With my OUT and SET projects, I decided to release them as AVCHD (on DVD9) because the AVC (H.264) codec is better than MPEG2 at the same bitrate, and because with AVCHD format I could release a movie at 23.976fps instead of 29.97fps of NTSC DVD with its inherent problems.

The downside is that I have to upscale the image from SD to 720p, but the result is not that bad; consider, for example, that the vertical chroma resolution of NTSC 2.35:1 laserdisc is 272 lines, exactly the same of a 1280x720 2.35:1 AVCHD/BD... and, I must add, all the NTSC laserdisc with AR > 1.77:1 have the same vertical chroma resolution of a 720p movie with the same aspect ratio.

At the end, maybe an AVCHD of the movie on a DVD9 and an AVCHD of the extras on a DVD5 will be the best solution, and/or a BD25 with both movie and extras, with higher bitrate.

I must finish SW:ANH OUT 2.0 (almost ready) and SET 1.0 (in advanced progress) first, but if someone likes my OUT project (picture wise) AND is interested in "The Arrival" restoration, please post your comments here; if there is enough interest also in the laserdisc capture of the movie, let me know...

Last IMPORTANT thing: a french PAL laserdisc of "The Arrival" exists; if someone here has it, it could be possible to capture its french soundtrack and add it to the laserdisc restoration project.