First of all thanks to the forumers’ comments (in particular to msycamore and Moth3r) that pointed me in the right direction!

After my post about the White Magic 0.2 script, msycamore noted that the PAL THX LDs has lower DVNR problems than GOUT, but the white levels are clipped, so many light details are lost forever… well, he’s right - as usual, I must admit 😉

So, during my vacation, away from my own PC, I thought about a solution… maybe a script could take back the clipped white details lost? No, they are lost forever… well, there is the JSC, right? Yes, but I’d like to have few details more… and then BLINK an idea popped into my mind like the famous lamp in the cartoons!

Because all the THX PAL LDs share the same master - yes, with low DVNR but it is still present, and now I know with clipped white levels problem - I must find another PAL LD edition pre-THX… and I got it from a long time! YES! It is the French “Pyramid” edition (see LDDB)

I discarded early this edition because it has pinkish tones, and less details… but, after reading and reading and learning and thinking, I decided to pick it up again and give it another chance when back home.

I twicked the capture settings to improve the color, and the solution works… I discovered also that the aspect ratio is 2.2:1 (less than the proper 2.35:1) but it has a little more vertical details, and the best thing is that there are 352 vertical lines of resolution, VS 324 of the THX PAL and 272 of the NTSC DC!!! Over 80 lines more than NTSC - almost 30% more!

note the “sun” reflection on the droid, it is completely gone along with some details in the upper part of its head… also, there are few more lines of resolution in the upper and lower part of the “Pyramid” LD.

In the next post another example.