Harmy said:

Anyone's disappointment about the pixel AR doesn't make it "unwatchable" and "horrendous" and "terrible"

I'll let peoples' own words speak for themselves, and more than one person has listed the 4:3 AR as their chief or only complaint about the GOUT.

- the fact, that it was a 13 years old transfer at the time of release, with heavy DVNR on top of that, is what makes it "unwatchable" and "horrendous" and "terrible," certainly by today's standards but it was at least "horrendous" by 2006 standards too. Back in the day, I was happy watching VHS on a CRT screen - today, I find the same combination unwatchable, because I'm used to a much higher standards.

"Unwatchable" and "horrendous" and "terrible" are terms which denote the bottom of the barrel, especially when you think all three terms apply in combination. The LaserDisc releases were worse, so where are they on your ladder? The VHS releases were worse still; where do they fit in "by today's standards"? How about the VCD releases?

If we give this a number scale, 1-10, with 1 being "unwatchable" and "horrendous" and "terrible", and 10 being the best Blu-ray releases, then the VCD releases would be a 1, the VHS, Betamax, and CED releases would be a 2, the better LD releases on a high-end player would be a 4, the GOUT would be a 5 (the best DVD releases would be a 6 or 6.5), and Blu-ray would be a 10. One could argue slightly different numbers for each of those, but I'd love to hear a logical argument for giving the GOUT a 1.