I tried to watch the Beta tape. It's got a really bad vertical rolling problem with the video. Not sure if I'm running afoul of some really old macrovision anti-copying signal or not. Gave me a headache trying to watch for very long!

Warners slapped the late 70's logo on it, rats! However, there was another surprise! The opening credits are green! It seems a tad brighter than the green of the DC, but this is quite a revelation. Could the print used for later versions have faded, or did someone simply screw it up?

No obvious editorial differences, and no extended SEN scene. What I saw of the computer displays were squeezed to remain legible in pan and scan, yet the "Officers in Service" screen does not pan to the right show the number count go down. Then I saw the mother of all bad pan and scan decisions in known home video history...

The final scene of THX on the surface is not squeezed, letterboxed, nor does it pan over to show the final credits. It stays parked on the left side of the frame for the duration. You never see the credits! Did the telecine operator pass out in a drunken stupor by this point? Or did he simply leave the room to take a leak? We will probably never know! :P