I compared the two on my Home Theater, on a 46" widescreen hdtv, with 7.1 surround sound. First, the sound. TR47's set has 2 channel PCM, which is exactly how the sound is contained on the LD. The anamorphic set, which is the same as the one offered by DigitalFreakNYC, is Dolby 2.0. This is surely done to save space on the disc, so that more space can be utilized for the anamorphic transfer, menus, and extras. I believe PCM audio winds hands down. The PCM track is louder, bass is stronger. Overall it just sounds cleaner. It sounds 99.9% identical to the LDs to my ear. But it may take a rather high performance system to really show off the difference. On its own, the Dolby 2.0 tracks holds up great. only if you have the PCM track to compare to will the Dolby 2.0 track come up a little short.

On the picture quality, it a tough call to make. Both are very similar. If you have a 4x3 tv, and you dont care about extras, you may want to go for TR47s discs. They are the most "accurate" representation of the definitve LDs. The anamorphic set appears to have less artifacts, but also appears slightly softer. Colors are a little less vibrant on the anamorphic set, but not by much. If you have a widescreen tv, alot of the side-by-side comparisons will depend on how good your tv is at "zooming" on TR47s set. Some tvs cant do it without causing harm to the picture, resulting in added artifacts. Overall, on my tv, I'll take the anamorphic set for movie watching, but thats primarlity because "zooming" on a non-anamorphic tranfer produces artifacting.

The 4th extras disc is identical on both versions. Overall, its hard not to prefer the anamorphic set as a complete set, but a completionist, someone who doesnt care about extras, or someone who does not have a widescreen tv, may prefer TR47s set.