dark_jedi, do you know if your hidef version of KING KONG '76 differs at all from the French (?) HD-DVD? I ask because it may be a preferable source to your HDTV one.
Also, do you have the HDTV broadcast of ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK? I got the whole thing (~13GB) off usenet some months back. Its infinitely superior to the horrible SD-upscaled blu ray release from Optimum. See?