cms382 said:

I'd give the original Peter Pan LD the overall advantage for being able to withstand the most adjustments from a TV set compared to the other editions.

The Jungle Book LD has some unique colors and better animation lines, but the contrast ruins it. It's the only 4:3 transfer with colors similar to the Platinum and Diamond transfer, so there's that.

Is that the '97 LD? If so the Limited Issue DVD used the same master.

Edit: Sorry you do show '92.

Yeah, when animation is concerned, I prefer open matte. If the animators bothered to draw it, I want to see it.

Jungle Book open matte should be 4x3. Unfortunately, the home video releases are slightly cropped so you still aren't getting the full image on the 4x3 transers.

Btw, The Rescuers OAR is 1.66:1. Both DVD releases are in that format. They definitely didn't over restore the '12 BD/DVD. They didn't even bother to do an all digital transfer of Down Under for that set.

If you don't like the image though, the Gold Edition sure isn't restored and should look better than the LD.