ElectricTriangle said:

AntcuFaalb said:

msycamore said:

Which means these alterations so far...

* Pan American Clipper Matte Painting: DVD / BBC HD / WOWOW / Canal + HD

* Flight to Nepal: DVD (??? BBC HD / Canal + HD ???)

* Cliff Matte: BBC HD

* Lamppost Matte: BD

(For now) assuming color, reframing, burned-in subtitles, and audio changes are not important, then does that mean that the only altered shot in the WOWOW is the clipper one?

I think the WOWOW also has the digitally painted-out pole in the bolder scene, right? And the snake glass touch-up (which they all do).

Yes, all post 2003 transfers contains boulder and snake glass touch-ups. There was apparently a HD-master without these alterations shown at one point in the form of the TV-broadcast version, see these old discussions: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Raiders-Of-The-Lost-Ark-HDTV/topic/5591/

A subtle reframing of the shot containing the South America, 1936 title have been done on the Blu-ray, which made me think the title had been redone but that doesn't seem to be the case. Looking at other transfers, the shot have some minor optical garbage present at the top and bottom of the frame so that may be the reason for the cropping in the blu-ray as it's cropped just where the built-in dirt begins. Here the Canal+ HD version might be a good substitute for de-jap.