Ok folks, I also own a perfectly normal 27" Sony Trinitron, and actually WATCH most movies there - where you can't tell the difference between a DVD and a newer VHS. But I PREVIEW some movies on the 1680x1050 wsxga monitor on my laptop - because it's incredibly high resolution allows me to see the difference between a 3 Mbps DVD rip, and a 7 Mbps retail DVD9. And anything in between. What I've clearly stated is that most of you cannot see all the blocks of backround colors blending together and the erratic edges of allegedly round objects on the screen on your conventional set, and neither can I (mostly). But when you pop in say, Dr. Gonzo's "slightly soft" DVD's, or the first "TR47" set, and then pop in this cut on your pc, you'll see what I mean - even if you can only get 1024x768 (which, incidentally is the most common resolution for most so-called "High Definition" televisions and LCD projectors - poop). Put any of them on a normal television, and they all look pretty much the same. All of this is the byproduct of a combination of Laserdisc player shortcomings, poor capture devices and cables, and what I suspect mostly on this release - encoding, encoding, encoding. There is no substitute for more quality-enhancing passes when it comes to a software encoder. Most professional DVD rendering facilities use hardware encoders, or even the Pro version of our beloved Cinema Craft Encoder.

And "Grinder" : There's a very important reason why games and apps look so much better on a pc monitor, and video usually looks fine on conventional sets - Think about it, shows and movies are sold with those little RBG squares on your tv in mind (go ahead, get close and look.) And games and applications are made with itty, bitty, little pixels in mind - capable of displaying ANY color, and being much smaller than a television "pixel" if you will. Try routing your computer display to your regular television one day and you'll really see what I mean. Then play a DVD through it, and it looks absolutely the same.

What I'm getting at, is that I feel that the image quality of this Cowclops V.2 : Episode IV, does not hold a candle to any of the other "major" backups out there. And only the creator could tell you why. I've seen people use an ungodly low 3 PASSES for their Star Wars LD backups!!!! - And if you've ever used CCE extensively before, you would know that the more computing time you put in, the better your backup will be. The old addage about "you get what you put into it" universally applies. But if all you own is a 19" RCA from 1986, with component inputs, then you shouldn't even care about what I think, because you'll never see the difference (nor could you be reading this!). But if you own a nice, newer 1280x or 1366x HDTV, then you're gonna want to get the first "TR47" or the Dr. Gonzo set, because you will DEFINITELY appreciate the clarity and/or overall quality of those releases much more.