Flexicon9 said:

The SE DVD of OHMSS from the year 2000 seems to have great color timing and a good brightness level... well balanced. The Blu-ray pumps up the contrast to much and blows out the image a bit too much. How does the UE DVD rate in image quality vs. the other discs as far a color and brightness? I know Lowry cleaned it up but is it less bright than the Blu-ray? Also, is the recent DVD repackage that was released in 2012 exactly the same transfer as the UE DVD?

The BDs for all nine of the unreleased films are either exactly the same of tweaked.

The video mastered titles are pretty much the same (TLD, OP etc.)

The 4K remastered titles (YOLT, OHMSS, DAF) are tweaked to be slightly more accurate, but are brighter and colder too. OHMSS has the contrast blown out in addition to damage lines. The UE is on all DVD releases, and has correct contrast mostly, but with revisionist color timing that ruins some sequences.

TSWLM BD is an all new non-Lowry master. But the color is not fully correct either. No original audio too.

The question is this: Can the SE sources ever be cleaned up to a point of possible usage? They're so full of DVD nasties like Edge enhancement and heavy compression that it may not be possible. But they are by and large the LD transfers in 480p ala GOUT.