I just downloaded and viewed the WS sample and I think it's superb. There's just something about the colours of the Japanese Ed that makes it stand out above the defcol. You can even look past the dirt and grit on the transfer because of it. There does seem to be slight signs of a halo around objects. Did you apply a sharpening filter at all? I'm still gonna burn it off and try it out on my WS tonight but I do think it looks very good. The only question I have is: will you have to redo the subtitles if you've cropped the bars top and bottom?