althor1138 said:

He is right though. While there has been some detail recovered, everything looks plasticized and speckled throughout are oversharpening artifacts. Imo, this would look better if the grain was not removed(or at least added back in during the last steps of processing) and any sharpening involved was toned down to the point where ringing is not visible.

EDIT: Also, the aliasing is actually worse in some shots than before.

This is why a laserdisc source should be added to the mix, one that is free of these problems in the first place. That way we can have the best of both worlds.