One thing I considered doing with my project was to focus only on preserving the theatrical footage that cannot be found on the new DVDs.

I mean since 95% or more of the film's footage is unchanged in terms of content, it made quite a bit of sense to go with the highest quality source for the majority of the movie. My only concern was that the transition from DVD footage to LD footage and back would be too jarring.

Has anyone experimented with this? Couldn't the idea still have some merit?