The early computer age of the 80s and 90s was merely playing catch-up to established standards. The standards of the 80s and 90s are not what we wanted to achieve ultimately.
Same with cinema: We shot on 4K-equivalent film for the past 100 years, only in the 80s and 90s with the computerization and videotapes we had a temporary standard of 480i, which we have overcome with sheer computer power, and we’re back to where we actually wanted to be in the beginning.