Harmy said:

And here is the same frame from the NTSC GOUT:

Thanks for the pics, Moth3r and Harmy (and of course Zion, for uploading the video). It shows that, pre-GOUT, the X0 capture was probably the best LD preservation to be had. But, going by the images above, it looks (to my eye at least) like the GOUT has negated the need for an LD preservation such as this. I understand the GOUT has its own shortcomings (the images above appear to show noise in the GOUT that is absent from the X0 capture), but from what I've been seeing of dark_jedi's V3 GOUT and Blu project, these problems appear to be surmountable. I don't see how any LD preservation could give us a product superior to what's presently coming down the pipe.

I'm not technically savvy when it comes to preservations, but MeBeJedi's recent comment would seem to indicate that, despite appearances, there is still more to milk out of the X0 LD rip than the GOUT. If such is the case, I'm curious to know what this capture can allow one to do that the GOUT can't.