Molly said:
ADV released the original cut as the “Legacy Collection”.
They prolly had something comparable to Beta. VHS is not used for broadcast masters - not at consumer speeds, anyway.
It was broadcast U-Matic. The same thing Coppola Edited the first cut of apocalypse on and the same thing the star wars Holiday Special was shot on.
Like i said roughly vhs quality.
Technically U-Matic would have twice the resolution of VHS anyway as it was the broadcast standard during most of the 70’s and 80’s.