TServo2049 said:
Very very interesting. I had also assumed it was sourced from the same transfer, since it seemed to be converted from NTSC. Back in 2005, Russ Dawson and another user both noted that the '91 releases ran longer than the other PAL versions, and the '91 LBX release of Empire definitely looks to be a straight copy of the JSC/SWE transfer.
Does this also mean that the '91 doesn't have the shrinking ratio problem? And if it's a different transfer from a different print, why wouldn't it be a made-for-PAL transfer with 4% speedup?
Are we 100% sure that the "shrinking ratio" version also had the glued splices and weird blobs?
The "shrinking ratio" version should be the same as the Technidisc. Check msycamore's preservation. (I can't, as I'm not home right now.)