I can't believe that you're saying that this project couldn't even come close to the GOUT using the scripts. All the scripts in the world can't replace detail that isn't there. And its been already mentioned but the GOUT suffers with so many things including the DVNR smearing, interlacing artefacts among others. Plus the GOUT was taken from a non anamorphic Laserdisc master while this will be a scan from an anamorphic print. A home scan just can't compete with a professionally done transfer which is why we are sticking to a DVD release only. Even though it will be scanned at a high resolution it would only look like an upscaled anamorphic DVD if we decided to do it as a HD release but the detail in the DVD version will still be greater than the GOUT could ever wish for.

And yes, we had been contacting transfer houses and they all said the same that they won't touch it or that they would want upwards of $10,000 to do it and also some sounded a bit dodgy, so there was no way we were going to take the chance of the prints being taken.

If the mods to the scanner don't work then it the end of this project. There is no way it could possibly done with a flatbed scanner.