msycamore said:

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This is very interesting, never thought the difference in smearing was that huge between the Pal and NTSC versions, this can be a better alternative than using JSC LD/US '92LD footage as the colortiming is basically the same as in GOUT.

The difference in smearing is not that huge. The 4-eyed stormtrooper may be better, but other scenes are just as bad as the NTSC version. I'll dig out my DVD.

Interestingly, the colour timing of the PAL master for ANH is slightly different to the NTSC master. Tatooine's sand is more red and less yellow, and the sky is more grey than blue. In these scenes, the colours are actually closer to the 2004 DVD.

Harmy said:

[...] But just looking at the pics I posted above, I'm quite sure a raw transfer of the 1995 PAL LD could beat the GOUT.

For fine (horizontal) detail, the GOUT DVD would win every time. However, the PAL LDs win if you consider they have less aliasing, less gate weave and no blurring of vertical detail.

Harmy said:

... it would have to be a really really good transfer of the PAL LD to beat GOUT ...

I now have another player to test, and a few other ideas for improvement. I've learned a fair bit in the last 5 years... just wish I had more time to play with this stuff.