R.E.M. - Fall On Me (MTV Unplugged 1991) (4k Remastered) (trial, see description)
A note on this upload:
This is a test upload for quality. It was upscaled as the original was shot on SD TV equipment, so there's no film to scan to get an authentic 4k version of it. In the past, I've received some vocal criticism from a minority of users (source: upvote to downvote ratio hovers around 20 upvotes to 1 downvote, happy to share screenshots if people think I'm inventing this stat)... arguing that this is a disservice to the artist. The resize models are trained cleverly with SD and known authentically HD frames from the same content, and the model builds a more statistically intelligent way to fill in the missing inbetween pixels, better than the simplistic way the fullscreen button in web browsers also does this. But it does mean that it visual mistakes. I have bailed on projects that simply didn't work, like Nirvana's Come As You Are (the resize algorithms on the the water effect in front of the band was hilariously bad).
So my question is this:
I've done 2/3rds of this set, but noticed some artifacts that put me on the edge of flunking this video. Do you prefer this fullscreen version, or do you prefer the fullscreen version for the original (linked here: https://youtu.be/t5SDXbHuSpE?t=1306 )? In other words, do you prefer predictable blocky artifacts, or do you choose a version like mine that statistically more correct but the incorrect portions are pretty noticeable when they happen? Please add detail and remember that this is my hobby, I look for art to get claimed by the rightful owners. I do want to do right by the fans (I've been an REM fan since 1988) and don't wish to disrespect people's memory of this, but also recognize that we all sit in front of screens that are vastly more capable than TVs in the 1990s, and want to provide a reasonable non-distracting version of this video.
Let me know... gently please, as I'm a human with honest to god emotions. Some have been polite, but I've been yelled at pretty ugly and had my work called slop as if it's ChatGPT generating an image from a single sentence, which steals from artists and is bad for the environment. If I'm doing slop, I'll be honest about it, but I politely disagree that this is any more slop than the fullscreen button on youtube. If you don't like that, I respect that as a reasonable opinion, but if you can't say it respectfully, then just a quiet thumbs-down is just as valuable and noticeable for me. TIA