I'm from that era, too. Computer CRTs were already pretty high res. The limiting factor was mostly the terrible TV signal and crappy DVD rips in Divx compression.

Like old games it's nostalgia that's best left unrevisited because it doesn't stand the test of time IMHO. These days even uncompressed DVDs look kinda sad and I wonder if I should upgrade the few DVDs I have to Blurays or high quality rips, assuming they've remastered that stuff in a higher resolution.