History Main / DigitalDestruction

** In all of season 2, [=SpongeBob=] has been turned a sickly pale color (nicknamed [=PaleBob=] by fans). Here's what "Procrastination" looks like [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/342283011108110337/971258680538443856/unknown.png on DVD]] vs. [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/342283011108110337/971258680139980831/unknown.png Amazon Prime]].
** Some episodes of season 4, such as "All That Glitters", "Best Frenemies", "Wigstruck", and "Bummer Vacation" look very pale and saturated on TV airings and [=DVD=]. For a comparison, here's "Best Frenemies" on [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/342283011108110337/971258390921740318/unknown.png DVD]] vs. [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/342283011108110337/971258390670098442/unknown.png Amazon Prime]].
** "Karate Island" and "New Leaf" have really dark colors on [=DVD=] releases. Here's a comparison with "New Leaf": [[http://sbcaptures.cf/content/episodes/galleries/073a%20-%20New%20Leaf/073a%20-%20New%20Leaf%20(113).jpg DVD]] vs. [[http://web.archive.org/web/20220505044744id_/https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/spongebob/images/c/c2/New_Leaf_035.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20200110234950 Amazon Prime]].

** Thanks to Adobe Flash ending support in 2021, the site had to switch to Ruffle to run the original flash files. However, due to it being an early build (for now), the files are downsized as both image and audio quality are worse than when they were running through Flash natively. It is recommended that people use Greasemonkey's All-in-One player if they continue using the site.

* When Funimation rereleased ''[[Anime/TenchiUniverse Tenchi Muyo! in Love]]'' as part of a box set with the other two ''Tenchi'' films on Blu-ray and DVD, they ended up releasing a version of the film that has '''horrific''' color-correction issues. All of the blues have been turned green (which also affects Sasami and Kiyone's hair colors; Lord knows how {{Creator/Funimation}} overlooked that), the sepia-toned scene near the start of the film has been turned '''piss yellow''', and somebody seems to have punched up the color quite a considerable amount, making the whole film eye-gougingly bright. Creator/PioneerEntertainment's original 1996 THX Platform/LaserDisc and 1997 DVD release, however, had none of these issues, being a direct transfer from the original film negatives. For those interested, [[http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af241/CCharmanderK/tenchi01_zps5753de2f.png here]] [[http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af241/CCharmanderK/tenchi02_zps68ca1f50.png are]] [[http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af241/CCharmanderK/tenchi03_zps3638bd83.png some]] [[http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af241/CCharmanderK/tenchi04_zps0854ed33.png comparisons.]]

** The first was more Analog Destruction as it happened in 1982, back when film restoration was a new idea. Creator/{{Universal}} wanted to spruce the film up for a U.S. theatrical re-release that year, and those handling the transfer elected to convert the entire soundtrack to stereo on the theory that stereo is better than mono. (Modern fans of Music/TheBeatles strongly disagree, but the fandom was still redeveloping back then.) To cap it off, the restorers then '''threw out the original soundtrack''', making a legit restoration impossible.

* When the October 1950-March 1962 ''WesternAnimation/{{Noveltoons}}'' from Creator/FamousStudios were repackaged for television broadcast by Classic Media in the late 90's, not only were the original opening titles cut, but the soundtracks were remastered in '''PAL''' format, for North American audiences. Additionally, the picture quality, while sharper, is marred with faded and inaccurate colors, and certain scenes with objectionable content were cut out. By contrast, the MCA/Universal video releases in the early-mid 90's have the cartoons with some modified opening titles, but are otherwise mostly untouched despite not being restored. To make matters worse, the "remastered" versions were included on Classic Media's DVD releases. Fortunately, Universal reclaimed the rights to the shorts following their takeover of Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, Classic Media's parent company, sparking hope that a more superior restoration of the shorts are on the way.

* The pre-HD episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' were remastered in 2014 for broadcast on [[Creator/{{FX}} FXX]]. The problem? While the picture quality of every single episode has been restored to never-seen-before HD, the frame has been cropped to fit a widescreen TV ([[https://imgur.com/vHoTLJt with the exception of scenes facing a screen being pillarboxed]]), resulting not only in the frame being [[PanAndScan tilt-and-scanned]], but also instances of the frame being ''physically shifted'' to capture key details. Others, especially those including text, are instead compressed, causing the opposite effect. These were also the masters initially used on the Creator/DisneyPlus release of the show, causing widespread vitriol among longtime fans due to the loss of visual gags, such as a scene from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E16Duffless Duffless]]" [[https://imgur.com/EAocTzS cropping out the single pipe from which three different varieties of Duff beer come from]]. Thankfully, the original fullscreen masters returned to Disney+ in May 2020 alongside an option to switch between original and "remastered" aspect ratios. However, the remastered versions are now usually the ones shown in syndication.

* 2024 finally saw the debut of a trio of Creator/JamesCameron films on 4K, being ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' and the long awaited ''Film/TheAbyss'' and ''Film/TrueLies''. Unfortunately, they all suffered from excess usage of DVNR and sharpening that caused the films to gain an artificial appearance, not helped by reports that AI upscaling technology was used. In addition, ''Aliens'' and ''Film/Titanic1997'' was not the true 4K remasters, but the upscaled versions of the 2K intermediate used for the Blu-Ray releases.

* 2024 finally saw the debut of a trio of Creator/JamesCameron films on 4K, being ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' and the long awaited ''Film/TheAbyss'' and ''Film/TrueLies''. Unfortunately, they all suffered from excess usage of DVNR and sharpening that caused the films to gain an artificial appearance, not helped by reports that AI upscaling technology was used. In addition, ''Aliens'' and ''Film/Titanic1997'' was not a true 4K remaster, but an upscaled version of the 2K intermediate used for the Blu-Ray release.

* 2024 finally saw the debut of a trio of Creator/JamesCameron films on 4K, being ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' and the long awaited ''Film/TheAbyss'' and ''Film/TrueLies''. Unfortunately, they all suffered from excess usage of DVNR and sharpening that caused the films to gain an artificial appearance, not helped by reports that AI upscaling technology was used. In addition, ''Aliens'' was not a true 4K remaster, but an upscaled version of the 2K intermediate used for the Blu-Ray release.

** Early pressings of the 40th Anniversary Edition Ultra HD disc, Blu-Ray and DVD had a red flash overlap Danny's face during a closeup of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_iVJJlSgxA him and Sandy dancing through the funhouse]]. Paramount eventually removed the flash, and allowed owners of discs with the flash to receive fixed replacements. Unfortunately, the "fixed" UHD disc now has distracting brightness fluctuations during the carnival.

** The original 2009 Blu-ray does not match theatrical framing, in large part incorporating image information from the left side of the film, which was exposed on the negatives but always meant to be replaced by the optical soundtrack, and the bottom of the film, since the additional width means additional height but it averages very low in frame. WB never did anything about it. The 2021 4K disc seems to have correct framing, but the Blu-ray copy keeps using the old master. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dOOUtti-70 Comparison examples and explanation here.]]

* When Funimation rereleased ''[[Anime/TenchiUniverse Tenchi Muyo! in Love]]'' as part of a box set with the other two ''Tenchi'' films on Blu-ray and DVD, they ended up releasing a version of the film that has '''horrific''' color-correction issues. All of the blues have been turned green (which also affects Sasami and Kiyone's hair colors; Lord knows how {{Creator/Funimation}} overlooked that), the sepia-toned scene near the start of the film has been turned '''piss yellow''', and somebody seems to have punched up the color quite a considerable amount, making the whole film eye-gougingly bright. Creator/PioneerEntertainment's original 1996 THX UsefulNotes/LaserDisc and 1997 DVD release, however, had none of these issues, being a direct transfer from the original film negatives. For those interested, [[http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af241/CCharmanderK/tenchi01_zps5753de2f.png here]] [[http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af241/CCharmanderK/tenchi02_zps68ca1f50.png are]] [[http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af241/CCharmanderK/tenchi03_zps3638bd83.png some]] [[http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af241/CCharmanderK/tenchi04_zps0854ed33.png comparisons.]]

* The Blu-ray release of the early pre-Ghibli Creator/IsaoTakahata film ''Anime/HorusPrinceOfTheSun''‘s has suffered such extreme amounts of smoothing and DNR courtesy of Creator/QTec. The destruction applied to the film has lead many people to mistake the native HD remaster for a UsefulNotes/LaserDisc upscale. And the saddest part is that the older [=DVD=] and [=LaserDisc=] versions looked even worse.

* All North American releases of ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'', from the original UsefulNotes/{{VHS}} releases all the way to DVD, were taken from a worn-out copy of the film used for festival screenings rather than the original negative, resulting in the picture appearing to wiggle at the beginning. There is also some noticeable flicker in the image and a heavy amount of film grain. This particular print was also used for Japanese releases of the movie, as well as the 2009 Brazilian DVD. Astonishingly, the European and Australian releases are taken from a much cleaner print with none of these issues, which makes it incredibly baffling that this is still the case.

* A common occurrence with early computer-animated films (whether they be [[AllCGICartoon entirely made with computers]] or hand-drawn digitally) is that, whether the original data exists or not, the video transfers are always taken from film stock (most of the transfers were made back in the days of UsefulNotes/{{Laserdisc}} and early DVD, and were riddled with telecine wobble, dirt, and other artifacts). Examples of this include ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1''[[note]]VHS and Laserdisc editions only[[/note]], ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'', ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE'', and ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius''. Once Creator/{{Pixar}} released ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' and the first two ''Franchise/ToyStory'' films on DVD using digital masters, other studios began following suit as well. Even ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Evangelion: 1.01 You Are (Not) Alone.]]'' was sourced from a 35mm printout despite being a 2007 movie and the DVD version having [[EnhancedOnDVD slight animation upgrades compared to the theatrical release]], resulting in darker and muddier colors, as well as color bleed. The later remastered ''1.11'' on Blu-ray, however, would be taken directly from the digital source and be much clearer and vibrant as a result.

* ''Film/CitizenKane'' got an accidental taste of this. In one scene, outside the window there was supposed to be rain; the person in charge of the film's restoration thought it was excessive film grain, so it was digitally edited out of the restored print. Later, the UsefulNotes/BluRay boasted a new restoration, which brought back such details as the aforementioned rain.

** Thankfully, Creator/TheCriterionCollection came to the rescue in 2014, releasing a 4K restoration approved by director Richard Lester on both DVD and UsefulNotes/BluRay. Not only did the release restore the film's original aspect ratio, it also contained a mono soundtrack.

* A mild example with ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' on UsefulNotes/BluRay that exposes some SpecialEffectsFailure. The movie looks great but in some wide shots, like when Elliot introduces E.T. to Michael, you can tell it's a guy in a costume. It's apparent because in the next shot it's the expressive E.T. puppet, and the costume has a mask with a blank stare.

** Instead of scanning the original film for an HD master, the intro was instead re-animated in [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash]]. Not surprisingly, fans of the show quickly noticed that the animations of the characters looked [[LimitedAnimation cheap and stiff]], it was [[DullSurprise missing reactions of the animated characters]] and [[SpecialEffectFailure some special effects were completely ruined]]. This can be justified as apparently [[RealLifeWritesThePlot the original film masters couldn't be located for the opening, and the original effects were edited on videotape and the master tape is too low resolution to upscale to HD, meaning a true restoration is straight up impossible]].

** YMMV on this, however, as some people prefer the grittier and more vintage look of digital films on 35mm than the pure digital transfer, which can be seen as too artificial to some people. This is the reason why Creator/StudioGhibli and Creator/StudioPonoc prefer to add artificial filters on their digital films to simulate 35mm film grain, smoothing and gate weave, even for their most recent films (one of them even being an AllCGICartoon). Another example is the ''Franchise/StarWars'' Prequel Trilogy; despite the latter two entries being fully digital and receiving high-quality DVD transfers, some fans prefer to search for scans of the 35mm prints, because they appear closer to how the Original Trilogy looks. Films like ''Film/Dune2021'' and ''Film/TheBatman2022'' have also been sourced from 35mm printouts despite being shot digitally, specifically to enhance the gritty feeling of 35mm film.

-->--'''Creator/EricGoldberg''', explaining why ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'''s 2005 restoration was deemed unsuitable for 4K releases.

* ''Film/DogSoldiers'': The 2015 collector's edition Blu-ray by Scream Factory, while praised for its expansive supplementary material, was widely criticized for a near colorless, and ''very'' grainy picture transfer. Justified as director Neil Marshall (who worked alongside Shout! Factory on the Blu-ray), confirmed that they were unable to locate the original negatives at the time and had to use the best available sources for the new HD transfer.
** However, in 2019 the original negative was finally located, allowing for a full 4K restoration from German company Koch Media.
* The 2004 ''Franchise/StarWars'' [=DVD=]s, despite being billed as digitally restored, received a poor color correction job, de-saturating the soft colors of the original films into darker, more realistic lighting, and much of the clarity and detail of the original prints is lost in the process. A comparison on [=YouTube=] that is no longer available claims this was the result of Lucasfilm ordering the color correction of the films to be done at a breakneck pace of ''30 days''. Darth Vader's lightsaber becoming pink and Luke's alternating between blue and green are particular standouts for ridicule.

* While the game itself is perfectly playable, the cutscenes in the ''Super Mario 3D All-Stars'' release of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' have been upscaled and smoothed out, resulting in a loss of detail. Furthermore, F.L.U.D.D's lines were awkwardly edited to remove mentions of the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube buttons, which results in a noticeable jump in the audio.

* The remastered editions of the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2-era ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' games [[https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/11/rockstar-apologizes-for-unexpected-technical-issues-in-gta-remaster/ suffered from this]], to the point where Rockstar apologized and gave the original version for free to anyone who had purchased the digital version of the remaster. The issues, which seem to have stemmed from using AI to upscale textures, ranged from glitched cutscenes to [[https://twitter.com/Lekonish/status/1460440548804759558 bizarrely wrong]] textures to [[https://www.thegamer.com/gta-trilogy-spelling-errors/ restored text on surfaces]] that both looked terrible and was glaringly inaccurate.

* While most of the MGM/UA cartoon [=LaserDisc=] releases in the late 80's-early 90's tend to be DVNR free for the most part, the same cannot be said about the ''Art of Tom & Jerry: Volume III: The Chuck Jones Cartoons'' and the ''Happy Harmonies'' boxed sets, which were severely mauled with [=DVNR=], to the point where moving backgrounds are affected as well. [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/tomandjerry/images/4/45/Surf-Bored_Cat_%281967%29_-_DVNR_comparison.png Here is a comparison of such damage]] done to 1967's ''Surf-Bored Cat''[[note]]The leftmost image is the [=LaserDisc=] master, the middle being the PAL Turner print, and the rightmost being the [=DVNR=]-free 2009 restoration.[[/note]].

* 2018 saw the digital/physical release of Music/VinceGuaraldi's soundtrack to ''WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown''. Unfortunately, this release contained very low-quality recordings of the tracks, all having a tinny/overly-digital sound to them and leaving in some of the sound effects from the original special. Thankfully, it was later re-released in 2022 with much higher quality recordings of the tracks, after the soundtrack's original master tapes were found (an impressive feat given [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic the circumstances]]).

** The Speed Racer Enterprises home video releases render many of the episodes in PAL format, causing the audio itself to sound slightly pitch-shifted in places. The only episodes that don't have this issue are the ones included in the 1993 ''Speed Racer: The Movie''. [[note]]"The Car Hater" and the two parts of "The Mammoth Car"[[/note]]. The US Laserdiscs are sourced from 16mm TV prints, and don't have this problem.

* Olive Films' 2017 DVD and Blu-ray release of ''WesternAnimation/RockADoodle'' is noticeably higher pitched, due to MGM choosing to remaster the film from a PAL print.

** A fault in the conversion process from PAL to NTSC caused the second disc of Patrick Troughton's "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E3TheInvasion The Invasion]]" to look jittery and soft on the Region 1 [=DVDs=]; As far as it is known this has never been corrected. The North American DVD release of the TV Movie also had an odd error whereby the original NTSC master was converted to PAL (which involved speeding it up slightly due to the frame-rate difference), restored for the PAL UK release, then converted ''back'' to NTSC for the American release; this caused problems with ghosting and motion judder.

* Hulu prints of ''Series/FullHouse'' suffer from this. Although though the picture does look sharper, the frame rate has been reduced from 60 fps to 24 fps, and seasons 1 and 2 use PAL-pitched intros.

* When the October 1950-March 1962 ''WesternAnimation/{{Noveltoons}}'' from Creator/FamousStudios were repackaged for television broadcast by Classic Media in the late 90's, not only were the original opening titles cut, but the soundtracks were remastered in '''PAL''' format, for American audiences. Additionally, the picture quality, while sharper, is marred with faded and inaccurate colors, and certain scenes with objectionable content were cut out. By contrast, the MCA/Universal video releases in the early-mid 90's have the cartoons with some modified opening titles, but are otherwise mostly untouched despite not being restored. To make matters worse, the "remastered" versions were included on Classic Media's DVD releases. Fortunately, Universal reclaimed the rights to the shorts following their takeover of Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, Classic Media's parent company, sparking hope that a more superior restoration of the shorts are on the way.

* Many 2000s DVD releases of Creator/{{Filmation}} cartoons have the sound higher pitched. This was because, when they owned the rights to the library in the 90s, Hallmark (the card company) ''deliberately'' threw out the original masters (as well as sound masters and other important archival material) and made new ones- but only for international distribution, apparently because they hated Filmation's library; this was discovered when Entertainment Rights (which has, though various mergers, been absorbed into Creator/DreamWorksAnimation and Universal Studios) bought it off Hallmark. Hence, the majority of the library is now high-pitched, due to being in PAL format as compared to NTSC. Some of the lucky few to escape this included ''WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters'' (both the live-action and animated versions), several of their little-known live-action series like ''Series/ArkII'', and ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' (the latter being held by Paramount, then CBS).

* For the DVD release of the ''Series/FraggleRock'' animated series, episodes 8-13 (except for episodes 9 and 10, "Laundry Never Lies/What Boober's Nose Knows" and "Mokey's Flood of Creativity/What the Doozers Did") are noticeably higher pitched (except for the intro, credits, and episode title cards), due being sourced and remastered from PAL prints.

* When Creator/DisneyPlus began streaming ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'', a few episodes were sourced from PAL masters. It's unknown why this was done, given that the Creator/DisneyJunior re-runs in the early-to-mid-2010s used NTSC masters, but it's likely those were the only masters Disney had on hand at the moment. That being said, many fans were glad that the show was back in official circulation after quite some time.

* Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 3 was able to done by the standard restoration team at Warners and not transfers commissioned by HBO Max and is mostly a return to form but some problems still are present. Most egregious is in "WesternAnimation/NorthwestHoundedPolice" where in the shot of the map, the dot that represents the wolf convict is missing for two seconds (which is 48 frames/3 feet of film). Additionally, WesternAnimation/LittleJohnnyJet has some awful clean up errors at the start of the cartoon during the "all they want now in days is jets!" scene. Not to mention, the transfers reuse audio from the Laserdisc release which causes Rock-a-bye Bear's titles to have PAL sped-up audio and WesternAnimation/BillyBoy incorrectly has [[WesternAnimation/{{Cock-A-DoodleDog}} Cock-A-Doodle Dog]]'s title music.

* ''Anime/EightManAfter'' had unnecessary 5.1 sound effects and "restored" picture when the English dub was released on DVD.

** The end credits have undergone several changes over the years, most unnecessarily when the 1997 re-release -- which remixed the Dolby Stereo audio to Dolby Digital, DTS, and SDDS -- replaced the "Part of Your World" instrumental with the normal version of the song. Prints from 2006 onwards switched it back with the instrumental.

** A fault in the conversion process from PAL to NTSC caused the second disc of Patrick Troughton's "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E3TheInvasion The Invasion]]" to look jittery and soft on the Region 1 [=DVDs=]; As far as it is known this has never been corrected. The North American DVD release of the TV Movie also had an odd error whereby the original NTSC master was converted to PAL (which involved speeding it up slightly due to the frame-rate difference), restored for the PAL UK release, then converted ''back'' to NTSC for the American release; this caused unnecessary problems with ghosting and motion judder.

* ''Anime/EighthMan'' had unnecessary 5.1 sound effects and "restored" picture when the English dub was released on DVD.

* On Game Show Network airings of ''Series/WheelOfFortune'', any episodes that were once available on Netflix use those prints, resulting in those episodes being de-interlaced, while episodes that were not offered on the services are broadcast in the original 60 fps. Several of their other shows are like this as well. Most of their prints of ''[[Series/Pyramid The $100,000 Pyramid]]'' from Seasons 2 onward are de-interlaced while most of Season 1 is not.

* While most of the MGM/UA cartoon [=LaserDisc=] releases in the late 80's-early 90's tend to be DVNR free for the most part, the same cannot be said about the ''Art of Tom & Jerry: Volume III: The Chuck Jones Cartoons'' and the ''Happy Harmonies'' boxed sets, which were severely mauled with [=DVNR=], to the point where moving backgrounds are affected as well. [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/tomandjerry/images/4/45/Surf-Bored_Cat_(1967)_-_DVNR_comparison.png Here is a comparison of such damage]] done to 1967's ''Surf-Bored Cat''[[note]]The leftmost image is the [=LaserDisc=] master, the middle being the PAL Turner print, and the rightmost being the [=DVNR=]-free 2009 restoration.[[/note]].

* While most of the MGM/UA cartoon [=LaserDisc=] releases in the late 80's-early 90's tend to be DVNR free for the most part, the same cannot be said about the ''Art of Tom & Jerry: Volume III: The Chuck Jones Cartoons'' and the ''Happy Harmonies'' boxed sets, which were severely mauled with [=DVNR=], to the point where moving backgrounds are affected as well. [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/tomandjerry/images/4/45/Surf-Bored_Cat_(1967)_-_DVNR_comparison.png/revision/latest?cb=20231115015158 Here is a comparison of such damage]] done to 1967's ''Surf-Bored Cat''[[note]]The leftmost image is the [=LaserDisc=] master, the middle being the PAL Turner print, and the rightmost being the [=DVNR=]-free 2009 restoration.[[/note]].

* ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'''s panned 4K UHD release features heavily DNRed picture with flat, waxxy surfaces, and a remixed soundtrack with new sound effects and less audible music soundtrack. This in spite of the fact that the film was shot in 2-perf 35mm ''because'' it gave the film a more grainy appearance of a documentary. Apparently Universal is not to blame for this; director Creator/GeorgeLucas supervised the remaster himself.

** The ''Looney Tunes'' Golden Collection sets have a lot of issues with DVNR on the first 2 volumes. While most of the DVNR'd cartoons on volume 1 have outlines blurred for a few frames, some have outlines and art disappearing (''WesternAnimation/ElmersCandidCamera'' on vol. 1 has some particularly glaring art erasre that you don't even need to still frame to notice). Vol. 2 also used digital interlacing for a handful of shorts on disc 4, resulting in very flickery picture. Fortunately, a replacement program was issued for that particular disc. Fortunately, the Blu-ray Platinum Collection sets tried to rectify the DVNR on the last volume but still had some hiccups. Almost all the cartoons on volume 1 scanned in HD that had outlines blurred as a result of DVNR, seem to have worse cases of DVNR as outlines and cel work disappear (Bugs Bunny's fist in the scene in "Tortoise Wins by a Hare" where he's getting ready for the race is a prime example). Additionally, "Fast and Furry-ous" is DVNR'd like crazy on Platinum Collection, despite not having any on Golden Collection. Another issue on volumes 2 and 3 is that the cartoons with severe DVNR on GC or ones that weren't scanned in HD, were given new scans but had a much darker hue resulting in some of the cartoon's contrast being messed up. Also all of the cartoons on the vol. 2 Platinum Collection DVD have issues with digital interlacing.

Digital Destruction comes in several forms and can vary-from over-sharpening to flat-out erasing lines of artwork in cartoons, removing whole sounds or dialogue, oversaturating the colors, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moiré_pattern patterns]] (fuzzy electrical patterns scattering around an image or drawing), increasing the contrast, overzealous grain-smoothing that unintentionally gives the picture a smudgy, synthetic appearance, cropping 4:3 content to 16:9 and losing important parts of the image, etc. Animation tends to be a particularly big victim of this when it does happen, largely because the reliance on fine details in both lineart and backgrounds lends to automatic processes very frequently mistaking these details for dirt and wiping them off.

* While most of the MGM/UA cartoon [=LaserDisc=] releases in the late 80's-early 90's tend to be DVNR free for the most part, the same cannot be said about the ''Art of Tom & Jerry: Volume III: The Chuck Jones Cartoons'' and the ''Happy Harmonies'' boxed sets, which were severely mauled with [=DVNR=], to the point where moving backgrounds are affected as well. [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/tomandjerry/images/4/45/Surf-Bored_Cat_%281967%29_-_DVNR_comparison.png/revision/latest?cb=20231115015158 Here is a comparison of such damage]] done to 1967's ''Surf-Bored Cat''[[note]]The leftmost image is the [=LaserDisc=] master, the middle being the PAL Turner print, and the rightmost being the [=DVNR=]-free 2009 restoration.[[/note]].

* While most of the MGM/UA cartoon [=LaserDisc=] releases in the late 80's-early 90's tend to be DVNR free for the most part, the same cannot be said about the ''Art of Tom & Jerry: Volume III: The Chuck Jones Cartoons'' and the ''Happy Harmonies'' boxed sets, which were severely mauled with [=DVNR=], to the point where moving backgrounds are affected as well. [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/tomandjerry/images/4/45/Surf-Bored_Cat_%281967%29_-_DVNR_comparison.png/revision/latest?cb=20231115015158&format=original Here is a comparison of such damage]] done to 1967's ''Surf-Bored Cat''[[note]]The leftmost image is the [=LaserDisc=] master, the middle being the PAL Turner print, and the rightmost being the [=DVNR=]-free 2009 restoration.[[/note]].