msycamore said:

I'll take a look.

Thank you. I look forward to your thoughts.

Even how bad these old transfers are, the 2006 DVD's could at least have looked a little better if they were done right.

That's a pity. I wonder why the GOUT has certain odd issues like that, and why most of the releases are worhy to be preserved, each having their own good qualities.

In all, Star Wars releases in general seem to have inconsistencies even if the same master, your Pioneer SWE vs my Mitsubishi being one example. I suppose a blend of the various releases might be higher, more faithful to theaters quality, but still laserdisc quality.