Originally posted by: ronlaw
The 2006 DVDs are NOT encoded from a higher resolution source than a laserdisc.

I think you'll find the colour bandwidth is higher on the digital master then it is on analogue laserdisc. At any rate, they were mastered from a source higher in quality then a laserdisc.

Take a look at the screenshot I posted of Luke (from Zion's site)... It's my favourites to compare with, because in some parts of it the 2004 has more detail... but in other parts the 2006 OUT seems to have more detail. Take a look at the seatbelt... a side-effect of all the grain removal done for the 2004 version is that the stripes are now much less distinct. Also, if it wasn't for the difference in grain the quality of both images could even be equal. Whenever people here still complain about the quality of the 1993 masters, saying that they should have re-scanned the film from scratch I just think of that one frame – and I think what little difference it would have really made.