I gave my old Pan and Scan Raiders LD a spin recently. The labels on both sides nearly fell off inside the player! It's little things like that driving my desire to thin out my collection as much as possible. Not to mention finding mild rot on discs I long ago presumed "safe" from it.

Have the differences in Raider's mixes been documented to the degree Star Wars has? I recall seeing an old tv spot on Youtube where some lines sounded like alternate takes.

I'll try and check my LD again soon to see if I can hear that line.

I've heard varying opinions on analog vs. digital tracks from LD fans over the years. I've captured music videos that only had a CX encoded analog stereo track and they sound great in PCM on DVD. (CX is similar to Dolby NR.)

Soundtracks without the CX noise reduction have more "hiss", and on my oldest player there is some electrical sounding background noise audible with CX turned off. This presented a problem with the Criterion Monty Python and the Holy Grail tracks I captured for Catbus' project. I ended up using my CLD-D704 for everything.

I can't recall ever seeing any LD title with a CX encoded mono track.

Some LD fans believe the analog output on more modern players are lower on purpose to make the digital sound better. My 704 seems better in this regard since it's recent repairs and tuneup, but I'm not certain.