ShaneLSD said:

I noticed that my laserdisc cuts from thx getting stunned and taken away to all the crazies in the white room but the 16mm cuts to thx getting messed with in the med room by the medical robots. anyone else notice this?

Yes, see the links in the post above yours. The different editing...

Scene order in Italian and German TV-broadcast and English 16mm prints:

Drug evasion arrest --> LUH visits THX --> THX gets medical examinations --> Trial & "pain prods" (electro-shock batons) scene --> THX is being monitored & researched --> THX put in prison

Scene order in English home video versions and 2004 Cut:

Drug evasion arrest --> Trial & "pain prods" (electro-shock batons) scene --> THX gets medical examinations --> THX is being monitored & researched --> LUH visits THX --> THX put in prison