I have a confusion though about something.
Hunchback has clearly grain in the DVD, meaning coming from the film print.
Also Mulan has grain in the HDTV:
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/98355
Pocahontas DVD doesn't seem to have grain (as the HDTV too).
So, what's the story here?
They transfered to DVD and HDTV the film prints of Hunchback and Mulan but not Pocahontas?
edit: Does anyone have the Gold Collection DVD? Maybe that one is grainy?
edit2: oh, just found a review that says it's grainy.
And i realised that my PAL dvd has the Gold collection transfer. Well, it looks like it's grainy but I am not exactly sure as it has a very bad compression. I mean it's not evident like it is in Hunchback. There, it is clear that there is grain.
10th Anniversary DVD vs. Bluray:
Here, since I love grain, a database for the CAPS and on films.
I think we agree that all the films pre-Beauty and the Beast had grain in their respective DVDs, before restorations.
Now, for the others:
(I have written a "?" in some, because due to the bluriness of the DVD I'm not so sure.)
So, it seems only Hunchback, Hercules (?) and Mulan have grainy-filmic versions around.
EDIT: By the way, I just watched the HDTV version of Hunchback of Notre Dame and it was an EXPERIENCE!
I know 99% of people don't like grain at all, but to my eyes the Bluray looks flat, lifeless and without depth, like any recent TV cartoon while the grainy version is full of life, organic, cinematic and multi-dimensional. It was the closest to seeing a 35mm film print, and it was amazing!
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/98427