Wow, this sample looks very nice, and actually holds up to the broadcast version quite well and doesn't have that awful smearing. The IVTC (this does have it right?) and quality looks very nice without losing any of the color saturation. I compared it against my own cap of the LDs on which I didn't do any color work and left things as-is. It stays true to the source.
D_J, out of curiosity what was your workflow in doing this cap? It looks very nice and destroys the 16:9 one I did in FCP and Compressor.
I did a quick screencap of all the 97s I have on my HD and one of Ady's color corrected for comparison:
DJ's LD cap:
My LD cap IVTCd and scaled to 16:9:
A avi I found of a PAL 97 LD cap:
The Reivax 97 ANH from the digital broadcast tape:
and Ady's color corrected 2004 AVCHD for reference:
