Mirek, thank for posting that (I must have missed that at your site). That explains a lot because the issue is with the original transfer and not BCI. From the way I read it, it seemed BCI was saying that you'd lose picture quality from the original master but if they are working with the open matte then yes, they'd lose quality like by adding another matte.

I can't believe the original company would transfer the open matte though unless there's some sort of damage that made it the best way to go.

I'm not sure how much people would tell on a smaller set but I've got a 100+ inch screen and the anamorphic NIGHT OF THE WEREWOLF looked a lot better on it than on my smaller TV. Shriek Show discs are also night and day in this department.