SpilkaBilka said:
Just out of curiosity- with regard to LD captures, just how close did the "bootleggers" get to the quality of the 2006 bonus discs?
The bootlegs had a lot of video noise and or dot crawl - artifacts inherent to the medium - on top of the smeary DVNR that plagued the Definitive and THX Faces collections (which were the preferred LDs to use for bootlegs). The 2006 Bonus DVD was direct from the telecine master.
On a smaller CRT TV, you wouldn't really notice too much of a difference between the two, but on modern equipment, it's a bit night and day.
In any case, I really loved my TR47/ Rowman set at the time! I was just happy to have a copy of the original Star Wars in widescreen. And to be honest, all of those bonus features are still great to watch.