AxiaEuxine said:
Okay, if Im wrong on this then I apologise but it really wasnt the focus of my point.

I'm pleasantly surprised and impressed at how easily you could admit you were wrong (a lot of people have a problem with that). However, I don't think I missed the point of your post, or at least a point of your post. While you'll never be able to convince me that the SEs are superior or that Lucas was correct in doing so, and I'll never be able to convince you of the opposite, another point you focused on was what those of us not in your shoes should do. Not only did it come across as elitist but was also just inaccurate. I have a hard time believing you were really serious when you said a 20 year old VHS on a mono television is comparable to the way it was originally released in theatres. Even today's HD doesn't compare to the quality of actual film. DVDs don't come close, so of course an old tape wouldn't. And, as I already pointed out, the mono mix came later as well. So, yes, it is a big slap in the face of fans to be told something like that.