The Aluminum Falcon said:

Okay, so I checked your post and it seems that my strangling scene does more closely match the GOUT, with more vertical scan lines. That's weird since I thought the SWE and the JSC were from the same master...

They could still be made from the same master, the Emperor hologram in the GOUT doesn't have the scanlines visible even though they are on the US '93 DC LD, these variations seen are all various shortcomings in different video releases and not actual visual changes done to the film. But I have to admit, why the vertical scanlines on that communication screen isn't visible on my Pioneer pressing but is on yours is a little odd.

The Aluminum Falcon said:

Has anyone checked the video I posted yet? I'd be interested in your thoughts. It shows the GOUT-similar strangling scene and the JSC-similar Emperor scene (preceeded by the Officers scene). At the end, I tacked on the Cave scene just so you can get an idea of the quality of my laserdisc transfer.

It hasn't been IVTC'ed and the audio somehow got out of sync, but I think the video is all right for being able to observe the scan lines.

Note it's similarity to the JSC, as should be...

In any case, I'm not sure if the SWE has more detail or if it's simply a different master all together.

Thoughts?

I looked at your sample, and to be honest with you... it looks very bad, in which way did you capture it? maybe someone with more knowledge in the field of LD-capturing could give you some suggestions on what to do to get some better results, there is some very nasty artifacts on it. I doubt that sample represents the overall look of your LD, my Pioneer pressing looks pretty damn good and there's no reason your Mitsubishi pressing should look any different if it weren't for in the way you captured it.

BTW. the Vader hologram you posted looks identical in every video release I've seen of the original film, it's only on Puggo's super-8 it looks a little different, probably due to blown out white levels.