althor1138 said:
Thanks for the information Andrea. I've found the THX PAL to be pretty "acceptable" compared to the ntsc versions too. There is only 1 or 2 scenes where I have noticed it's effects. The stormtroopers breaking through the blown up door on the tantive is one. The laser bolts here show dvnr effects but not as bad as the ntsc versions. They are rather good pressings as well with not very much rot or dropouts. I have the 97SE pal now too. Someday I'd like to compare it's dvnr vs the other sources to see if it's any better.
Nice to hear that you didn't buy that set in vain then. According to Moth3r (and like you both mentioned) the PAL THX ANH had much less aggressive DVNR applied. However, ESB is supposed to be even worse than the NTSC counterpart. Some old discussions and pics left in this thread: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/DVNR-smearing-in-GOUT-not-in-the-master-Or-is-the-1995-release-a-different-master-altogether/topic/11856/page/2/