Originally posted by: Moth3r

Originally posted by: Karyudo
...the guy who did the PAL session clearly cropped a bit tighter than the NTSC guy...

This is I think the main reason why the starfields look so much better on the PAL version.

I don't think the tighter cropping is the main reason the starfield looks better on the PAL LDs, the line removal on the NTSC LDs is to blame I feel - the line removal is one of the main reasons I bought the PAL LDs.

Besides, the scenes on the PAL LDs aren't always cropped tighter, just slightly different in some cases (slightly up or down compared to the definitive LDs)