Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume One 720... Repack -

You get 50 shorts. Roughly 6 hours of genius. No modern CGI. No pop culture references that date badly (okay, some do—looking at you, 1940s radio jokes). Just pure, uncut, high-definition chaos.

The set also includes Rabbit Seasoning and Duck! Rabbit, Duck! —the holy trinity of the "hunting season" trilogy. The fast-paced dialogue of Michael Maltese’s scripts has always been the focus, but in 720p/HD, you catch the micro-expressions on Bugs Bunny’s face that were previously lost in the blur of interlaced scanning. Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume One 720...

One reason collectors hunt for the Platinum Collection is its comparative lack of censorship. Warner Bros. famously places the following disclaimer on the box: "The cartoons in this collection are the product of their time. Some may depict ethnic prejudices that were once commonplace..." You get 50 shorts

: A classic operatic battle between Bugs and Elmer. No pop culture references that date badly (okay,

In Duck Amuck , one of the crown jewels of this set, the high definition makes the meta-commentary even sharper. When Daffy screams at the unseen animator, the lines are crisp, and the colors—the stark whites of the blank backgrounds against Daffy’s black feathers—pop with a contrast that standard definition simply couldn't handle. Similarly, in One Froggy Evening , the moody lighting of the construction site and the futuristic skyline of 2056 are rendered with a clarity that highlights the atmospheric noir styling director Chuck Jones was famous for.