SilverWook said:

On a more on topic note, did converting the PAL Laserdisc footage pose any unusual problems?

Not at all, converting the video from PAL to NTSC is actually an easy and quick process, just had to match it framewise with the NTSC LD, the PAL transfer doesn't lack as many frames as the NTSC transfer does at the reel changes. Making it blend with your transfer was a little more problematic, as the contrast, brightness, saturation and colors differed a little bit. It will not be perfect but I think it looks better than if I hadn't spliced in the PAL source. I can post a video sample for you...