I guess I have to quote you again:

Most of [the cleanup needed] is due to anomalies created by Laserdisc and not the master.
Actually, the film was cleaned up frame-for frame, and is far more extensive then the amount of clean-up that's being done by X0
[E]ven if they don't do more correction, the fact is the amount of colour correction and film cleanup they did in 1993 is way more then the X0 project is [doing].

Now, can you explain how that isn't ripping on the X0 Project? You don't know anything at all about what's happening with the X0 Project, nor do you know anything about the DVD masters, yet you've pulled out your crystal ball and (to paraphrase eros) started whingeing about something before you've even seen it.

I reiterate: no matter how much you pretend to be rational and objective, you are not, as long as you continue to present "facts" such as the ones quoted above.

Some real facts are:

- George is not doing for the OUT what he did for his revised versions (i.e. colour correction, cleaning, anamorphic transfer, etc.), which is disappointing since he clearly could have done better, and we know this is true even before seeing the results.
- The OUT on DVD will likely be the best we've ever seen it (I want it, too) -- but it won't be as good as it could be due to technical issues already announced (I'm a little choked it'll be sort of half-assed).
- The X0 Project video will almost certainly be softer, but quite possibly cleaner and better colour-corrected than the OUT DVD.
- Resolution alone does not equal great picture quality.
- Digital media alone does not equal great picture quality.
- An official DVD release alone does not equal great picture quality.
- For many people, it is fun to follow the progress of projects like X0 and Mike Verta's, just because of the skill and commitment of the participants.