Hey Laserman, thanks for the response. It all makes more sense to me now. Awesome...I'm getting excited about this stuff...There's actually a couple of things I'd like to transfer. That's cool that you mentioned digital betacam, because that's basically the idea I was going for. The place I work at let's me use their beta decks and tapes. I think I am just going to transfer my stuff onto digital betacam tapes and use them as my master. So what would you reccomend using to transfer the audio? I mean, I have access to a DAT machine...or is something else better? Speaking of that, do you think it would be a good idea to capture both video and audio at the same time, so I could sync the timecodes, like using SMPTE? Thanks again for the help Laserman.

Also, so am I correct in saying that neither the Definitive set or the Faces set have the missing C3P0 line? If this is so, has anyone ever separately captured (or considered capturing) this scene/line from the 1997 Special Edition laserdiscs and inserting into their transfer of the Definitive or Faces set? I know Laserman, you said you might do a lot of cutting and pasting using the laserdisc sets and the new upcoming dvds...is that still the route you're taking?

I also want to ask again if anyone is using a Mac for their encoding/transfering/etc. I would really like to know what software and settings would be best...

Anyway thanks again guys.