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Downscaling may make some of those artifacts less noticeable (due to having less detail in the image altogether), but it won't remove edge enhancement or similar problems. I still think this is a really weird way to go about "fixing" the look of the film. Well, in any case, it's not like the...

"From these tests, director David Lynch chose the upscale made using the GaiaHD algorithm and footage that had first been downscaled back to SD in order to throw away false detail introduced during the original HD conversion and allow the most effective use of the AI upscale (footage upscaled...

Even so, if any of this is correct, they'd have to start with SD, then upscale, downscale, and upscale again. Good heavens, why?!

I don't know how accurate this is, but I saw someone comment the following on Criterion's Facebook post: "It was shot in 525x480 and postproduced in HD. For the restoration, it was scanned in 4K, then actually downscaled back to SD and then upscaled again to 4K through IA." :blink: (I presume...

Oh, there's a lot more wrong with this movie than just the visual experience. It's far and away the worst thing Lynch has made... and I've actually seen The Cowboy and the Frenchman! I knew this announcement was inevitable. As a Lynch completist, I'll have to buy it, but I really just hate this...