SilverWook said:

Had the unrestored Vertigo been remastered on LD with a digital track, it would be a whole different story.

Gotcha. Missed that part.

Aluminum Falcon, are you sure your VHS copies are not the restored version?

Positive. I was surprised I found them. Had to pay an arm and a leg though (considering a VHS). The copyright was 1990 for one and unlisted for the other. I checked both for the original gun shot sounds. Color timing was also different than the restored version, but not too radically so (luckily): different hue of blue and such, less bright than the second DVD. I'm not positive if the VHSes Hi-Fi, but I don't see why they wouldn't be.

I'll check this weekend and upload a sample.

Would my VHSes have better quality or equal quality audio to your Betamax?