The Aluminum Falcon said:
Also, forgive me for not being the best at knowing the laserdisc releases, but does the "Special Widescreen Edition" collection use the Definitive Collection master or the JSC master? I know that ANH is the JSC master (with the shrinking ratio error though Darth Mallwalker seems to have found a fixed version); however, are ESB and ROTJ also sourced from the JSC masters?

Finally, can any kind soul upload DJ and Sega's JSC transfer to Megaupload or a torrent? I don't have newsgroup access, and it would be much appreciated.

The Definitive Collection LD set was released in '93, and that telecine is the source of all evil.

The Special Widescreen Edition LD's was the last pre-THX release and they uses the same telecine as the Japanese Special Collection LD's but apparently the picture quality on the Japanese pressing are slightly better than their US counterparts.

The fixed version of SW, Mallwalker found seems to be a different telecine, it doesn't lack those frames the JSC did, different cropping, different looking splices and it also includes a few damaged frames in the blockade runner that are fine on the JSC.

And why not get newsgroup access?