I imagine there were Romans who had the same nostalgic feeling reading Tacitus and Juvenal as the Visigoths were burning down the city.
It was the same way for my father, and I assume his father too. What I would like to see is a classic movie and TV broadcaster in HD...Ever since I went HD at home, I cannot watch the old American movies, the picture quality is poor, and of course since AMC went commercial, they have been unwatchable.