I side with MMB on this
We Mouses stick togueter
Also, yes, I've seen several UD members complaining more than once about that ORIGINAL spanish soundtrack dub! (which they consider superior in terms of voices/acting, it appears) which is missing from the current DVD but was available on the LD
Of course they could always excarbate some more into the vaults and maybe find more stuff and add it/delete some to make the supplements different (i think it was mvealf (not sure) that said all disney releases are unique ) (more art? or a new documentary about the Technirama process-->digital restoration?)
If the Platinum edition ends basically a re-branding with minor changes or even exactly the same I think only multiple editions collectors might buy it! (and those who don't already have it
) (Or everybody who would buy it and sell the old "packaging" ed. on ebay!
)
But. There might be a new transfer for the Platinum
Apart from any improved resolution a future HD format may bring, I think the picture quality could be improved in a couple of ways even for a standart plain old ntsc dvd:
First, there's the issue of the current "restoration". Comparing my R2 pan scan vs the R1 widescreen, to me it looks like they just passed the current video transfer through a Lowry process where they cleaned up the master (done from a standart anamorphic 35mm source? instead of from the Technirama negatives) of noise/grain and then to compensate the resulting softer image they did a little edge enhancement. (My R2 image has no edge enhancement and yet it looks better defined and you can see down to the slight fine film grain of the source. Which SHOULDN'T be there as SB was done in Technirama so at NTSC/PAL sizes there should be no grain from a Technirama source.) Even the primary colors look a little more vibrant on my R2 disc. So there still could be improvement in image quality by scanning the original Technirama elements into RGB 4k (like i was done to Snow White's Academy frame at 2979 x 4096 pixels) or even into RGB 8k by the time we get there (at 8k res a SB Technirama frame ends 5461 x 8192 pixels) (or even 8196 x 12,288 pixels depending on the direction of the scanner head as Techniarma is a 35mm sideways proccess!) and then dowrezing into NTSC/PAL. The image would be razor sharp, no edge enhancement, no grain or noise. and the colors would be computer RGB primaries pure. (Actually the RGB Digital master could have primary colors and hues more than twice as saturated as modern display's colors but that's another dethi thread
)
The other improvement could be the framing/cropping as MickeyMouseBoy points out which if done correctly would show the whole Technirama image letting us see the complete gorgeous backgrounds and animation as you can see here:
(Thanks MMB!)
(and Aaron for special internet services
)
btw MMB, the SB Technirama negative is actually not 65mm but (as i mentioned above) 35mm film photographed horizontally (sideways, just like 35mm still photo camera film is, instead of vertically, as regular 35mm movies are) through an anamorphic 1.5x squeeze lens onto an image area that is about 24mm x 36mm big. It's image, being done on finest grained slowest speed stock in controlled Disney studio lighting with Still Photography lenses is probably much sharper than live action photographed 70mm films shot though bulkier larger 70mm film lenses.
Come with me into Mathemagical land
After mathematical induced deanamorphisis (i just made that term up
) that ends up being equivalent to about:
Technirama: 19.6mm x 44.1mm (2.25 maximum area aspect ratio)
70mm print: 22.1mm x 48.6 mm (2.20 aspect ratio)
35mm Scope print: 12.7mm x 29.8mm (2.35 aspect ratio) (in 1959)
(The 70mm figure is the actual number cus it's a spherical format (so no anamorphic squeeze) while the (1959) 35mm Anamorphic Scope real numbers are 17.9mm x 21mm, 2x squeeze)
The 65/70mm elements since they are slight blow ups and deanamophisized, have gone through an enlarging optical lens so the image quality is much degraded (but not as much as the almost quarter sized 35mm elements!) compared to the original Technirama element (in other words, even the 70mm prints are just optical dupes, albeit good ones cus they are bigger)
It remains to be seen if all this improvements would end up on a future Platinum release (or Blue-RayDVD)
The future cloudy it is. Always in motion mmmm.. mmmm...
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The Best place to start is at the very beginning! ::MMB breaks out in song:: when you read you begin with A-B-C when you sing you begin with Do-Re-Mi. The first three notes just happen to be Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti. mmmmmmmmm Let's see if I can make this easier. 
