Well, do Pal laserdiscs have a greater possible resolution than NTSC? The pan & scan THX version was only on vhs in '95. However, parts of the films were shown pan/scan on the Leonard Maltin interviews. The interviews were on laserdisc. Someone could use those for comparison. The Rowman bonus discs sourced them from vhs, by the way.

Haven't there been movies sourced from letterbox video masters that were made anamorphic anyways?
"Better off Dead"
"Blade Runner" is anamorphic. What was the current (crappy '97) dvd sourced from?