DrDre said:

So, my question is this. If Team Negative1's preservation is as great as it appears to be from the samples, why not create a high resolution version of the GOUT from those, by color matching the preservation to the GOUT, rather than settle for an inferior upscale of those 2006 bonus DVD's? It may seem like an odd question from someone who has spent many hours working on this, but I think it is a valid question.

The fact that the DC Laserdisc and GOUT DVD are legally obtainable sources (whereas the Negative1 project is not) makes this, to me, a very compelling reason to render to completion. This does not mean that I feel that you should necessarily personally have to render every frame.