@ RU.08
I understand, the problem is I don't find the loss of detail to be acceptable. You don't like the noise enhancement, that's fine. The price of reconstructing detail is that the "detail" in the noise is also enhanced (the haloing is actually part of the source, but is enhanced). However, the cost of your method is equally large, but you accept it, because it's part of the source. To me that's not good enough. The reference should be the high resolution source (in this case the print the GOUT is based on). The focus is put on undesired noise enhancement. However, to me what was lost in creating the GOUT dvd's is just as important. I've provided a way of regaining to a large extend what was lost, at what I think is an acceptable price. As I said, it's a matter of taste. Your upscale has less noise, but lacks detail. Mine has detail, but has noise.