They never claimed VHS is “superior to modern alternatives”, they claimed it is “the vinyl of analog video recording”.
They will tell you that sounds better(for them). It is not imagination, it is taste.
Lots of artist and people that love old music(like Beatles) prefer vinyl because it was the medium for what it was created. I understand them, they have a point.
If I play Sonic the Hedgehog or original Mario on an emulator and a digital TV I see pixels that were not there on fuzzy old screens.
https://bluechat.io/list/top-ten-reasons-why-vinyl-is-better...
The consequences of the fact that vinyl is ultimately made out of atoms is lost on many. The idea that "analog" means "infinite precision" is surprisingly common.
If you'd played the game in Europe, your TV would have had a SCART connector. That provided much better picture quality, and wasn't as fuzzy.
It can't just be nostalgia—my first portable playback device was a Sony Walkman and I can't ever imagine wanting to use one again.
I understand if someone wants to keep their old collection, but.... Paying thousands for a "rare" copy of an inferior technology? I don't get it.
Personally I'm not a big fan of this seedy aspect of humanity, and would file a bug on it, if someone could just point me to the right github account...