Okay who owns each of these and can provide screen capture of each to view.


Spartacus (1960) [41130]


Spartacus #155 (1960) [CC1298L]


Spartacus (1960) [PILF-1721]

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/_dvd/00000036.htm
They roughly follow the DVDs. Universal is simple and not corrected, whereas Robert Harris and Criterion tried to match Technicolor IB sources and time the film properly on video.
The new 4K BD has the best picture yet, but the Criterion PCM audio may be the most untouched.

So do you own any of the above laserdiscs?

I've got the Universal LaserDisc coming in today. I'll put it side by side with the Criterion and report. Since the Universal disc trailed the Criterion by only a few months, I've always assumed that both used the same video transfer.

From my email notes I exchanged with Robert Harris at the time, I'm nearly positive the two LDs are sourced from the same transfer. When Criterion did their first DVD, they had a completely new transfer struck, so I'm not at all surprised that the various DVDs look different.

Get the LASERDISC screen pictures up of how it appears on the flat screen only.