unitel/cinefilipino or whoever releases local film classics should follow what criterion is doing. restore the master negatives of the classics first, if they still exist. what they usually do here kasi is transfer the exisiting positive directly to video. minsan pa nga vhs/umatic to vcd/dvd na lang. kaya madumi pa rin ang video at audiio, di pa widescreen.
the problem is, it costs a lot ot money to restore old films, with all the color-correcting of video and the remastering of audio. hay, nakakainggit ang catalogue ng criterion.
pero ang impt ngayon, kahit vcd format basta magkarun ng kopya. para hindi sa cable lang napapanood.