Originally posted by: Laserman
As for which one I would buy, I bought the PAL GOUT of ANH, and after taking a look at it posted it to George along with a letter stating my disappointment at how the PAL territories have been treated with this release. (Didn't mention the whole laserdisc thing, just that a PAL upscale from an NTSC master was an unaccetably cheap way to treat fans when a PAL master existed.)
How do you know that the PAL master is all it's said to be? After reviewing screenshots I don't think the PAL LD's have more picture detail in most scenes... and only have the edge in a couple of scenes... so wouldn't it be possiblethat overall the "PAL" mastertape has less detail? As for which one I would buy, I bought the PAL GOUT of ANH, and after taking a look at it posted it to George along with a letter stating my disappointment at how the PAL territories have been treated with this release. (Didn't mention the whole laserdisc thing, just that a PAL upscale from an NTSC master was an unaccetably cheap way to treat fans when a PAL master existed.)