movie "The Jazz Singer" (1927) is this is the same movie with sounds in the silent-film era
Are you forgetting movies? This is just more baffling because it's on VHS
It’s so weird seeing this era captured in such high definition. Even my memories of growing up in the 90’s aren’t this clear.
There are some very interesting videos of old street-life films shot in the 1930's and 1940's that have been remastered to 4K, colorized and 60FPS that look like they were shot yesterday. It's almost like a time machine.
@@davidgmaloof can u link one?
@@rytism7156 No don't bother. It's low quality fad upscaling by losers who need something to do with the garbage software they paid $400 dollars for. It's a fad for infantile low intelligence mental infants.
If you want actual high quality look for actual film scans, film resolution is actually pretty good so you can easily get real 4k direct scans off 16mm film archives and 8k scans off 35mm video film. Actual film high quality raw scans is what you're looking for, not fad software that's fake and AI doesn't actually exist. It's a sales gimmick to make you feel special about yourself.
High quality film was very common commercially. It was home theater that was low definition. When they 'remaster' old films into HD, they're just taking the original high quality master and releasing it to the general public instead of the down scaled and letterboxed versions we saw at home back in the day.
@@natsfan100 partially true. It depends on how old of a film we are talking. If this was before I'd say the 1970s, a lot of those movies were stored on actual physical film and that was the only copy of available. The film was physically degraded so they had to usually, before computers, go frame by frame and do hand cleanups and sharpening filters.
As someone born in the mid-2000s, seeing high quality footage from the 90's is so incredibly surreal to me.
You were born in the mosaic pixel distortion era.
As someone born in 70s it’s weird too!
Were you born in the mid 2000's? my condolences to you, you were born at a time when this country had already gone to shit along with most of the world
There is a lot of film from even the 60's that is very HD. It's just that DVD could not provide that, but if you get an old movie on Bluray, you can see the HD.
I was born in the 80’s and feel the same way! Even seeing in widescreen-ish surprises me, instead of 4:3. Widescreen (16:9) really wasn’t common until the early 2010s…
Best picture quality of any video in 1993 respect
Just imagine if we had cameras in Roman times.
oldi184 that would be amazing or dinosaurs time
I thought you said 1939 I was like sorry bud there's none 😂
Or when flying spaghetti monster was alive
A lot more white people. The Best times. Back when it was mostly just White and Black people and no racism in the media. Puerto ricans and Asians too in New York but hardly anybody else in big numbers. No mexicans at all. Everybody got along. The better days
Can't believe 1993 was 60 years ago
Lmao
Lol you're crazy
2 years ago you idiot.
Yea ikr wow
25 years ago*
1:00 And he never saw her again
you can ask him, he is up in the comments
Actually there are more shots which really are spot on. But you can see she noticed someone looking at her. Her body reaction was like: pff not again..lol
Jajajaja
@@luciaflor9420 I was more looking at the moments in the film. Also thinking..where are they now?
this video just made heim relive his regrets of not knowing that woman on the street
I was born in 1998. This is crazy, watching the 90s in high HD quality. I've always seen the 90s through my parents' old blurry pictures in photo books, and old VHS tapes. That has somewhat programmed my brain into thinking that was how it looked during that time. Crazy.
The surreal part is watching HD video of from that era. There's a ton of high quality film (35mm) in HD/4K, but very little "amateur" video.
If you’re from New York this video is even more impressive
my mid gen z ass literally cant see something older than 2005 not being in fuzzy static television or still photos. Like i physically cannot comprehend the world existing in the same clarity that i can see in 2024
Born 1997
Same here. I was born in '98 and at the time this video was recorded my mum was 19. It's pretty surreal to be honest.
It’s absolutely wild to think that this nearly 30 year old time capsule looks like it could have been taken yesterday
28 not 30
A2B Anshuman That’s why they said NEARLY 30 year old..🤦♂️
True, last time I saw 1993 that clear was...in 1993.
I know right? This feels so unreal
@@OdinUpsilon shut the hell up
You can still see the 80's vibe there... Interesting how early and late 90's felt so different !
I'm age 31
I still remember seeing 9/11 on TV in Arkansas back than age 11
Back in 2001 in 20th century now its 21 century
Same with early and late 2000's
@@criticalhard True. However there was very little difference between early and late 2010’s. I just didn’t feel it at all unlike previous decades. Is it just me or the culture has been stagnant recently?
@@ROCKSTAR3291 Massively agree - the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s seemed to have distinct cultural themes. To the point where you can easily identify what era an old photo or video is from. But the late 2000s to present have just felt boring - there's nothing really going on.
This is the New York we all ❤️
This has to be the best early 90's video quality I've ever seen.
@odeerg film is 24fps. the resolution is good but the motion feel cinematic. this dvhs feels realistic because of high frame rate
@odeerg Film is (for the most part) 24/25fps, and this is 60fps so this is far more realistic
@@SantiagoMonroy5 This is more realistic in terms of fps, but in terms of resolution film is still higher. Amazing video, in any case, I had seen a small part of it in Techmoan's channel.
@Vornado pro I do agree with tou on the quality.
Vornado? I worked for them in 1966, and on and off 1972-77.
Von duMozze, wow, 1966! Have you heard of cryostasis?
Seeing 30 years ago in such high quality puts into perspective how fast time flies. Someone who was 10 years old when this was recorded would be 40 now.
Yes, me!
I was -10 lol
Well I was 11 and I'm 41 now and my son is now 11.
I was 14 in 1993, I'm 44 now. It definitely doesn't feel like it's been 30 years
@@shaunsteele6926 i know, what happend?. I feel like I was young moments ago and suddently I am now old.
I wish this camera was available in the 50s or 60s. Those are the times I really want to see in HD.
Here's Disneyland in 1956 (when it was only 1yr old) in close to HD
ruclips.net/video/TXNHmhqOweQ/видео.html
Look up queen's 1981 concert in Montreal
Find some old family 8mm film reed and have a ball. Found my great grandfathers who toured all over Canada and USA shooting film. Reels and reels of it projected onto a wall in my basement. The clarity and colours of projected film is absolutely brilliant. 1960’s, Air shows, Chicago with the Marion towers being built, Disney world the year it opened...amAzing stuff.
i wish this camera was available in the start point of big bang 😩😩😩
Here’s Monaco in the 60s on 70mm film. Significantly higher quality than HD, you’d need to see it in Blu-ray on a 4K TV to be close.
ruclips.net/video/sCv-dIFGcd0/видео.html
That's crazy, that level of quality from 25 years ago. And it looks like it was shot at 60 frames per second, unless this footage was interpolated? Could practically be from a modern DSLR
>that level of quality from 25 years ago
We've had that level of quality for longer than that. Movies shot on film are higher than HD resolution. What's amazing about this is that it's digital, so it doesn't have that grainy film look. Also, 35mm movie cameras were rarely used to shoot random street scenes due to their cost, so footage like this is uncommon.
It was shot on an old analog high-definition 3/4" format VCR called "UNI-HI" (with model no. HDV-10) introduced in 1984 and used videocassette tapes that could each hold up to 62 minutes of footage encoded as an analog component signal (Y/B-Y/-R-Y). It was based on the old U-Matic VCR format. The resolution was about 640 lines for the luma channel, and the resolution was about 320 lines equally split between the two separate chroma channels. The signal-to-noise ratio was 42 decibels, equating to a dynamic range of 7 stops, or a contrast ratio of roughly 128:1. In digital terms, that's the equivalent of 210 Mbps (not bad for a 1984 VCR).
xereeto it's not digital it's Muse
Sorry, not digital, my bad. Still I believe the "captured electronically" look, i.e. not shot on film, is what makes this so fascinating.
What you're trying to say is that it's a video signal.
It's so easy to think that the 80s/90s looked like a 4th-generation VHS tape, or that the 1890s looked like a sepia-toned photograph, even when you know in your head that's not true. Exellent, eye-opening footage.
we can never see this sunset again 5:15
Exactly what I always think when I see stuff like this
I thought i was the only one who thought this
Great point
People are pretty much the same in the past. Just the settings are different.
Seeing movies based in New York with the towers still standing high always made me feel at home with my family. Miss the 90s camera quality though lol
Damn everyone looks like a character from an fbi movie.
lol............
everyone was suddenly really into the color black in the 90s lol
@@ronaldcole6101 Those who were in a work schedule, but the rest of the outfit was quite colorful.
The X-files
1000th like
Props to the cameraman that traveled back in time to get this footage
U stole this comment....and your doing a marathon... I know...
one like one support 🙌🙏
@@kozmokramer7398 bruh
Parsa Ghiasian according to this comment it does?! (Sarcasm)
@Parsa Ghiasian bro no way
This is incredible probably the best footage of 90s I’ve ever seen
Apart from feature-length movies lol
Doesn’t beat my beastie boys vhs
It's 1993, not 1893
some people in the 1800's took better photos than we can today actually using certain techniques that most didnt use@@fatahmalom2393
0:58 - ME TOO!
It's incredible! This is definitely a phenomenal and unique video, especially since it was filmed 30 years ago. But what’s even more interesting is how the destinies of these people turned out, for example, a man in a business suit and glasses against the backdrop of the Twin Towers, a sweet beauty walking towards a guy with a ponytail, a girl adjusting her earring, a couple smiling at each other. Each of them contributed to this video, making it so bright, wonderful, positive, real - and for this I want to thank them and wish them all the best.
P.S: I met a guy with a ponytail on RUclips, a very cool guy. I wish him all the best😊
I am always intrigued about this when I see old footage of people going about their lives, what are they doing now, what has happened to them, are they even still alive?
If you look at the Ladder 1 fire engine at 1:42 you have to wonder if one of those firefighters was killed on 9/11.
this is so rad
Artzie!!!!! :D
Jasey Studios Jasey!!!! :D
Artzie Music it's vaporwave as hell dude
Artzie! Hi!
Did you turn this into a music video
It's so weird seeing this in HD, as if it was only recorded yesterday.
I'ts because some time traveler did it
@@dalent Thats's the most logical explanation.
upscale
Minus all the smartphone zombies. Sometimes I wish I'd been born early enough to experience the entirety of the 90s. Too bad I was born at the end of the greatest decade in 1999, nevertheless im still glad to have been born at the time
I'm 1997 but pretty much grew up with 90s stuff (from cartoons to sega games,toys,..) we didn't had mobile phones nor computer till 2006 or so but even then internet explorer was so slow no one was bothering with we'd always play outside till dark
0:58 I don't blame you bro...
She kinda looks like Alexandra Daddario, no?
@@YashpalKrishna kinda looks like Barbara Palvin
Looks like that stock image
Funny thing is, he's in this comment section. Right up there, pinned to the wall
They caught him in HD all the way back in '93!
How lovely to see everyone looking straight ahead while walking and not staring down at a phone. We've lost eye contact now. Beautiful footage. Thanks for uploading.
Is it me or is this the best quality I’ve seen for being filmed in the 90s. Almost thought it was a set
Uhhh that's because it is the best quality video from the 90s?
There's a video of a similar quality from the 30s that I've seen in the national archives. blew my mind when I first saw it.
@@01DOGG01 Please provide a link, I'm curious!
@@natemyers1791 same
Best quality material shot on video, yes, but the material shot on film will still look better, and the resolution is much higher. If you take a look at some remastered film footage, even from the 60s, the quality is just amazing. ruclips.net/video/HtUH9z_Oey8/видео.html
I can't even explain the video, being a Retro Tech enthusiast, this is like the definition of happiness to me. Five minutes of pure pleasure.
Just imagine what the DVHS looks like, instead of a RUclips copy!
Tenho a mesma sensação.
There is a guy who took around one of those giant VHS camcorders and video blogged himself in the 80s, mostly in NYC. He died in 89' from too much blow up the nose. Anyway, all his videos have been posted on here. I think it is called something like 43rd Street Project
Incredible definition for back then
Same :)
it's so weird seeing no one on their phones lol
hello
good point
No it isn't. It's weird AF that everyone now IS
@@thingonathinginathing well, weird is only what's deviant from what's most common. So in a sense, it is weird that they're not on their phones, since it's so prevalent today.
dem old people in the video most likely deceased🙁
My beautiful home sweet home! Brooklyn, 1993, freshman in high school, and I felt like the future was brighter than a million suns for me!
You from Brukil?
@@djeremisky3358 huh?
@@BrooklynBeTheBoro from Brooklyn?
@@djeremisky3358 yeah, but I went to high school in Manhattan!
@@BrooklynBeTheBoro why are you Americans killing people and waging wars all over the world?
This looks like it was shot modern day, can’t believe this was practically 30 years ago.
Props to whoever restored the quality of this.
It was recorded like this, actually! The link at the end is a great watch!
It was recorded with the then brand new-and highly expensive-HD technology. I would love it if the technology existed that could restore old film and video storage from 30 plus years ago to 1080p quality, let alone 4K.
HD kinda existed back then not as we have today Ofc
@@arrow1414AI upscaling of old footage to HD does exist, but it's not perfect.
@@arrow1414film was lossless. look at old tv shows or movies. film was better than you'd expect.
God this is surreal. It's like someone went back in time and filmed in HD
I know, what an incredible video
futuredirector999 or its like someone recorded it in HD then and posted the video now...
futuredirector999 You can get lots of HD footage from this era it was called film
Michael Walters yeah the weirdest thing is that rappers could actually rap back then, but it looks just like today...weird
Athiestforlife777 Its called Remastering a video
man the 1990s what a great decade
The best¡!
I'm glad for Americans. In my country 90s were tough.
Best decade ever. I remember hanging out in Manhattan when I worked in Jersey in 1999. Before 9/11, social media, and coronavirus... things were different; much better.
@juanjunior39 those were the bad disgusting scumass old days.
@@2148-b1r What is your country?! It is in Eastern Europe?! BTW, the 90s was pretty peaceful and careless in France too
Watching with tears, my grandma still alive that time, my childhood still happy, but all is over the next year.
Central park indeed so great, wishing that i can have a visit one day.
This is so trippy. Seeing something recorded that's over 20 years ago starts messing up your perception of time. We're so used to seeing HD videos/movies, we just assume that it was recorded "recently", but watching this, really messes with you.
I mean, film has an incredible amount of detail (much higher than this video) and it's been that way for decades and decades. This is still quite interesting to see but it doesn't seem weird at all.
Imagine seeing color HD footage of like the 1770s, it would be mind blowing
+Rilumai; yes but the look is still different with analog tapes and especially film! This footage is shot digitally and along with the 60p it reminds us so much of the cameras we have today.
Thomas I agree that film looks different and much better than this video, but wasn't this video also shot on analog tapes? That's what the description says anyway.
+Rilumai yeah
This was 28 years ago
To contrast, 28 years before 1993 was 1965, the beatles were still making albums
Yea, just turned 28. Wish I could be in my 20's forever... 😔
The world of my childhood when I was in elementary in the late 90's and early to mid 2000's was totally different than the world today. Growing up alongside the rise of the internet and computers, seeing the twin towers get smashed into in 1st grade on Live TV in class (don't know why the teacher thought that was a good idea for small children to see..), then the "War on Terror". Was just a kid then, but even I realized shit was getting real...
I remember in like 1st or 2cnd grade, we still had globes with USSR on them instead of Russia lol
Guess my school was broke af...
I am 37. I remember starting elementary school without the internet since it wasn't a thing. But by the time Highschool came we had yahoo and Napster. There were payphones everywhere and a 25 cent bag of chips was a lot more chips. My daughter who is 15 never knew a world without the internet and seen payphones in old movies. When I tell her stories from my childhood and days of playing Pogs on the schoolyard I now feel like an ancient.
or is it?
@@Clos93 lmao yep
This feels like a opening shot for the worlds greatest New York sitcom.
The greatest New York sitcom in my opinion is friends
Kneox NO IT FUCKING ISNT SEINFELD IS BETTER
The quality is wonderful. Props man
What a shame this format never took off, this is considerably better than DVDs were throughout their entire run. Truly a format which was 20 years ahead of its time
enjoy rewinding LoLs
@@stebopign Id be fine with rewinding if deffinition was this good.
ya we coulda recorded hd video in the 80s
It was really expensive and complicated. It was popular in Japan ...at least for the rich.
@@stebopign alongside the ability to actually fast forward through trailers/ads without "function not available" BS message trying to force you to watch ads for their lesser movies that can't sell on their own while you wait and wait to watch the movie you actually want to see...
...I know a lot of people turned to piracy more because of restrictive crap like that than to actually save money.
Sad to think that squirrel 3:00 is no longer with us. Rest In Peace, squirrel. 😔
No, he's still there. I saw him only last week. Well... it looked like him.
i thought the exact same thing.
I'm a car guy, was thinking the same thing about all the Caprice classic taxis. There was even an old checker cab in one of the shots. Surely all scrapped and crushed by now
Fountain of Fire my thoughts!
No hes still alive,I saw it jerking off to pigeons the other day while I was at Central Park.
0:58 john travolta, 1:03 tom cruise, 1:06 upper right nicholas cage.
0:53 Oprah (with the red coat)
1:14 President Trump?
3:00 a rabbit
I think 0:58 is more like Ray Liotta.
4:00 Princess Diana
Consider one thing: Any professional 35mm film footage of that time, if well-preserved, would translate to HD and 2K and 4K resolution. People tend to think of the resolution of consumer end products (VHS, Laserdiscs, DVD's) as equivalent to the actual source media (16mm/35mm/70mm film, Broadcast master tapes, etc). HD video production was happening in Japan in the 1980's but HD as a consumer reality in America happened 20 years later.
You are 100% correct! That's why old episodes of "Columbo" look so good in HD. They were all shot on film stock.
To be fair, the reason why it took so long for HD video to become a common consumer item was because the early analog HD systems (like the Sony HDVS used here) were insanely expensive and was more a production rather than a consumer format. It was only by the mid 1990's when microprocessors became faster and cheaper along with the development of digital compression codecs that HD video became more practical for consumers.
If you watch Taxi Driver, in most well preserved cases, it really looks HD, and that was in the 70s
@@gabrielmoreno9455good point. This footage has its own charm though-the higher frame rate of video, while often derided by film purists, makes it seem closer to real life IMHO.
The key here is the high framerate.
The internet is the closest thing to a time machine we have.
Its also ironically what ruined all of this :/
Correct
Indeed! I was thinking the same thing the other day. I hope everyone uploads as much content as possible as old as possible to be saved forever for all of us to enjoy and cherish. I adore watching the past and eras I never lived in. Thanks RUclips and technology!
too bad
EvilDeadRecordsVideo Ruined what? The internet isn’t what’s ruining everything, unfettered and unregulated capitalism is.
Old but gold
Old but gold now has a new meaning
Old butt gold.
En Yeni Müzik U mean Platinum
Not even that old
666 like
What a magical video! Thank you so much for uploading ❤
So life in 1993 wasn't actually like a VHS tape...?
Of course not. That's just silly.
That's like thinking life in 2006 was like a blurry, 240p RUclips video.
This is from a VHS tape (DVHS)
@@valkiron11 It was sarcasm. lol
Nope. And I'm relieved to see HD footage from the 90s, because I remember it crystal clear, whereas looking at old TV shows makes it look as if
the entire decade was drenched in grease. Seeing this video reminds me that things actually looked as I remember them.
@@SpaceCattttt A lot of TV shows we're recorded on film and have been remade in HD.
Although one difference here is that his was interlaced footage. Which looks 'live'.
*So 1993 didn’t look like 240p?* 🤯
wow lol
No potatoes 🥔 filming then
Maga
Viktor Tomanov 😂😂😂😂
Danny 240i or if you're rich 480p
Crazy how this was 27 years ago.
Yeah, time flies huh?
@NoName718 Probably dead in my case. Dang life has flown by, huh?
NoName718 ill be 50 when that happens
Only 27...if that was your age...whole life ahead of you...in a free society/ world
And im 27 yrs old
Wonderful footage.
It brings me back to my childhood, I feel like I want to cry but my tears would be warm and somehow full of happiness and nostalgia.
I feel grateful for being grown up in the 90s. What an amazing time to be alive it was.
No internet and no cell phones, just the right amount of comforts and technology. It was fun, really. And great music hits too.
I guess the 9/11 changed our perspective for the worse, people aren't that happy since then imo
Thank you very much for the upload, I love it.
I don't think it's the cell phones, but I definitely do think it is 9/11. Usually, cultures end in a gradual way. The 80's had a smooth gradient into the 90's, with the introduction of easier computing and access to greater color gamuts. However, the the 90's and the 2000s were a very immediate switch. From people I have asked, and things I have seen, a lot of people had a very immediate shift of feeling and mood once 9/11 happened. The economy also went to shit directly after due to the sudden loss of a large financial construct, and the practical death of the travel industry.
Many people lost the feeling of strength, indestructibility, and safety that many used to have back then, as US citizens, and that effect still shows today, although things are definitely recovering as more generations pad the gap.
(Also people in the 90s also wore suits so much better than people in the 2000s omg)
-- a 2007 kid
The couple smiling at each other feels way more real and genuine than any movie of the same era. It's really interesting to see how natural everyone looks by today's standards. Thanks HD!
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@@EEEEEEEE E
Ok blame social media
blame satan hes in your body and not in mine social media isnt the problem you little fuck@@davidt8087
Ahh yes, before women went completely off the deep end and all started looking like narcissistic blow-up dolls.
It's interesting that when you think about old times, a blurred image immediately comes to mind, without much color and without definition (which were common TV and VHS images at that time). It's even weird to see images in high definition from almost 30 years ago, it seems like it's a modern-day movie representing the 90's.
mate, 30 years ago there was color and high quality video during that time, plenty of it. It just wasn't readily available, technology wise, like it is now. To have this type of quality Camcorder back in this time would cost you an arm and a leg. Not everyone had access to it - and not every had a TV to show that quality. Go back 70 years - that's what you're talking about.
I have been trying to get that idea out of my mind forever, the idea that people lived in black and white lol
you should see the fires of kuwait in HD it was filmed on 70mm imax from memory, amazing.
At that times, USA was doing great with its Capitalist ideology. Now, slowly left ideology is getting common among Americans.
Left is just a myth. Capitalism is the only way out to be a successful nation.
@@rShubham17 i disagree
This is what I remember 1993 looking like at age 13 or 14 -- funny to see the distorted VHS tapes making me feel older than I am. Now I know how my parents, grandparents and great grandparents must have felt looking back at old footage knowing that's not how they remembered it.
Evan J I love you White man
Evan J not really because this is old footage but in the same quality we have today.
I'm sure they remembered watching old film footage on TV though, just like I remember watching early 90's film and videotape footage (which had its own trademark look) back then. Seeing it still takes me back.
How I adore old videos in high quality. And this particular video has such a cool picture that many modern cameras nervously smoke on the sidelines. It is these videos that take you back to the past, allowing you to feel the bygone eras.
This camera must have been astronomically expensive in 1993.
Equivalent of an 8K capable camera now.
8K isnt even that much nowadays compared to HD in 1993, it's like 32K nowadays, something it's only going to be normal in a distant future, like 20 years future
I think he meant in terms of cost.
it wont, size is the thing that matters here, cinemas will only achieve perfect quality with 64 k most likely, it's such a big screen that the resolution is too small for the screen, IMAX theatres even worse, for regular tv's and smartphones it will stop at 4k, but cinemas and the such will most likely require 64 k resolution to match our eyes level of detail, perhaps even 128K recordings will be necessary, nonetheless evolution is still going to happen, it's inevitable, new technologies allow it, and as they get cheaper, people will want 16K computer screens, even if they dont see any difference from 4K or 8K, they want it just because they think they are getting more from their buck. Buying a 4k 13'' screen is retarded and people still buy it becuase they can
Most professional grade movie cameras were capable of shooting at ridiculously high resolutions for their time.
3:59 I love seeing this, it’s so private and the expression of love on their faces is just too pure.
I like her hair and jacket.
and it is clear that the guys are not 20 years old, they are so cute ♥️
If you look closely, I'm in the background taking a FAT SHIT GOD DAMN. I should have not had that KFC sandwich
So cute
She's so cute, until she smiles and shows her teeth.
I don't know why, but in so many 90s clips I've seen I get this greater sense of life than what I see and experience today. There also always seems to be something more vibrant about it, like the sun burnt brighter or something.
It's a feeling I also felt as a kid in the 2000s, which could probably just be added up to as child-like wonder, yet I get a similar sort of feeling viewing the 90s and how streets and stores and the like looked, even though I was never there.
And people who were kids in the 2020s will be nostalgic for it in 20 years.
~The passage of time
Today's material world is a hollow echo of the pre-internet time, imo. In order to experience anything back then, you went out into the world. Going out is not nearly as significant today. Everybody just pretending to have fun while wishing they were home in a dark room scrolling social media.
I was alive in the 90s and am still in my 20s (so I’m not some bitter old boomer) and things were much better in almost every way by 1995. 95-01 was heaven in NYC the most incredible place I’ve ever seen, you could feel this electric rush of the city. When I came back a few years ago it wasn’t even the same city, everything has changed.
@@Zadir09 No, not really kid. I'm 38 and I went to NYC in 1993 and 1996 and 1993 was way better. There was still some 1980's left over. Not much.
@@internationallanguages-b4i Nobody will be nostalgic about the 2020s, trust me
Oh no! The ponytail guy from 1:00 had seen this video and left a comment, but I'm not seeing it anymore :(
😢
Has it been deleted ? 😢
ya where is he? =/
What sis he say? And how do we know it is legit?
@@car7000 It was legit, his RUclips profile had a few videos of him in present day.
He mentioned that he was told by one of his friends who recognized him in the video when it was featured on a blog, possibly an NYC blog?
He said “Hey! That’s me! Ponytail guy! Lol!” And then went on to explain it and responded to some comments.
The camera that shot this footage must have cost a small fortune back then!! Still, it is really cool to see footage from 1993 in HD :)
Probably just shot with a normal film camera of the time. Even 35mm film allows for a very reasonable amount of detail. It just took technology awhile to catch up in regards to scanning and transferring technology. Quite often VHS and DVD comes from the same print.
like a 24k camera or 32k camera today
People still don't understand film interacts in an organic fashion with natural light. In the digital medium, the elements are strained and dictated in a machine like fashion.
0:58 that guy checking her out
+xRsAtx to be fair, she was a hottie, and he probably coulda made it with his john travolta look in full effect
+xRsAtx he wouldnt have if he had a smartphone. all that goodness
it's like that confused travolta meme
xRsAtx he'll find her on tinder.
Yeah, that was me at 29 yo. Damn time flies!
Funny to feel nostalgic for a place I’ve never been to.
Yes! And I'm not even An American! I guess with the way 2020 is going & a lot of other terrible things that have been happening all over the world for the past few years, we just long for the feeling of peace & intimacy that the 90's convey
That is because of movies... we see this and it remembers us from the 90'movies or shows, which sometimes we used to watch as kids and than it brings this kind of nostalgic moment that we may have been there.
I think it's because of that, American culture was everywhere, and when we were kids that was where we wanted to be too.
Captain flying away...
(Wait, does this only work on 9gag?)
World changed with computers too, internet was in its infancy.
maybe in your past life
I've been to NY before, but I don't remember any of it.
Went to NYC in June 1999 when I was only 9 months old, yet I still feel super nostalgic for it despite having no memory of it...!
Its so surreal seeing this footage in HD because i wasnt even thought of yet and was born in the 2000s and it looks like somewhat today but realistically 30 years ago.
This is the closest to time travel we will ever get
idk why but reading that made me sad, you right tho.
@@BKbucknut93 Don't be. Trust me, we will get closer than a simple short video someday.
ruclips.net/video/j_DGRXvKkD4/видео.html
@@maksphoto78 thx
dont forget that in 30 years vloggers videos will be used in history classes XD.
One of the coolest videos on RUclips! The mix of nostalgia, New York and modern video technology is a rare treat. Thanks for this great upload :)
Things like this remind you that the 80s and 90s aren't just things you see on TV - this used to be what real life was like.
Yesss. If this video was in low VHS quality, i'd look @ this like "HOW THE WORLD WAS GR8 IN THE 90S THE GOOD OLD TIMES THE NOSTALGIA Y DOES EVERYTHING SUCK 2DAY". But it's in HD, so it's only regular footage of a city with people walking.
As someone born in 2000, I very much relate to this. It’s mind blowing to see such a different time period in the same clarity as today.
@@baviation1872truth is, these people were EXACTLY as you are. Same lust, same hopes and dreams, same fears. Perhaps this truth will help you relate to these images even more. As I have gotten older this realization has made me go back and look at my perceptions of people as a child and as a young man in a new light.
Duh 🙄
it makes me feel old af to realize there are actual "adults" who don't remember the 80s and 90s. Feels fairly recent to me lol
The city looks clear and more presentable than today.
the hell is that supposed to mean?
@@JackSnyder-t3dit means that liberals and all you other pussy gun hating democrats ruined nyc and turned it into a festering shithole of a city where homeless people run rampant and OD on fucking heroin in the streets.
@@JackSnyder-t3dsubtle racism
Yes and no. Was a lot of fun back then and definitely loved it. But the outer boroughs are more developed now and have gotten nicer.
It’s like someone sent a current day camera back in time.
It's like when you have dreams about being high school, then in the middle of the dream you think "wait, I have a college degree. Why am I here again?" (I always wake up as I establish the inconsistency)
There is nothing new under the Sun.
1:00
The birth of Distracted Boyfriend meme
Indiana? They named you after a dog?
- Sallah, Circa 1936
@@kennarajora6532 Bwahaha!
@Anthony F. Tuffiano ur mom
Yasss
When I read your comment I knew exactly what part you meant!
Everybody walking on those streets got 29 years older . Some of them passed away... so life is short and temporary
@Mary O'Bear no you dont you look 100
@Mary O'Bear Doubt a 44 year old can still look like an 18 year old. Stop.
@@-_--_--- WHAT YALL HATING FOR LMFAOOO RELAX
So profound and deep. Excuse me, I'll have to cut myself....
/sarcasm
@Mary O'Bear really
The early 90's is when I wanted to move to NYC the most. Never made it. But the quality of this video is remarkable
1993 vídeo with 2019 high quality.
*Wait, thats illegal.*
HD was a ploy to sell more TVs, it solved a problem that didn't exist.
Nothing is illegal here. Japanese has their Hi-Vision (HDTV) system back in 1980s.
@@fred7635 *Sarcasm.*
@@Victor_2000s I know. Just explain.
Al igual que ser furro y ser un pagano y no arrepentirse
1:03 tom cruise
Yeah he kinda looks like him
It's Bobby with dat tool
2:54 Robert Dinero
He is stealing the FBI database
Nicolas Cage on the right
I've been driving a cab in the city since 1987.. I've witnessed all the changes in NYC for over 33 years and I miss it all. There is no place like New York.
Mian Saeed A lot of difference from 87 to today ?
what is there except buildings and concretes? you make it sound like a rainforest with full of natural life...
@@JosephKarthic he is just nostalgic because he lived his whole life on that city... (same case for everyone on this planet cheering the place where they lived all their lives or 70% of their lives atleast ) it doesn't really matter where they live on this planet , they will going to cherish the memories and experiences through the life based on that ,so his memories is based on that city.. too bad this guys cannot realise themselves... so close minded..
example: if someone lived his whole life on italy/milano,roma etc .. or paris/france of course they will say there is no place like "their" city ...
Keep in mind @Mian Saeed Every metropolis is basically this ;) buildings and concretes... with humans and animals... the real beauty of the world is not on metropolis but in the nature ;)
its a garbage city, would never trade it for a small village with lakes and greens around it
@@fanesorin8927 naah... New York's New York dude..
I graduated from College in 1993. Wonderful memories back then. The 90s were a great time to be alive. Social Media and the people on cell phones 24/7 has destroyed social connections and empathy toward others. Sad how far we have fallen.
0:57 the girl is smokin', no wonder john travolta had to look back
Stix N' Stones she’s old enough to be your grandma now. How time flies
she is probably a hot gilf now
nah she looks 20-25 in this she would be in her mid 40s
@@ok-hd4so you mean there is still a chance
While you read my long name I steal your Cookies *Perfect*
As someone who experienced childhood in around early 90's, it's weird to think that '93 is already like nearly three decades ago.
It's also crazy to think that during this time, we needed to find payphones to call someone from outdoors, go to a library or ask around to find out things, bring a camera to take pics and vids...
shhh, the 90s were only like 10 years ago ;-)
Mobile phones are existing since the 80s but you are right. Not every one had a mobile phone then.
@@ch36799 And mobiles didn't have cameras on it....
Yeah these were the good days
@@ch36799 literally nobody had a mobile phone until like 98 99
Every time I see old videos in HD I’m reminded that that the world was really like this. It’s crazy that my parents really saw the 80’s and 90’s in 4K...
lmao u dont see in 4k homie
@@xUltimatexInstinctx you know what I mean
@@myles432 lol u right I do lol sorry
Yes in fact we saw those days even clearer cause our eyesight was better.
@@xUltimatexInstinctx my eyes are in 240p
I love how people notice the camera and look at it. When a person brought their camera, it was a noticeable & large device. It also wasn’t very common.
Now, most people have a pocket sized device that films in 4k & can post said video onto the internet…
Those Towers are amazing. Everything i watch that shows that part of NY, i always look for the WTC. I always get excited when i see the Twin Towers.
i wasn't even alive when they existed but they are just so mesmerizing. most beautiful buildings i've ever seen
@@violetcavanagh3799 i think so too. I was 30 when they were destroyed. Though i remember seeing them before in movies and stuff, i never really got it. Now though i always look for them in anything with NY in it. I always feel sad if they aren't there. It's almost like a symbol. Before 9-11 and after. I even told my son the other day, that it hurts that he'll never know our world before 9-11. Two totally different worlds. I can't explain it any better than that.. But to me, they represent before this world became so mean. A symbol of what we once were..
@@amywhite9972 i totally agree. i kind of have a different perspective as i was born almost 6 years after they were destroyed, so i never really get to see them unless i go out of my way to look for them. it's a shame how they arent represented more, even tho they are gone. i miss them lol
@@violetcavanagh3799 i understand. I'm always finding old movies with them in it. I was even watching Deep Impact recently and when the wave hit, i was like... No...... 😭 But thankfully they didn't fall. The water went around them. I was like shew.. But it really freaked me out for a second..
Which is kinda dumb knowing they are gone but I'm very protective of them even in movies..
Unbelievable quality. Thank you Techmoan!
Javier Hernandez This is aprox. 24 years old.
Javier Hernandez I doubt it. it won't record at 60FPS and at the same bit rate. high end 4k mobiles won't record like this. This is movie quality.
Javier Hernandez upload a video from your phone of your town and we'll compare. Not sure you're watching this in full HD, your $20 Moto probably doesn't support that.
And this was in 1993? It looks like it was filmed in 2014.
Mr Jojo Red Cat that’s the power of DVHS
MUSE Hi Vision Analog HD. The DVHS is a conversion
except for the cigarette ads.
Энергетика другая тогда была и люди стройные, счастливые, сейчас все потеряные и жирные как колобки
Nostalgic absoluta
Simply amazing!! Thanks for uploading this
20+ years from now we're gonna look back at 2019 just like this..
Right!!
nobody cares about 2019 😣
but 2020 interesting
Doubt it . 80s looked completely different from the 90s . The 90s looked different from the 2000s . But ever since the 2000s started , the world seems the same for the last 19 years so I don’t think it will be that much of a dramatic change .
in 20 years NYC is gone after a nuclear war, sorry to tell you this im from the future
You mean you hope to, it could go bad instead.
Looks like an sitcom intro.
Or first episode.
sienfef
when the group walk towards the building at 0:43
You are like a one episode sitcom girlfriend, or at leas that’s what my mother said when she read your comment. She is hilarious,
If she didn’t pump out all 6 of us at eighteen I’m sure she would have gone to do great things but that how the cookie crumbles
sounds like one too
2:35 they needed a whole helicopter back in the days...
Technology really has advanced
Can't beat a helicopter and a skilled pilot as a camera platform.
@Anthony F. Tuffiano stfu SJW
@@ManiSingh-yd9dh what how is he an SJW?
@@ManiSingh-yd9dh go back to 2016
1993 was the year I went to America for the first time. I was 21 and had a blast. ❤
Where do you live now
1:00 meme exist in 1993
Lol nice
LMAO
Guy: 🤤
I saw it and came as faster as i can to the comments, looking for someone talking about that guy lol
It's like two memes in one.
the first part gave me flashbacks, a mix of going downtown with my mom and some memories of job interviews. man i can almost feel the morning breeze mixed with car exhaust, freshly baked pastries, a little cig smoke, and the receptionist's perfume.
This is incredible, I had no idea this tech existed in '93 and I'm 29 years old now. Oh and this video felt like a 5 minute long sitcom intro without the credits lol.
+T-Top Deluxe www.howtogeek.com/199182/ask-htg-how-can-studios-release-high-definition-versions-of-decades-old-movies-and-tv-shows/
+Meridian Moda not at 60fps.....
+T-Top Deluxe I've seen Imax documentaries shot in the 1980s in HD, the technology was there just not available for mass consumption
+smeatonmedia That's a good thing.
+Meridian Moda that video was recorded from an HD VHS actually.
1:24 That Newport ad, the bright orange letters on a green background makes me nostalgic. I used to see them a lot as a kid in the early 2000s.
Am I the only one who thinks it is extremely fascinating to see 1993 in HD?
I'm pretty sure you aren't the only one.
+CzarPeppers how's that even possible? sheesh
Dude I was shocked too! Woah
if your talking about just digital HD then yea but if not film has more then enough resolution for HD so thats why we have films from the 1920s+ that are remastered into HD
emko333 Yeah, but you don't usually see old "TV" type content in HD. Cinema films have a very different look with the wider aspect ratios and artificial lightning. This showreel could easily be mistaken for a Casey Neistat vlog in style. That's what makes it fascinating to me :)
Making a video on old New York starter pack:
>Thumbnail including twin towers
>Comments on people not holding smartphones
Josh xD Jesus Christ calm the fuck down
I'm gonna say the "N" word.
Josh xD ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
TheRevolutionaryGuy I give you the N word pass
@@trapsarentgay4195 Thank you.
My N I G G A
0:59 my man in 1993 and got caught in HD
He actually left a comment
That girl is pretty bad tho I can't blame him 😂
literally
He's actually in the top comments of the video.
His comment is pinned😂
Thank you for uploading this.
This looks like it was filmed yesterday
It was. :)
But no one was using their smartphones
Ozone Destroyer that’s pretty much the only difference, that and the car models being older, and the Twin Towers in the skyline. Besides that NYC looks pretty much the same now, 1993 wasn’t that long ago either.
Macadam Blob that must be a joke. Nothing is nearly the same as it was even ten years ago, let alone 27, phones and car models have nothing to do with it, the general look of people, fashion, the atmosphere, everything looks better
I thought the same thing.
Ah yes, a much simpler time--when I didn't exist.
Lmaoo same💀
That’s too bad man, it was almost 180 degrees different than today’s perpetual shit show
I wish I could have been born and experience those simple times before 9/11.
I miss being in the peaceful nothing.
No internet no smartphones no prevalence of personal computers either. People just lived their lives .
2:56 New Yorkers were even angry in their sleep.
He's homeless. I reckon I'd be pissed too if I didn't have a bed to sleep on. :/
@@SwitchTvAr yeah, you right. That was very wrong of me. He might have been tired and decided to take a nap on the bench. I apologise. :)
@@mirkoamicizia4258 looking at his clothing and grooming he is not homeless he is just resting their.
He looks so peaceful to me... maybe just the music ^^
Robert De Niro
I was born in 2004, so seeing hd footage of the 90s is so cool! I wish I could've experienced what it was like during this time!
that final shot is so beautiful, worthy of being a calendar photo. it's amazing to see 90s footage look so crisp and clear. i was a toddler at this time but it feels so long ago yet also like it just happened
It's weird seeing Twin towers in hd, like they're still there.
technically, they still are there....
@@caretakerrr123 I just wish they still dominate the New York skyline. New glassy skyscrapers are fine but they don't match with other buildings. Constructing one by one, Manhattan skyline will dramatically change, in fact it already did. I prefer the old iconic look with amazing twin towers. Twins were USA! Today It's not the America we used to watch in movies.
Oddly enough, the underground of the Twin Towers were actually bombed in 1993.
@@KingofAmerica97 actually 2001
Every time I see the twin towers in movies, I squirm, but this is really worse.
Been a long time since I've seen this many people looking forward, instead of down.
I love coming back to this video every once in a while and every time this puts me in awe. I was born in the early 2000s, after the attacks on the towers, and this is the closest thing I will have to look back on new york before they happened. Looking back at photos and videos of the city before then always gets me a bit emotional, I wish I could've seen the skyline and the towers with my own eyes rather than through a lens. Don't get me wrong, one world trade center is an engineering and architectural marvel but looking at photos of the manhattan skyline with the new tower vs the twin towers, that view just seems unmatched in my eyes, it just seems a bit empty for lack of a better term. but one thing i do really love seeing with the skyline now is seeing one world trade center with the beams from where the twin towers once stood, that view really gets me emotional and it's just beautiful.
For me this video makes me sad I will never be able to experience this