OK, to cut it short, here's my choices in order, best at the top.
Cowclops v2.0
Cowclops v1.0
EditDroid
Dr Gonzo
ISOMIX
Farsight
Quality Broth
I watched them really up close on my 19' CRT monitor, so people watching them on massive projected walls or TVs may disagree, but thats a fair enough. Its also the first time I got to watch the EditDroid version as well, which is a beautiful transfer, and is actually better than CowClops' version IF ONLY it weren't for the lower quality audio (which is quite noticable) and especially the nasty Dot Crawl I kept catching. Gah, if it werent for that dot crawl (which unfortunately bugs me far too much) I reckon it would be the best video transfer to date. Dr Gonzo is very pretty with nice audio, but it has been softened too much for my liking and you lose so much subtle detail. To be fair, the last three are old, but the top 4 are far superior, but good efforts anyway (well, ISOMIX is WAY too bright losing loads of detail and the Quality Broth version is rather nasty and noisy, but I'm not wanting to be harsh).
So well done CowClops, I think you have managed to produce the best NTSC transfer so far, but I was a little surprised so many people have been raving about how v2 is supposedly "INFINITELELY" better than v1.0? To be honest, I can see very little difference, slightly stronger colours, but there is very little between the two. I think it only really improves due to correcting errors evident in v1, like the Leia welding side change and no more chroma compression blockiness due to the DV capturing. Audio in v2 is slightly better though since it isnt overdriven like in v1. But basically, if you're happy with CowClops v1 (esp if you have the RowMan version) and you arent obsessed with collecting all of the different available versions, stick with it as there is very little difference between them.
Just my opinion of course and don't shout at me for writing all this in this thread, its also my way of saying congrats to CowClops
.... right, all eyes on the XO boys!