_,,,^..^,,,_ said:

Jonno, I have the laserdisc letterbox edition; IIRC is a remastered one, so *maybe* the track is better than your P&S version; or not?!?

It's a tough call, but since I have both I'll make some comparisons at the weekend. The newer disc may sound cleaner and louder, but it may also have been remixed to smooth some of the (occasionally rough) effects and transitions. In which case I'd go for rough every time :-)

As for the video source, the original BD (and HD-DVD) was standalone and used a VC-1 encode. The version included in the newer trilogy sets (at least, the US version) is a fresh AVC encode, and consequently a little more detailed (though still suffering from the original release's colour issues, of course).