Mavimao said:

If you wanted to make a native HD version, yes, but this was done at 720 x 480 DV. The image on the film frame was an anamorphic 2.35 image (actually wider, but I can't recall the AR on this specific print). So the 480 vertical resolution would work great on a 720p upscaled version in which 2.35 is 544 pixels tall. It would only need a slight upconvert and then stretched out. Plus the benefit of having a H.264 encode would be wonderful as well.

This is correct. I CAN make a slight but real improvement in the quality of PG and PSB by releasing them in HD, even though they are SD captures, because of the anamorphic aspect ratio. It is something I will definitely do - it's all just a question of priority. There are only so many hours in the day, and I have about 3 or 4 other SW projects in the queue, plus similar projects in other areas. For example, I might want to get ROTP out there before squeezing those last pixels out of PSB - it's still going to look pretty grungy after all.

Note this isn't the same as doing a real HD transfer to begin with. That I doubt that I will ever do, because I don't have plans to upgrade to HD telecine. It's not as simple as switching cameras, not by a long shot.

I have made the full raw captures available for other projects - for example, Harmy used a couple of segments to enhance his edition. That is really the main reason I've done these captures - for research purposes and to help others doing preservation work.