Hey, glad to hear you!
Yes, I remember our BTTF talks; I've just watched the clip, and you are right; NTSC has slightly more details on the left side; color wise, though, the PAL is not that bad, only too much "pinky" (^^,)
Please refresh my mind, as I'm too lazy to re-read the BTTF thread: where are they about preservation? I mean, IIRC the HDTV has less compression artefacts than the BD, so will it be used as main video source?