Got a fairly precise tag on that ABC recording: WXYZ (Detroit, MI), April 20 1986; broadcast started at 8 pm, but about an hour is missing, not including commercials.
Pan-scanning is proving to be the most tedious part. That said, the two TV sources I already had do not have identical cropping, so perhaps it was done further down the line.
As you don’t have the bluray yet, what source are you panning and scanning?
Boosh, that clip you posted, that’s not the copy you’re using and trying to fix up, is it? I bought a 2 disc copy of the RIC back in like 2003 and it looks leaps and bounds better than that. I’d be happy to upload it for ya, if you want.
The clip is from the an ABC capture. I already have the 2 disc version of the RIC. The blended fields is an issue present on both of the versions. Once I have that sorted out I can properly compare them but I think the ABC version has the potential to look better than the RIC. There is dirt removal and recolouring to do, but I think it can be made to look pretty good.