older_gohan wrote:That's the problem if the person did their best with what they had you can't condemn them for it. They did best and obviously someone else couldn't do any better. So if they could only use VHS and they made it look as best as possible then it deserves a high score.
Well, no. There are subjective and objective elements to grading. the subjctive stuff like effort and reviewability are obviously going to vary from person to person, and change depending on your mood. Objective elements like video, and sound quality are pretty static. You pick a bar and compare everything to that bar. So the video footage can't be made to look as good or better than your chosen reference? Then you mark it down. It doesn't seem that complicated; judge what you see.
I'm not saying that video quality is the end all of videos (although it is a pretty big part), there have been videos that have absolutely abysmal quality that I still found myself liking for various reasons. I'm only saying that you should try to be consistent with the way that you grade videos.
older gohan wrote: Go with what they have, not with what you want them to have.
Er... yes. I sort of thought that was the point.