Rants

Tech question

By Scott Keith on 22 January 2019



Hey Scott,

I'm not a tech guy, so maybe you could help explain this: during the height of the Monday Night War (1996-1998?), why does WCW's video look more modern and sharper today than WWE's (even up to the mid-2000s, I guess before HD?)? Is this because WCW was owned by a television company and Turner had better equipment and production values? Was it the design and the colors of sets? That black and metallic WCW Nitro set looks years ahead of WWE's Raw sets until the time of all the video boards and LED displays. As someone who watched both shows at the time, it is odd how much more modern WCW looks than WWE during that time when I watch it today.
Yeah, Nitro was absolutely shot and produced with better equipment and it’s still noticeable today. RAW from that time looks kind of dark and murky and Nitro is bright and seems to be a higher resolution. Probably because TBS was a TV company.