Title: Great show, DVD a huge disappointment
Product review: This review is not about the show itself which, on its own merits, deserves five stars. However, the reason I purchased the DVD was because I expected the picture and sound quality to be excellent, or at least an improvement on the TV broadcast.Imagine my disappointment when I found the picture to be grainy and pixellated - like a poorly ripped, low bitrate MPEG - and the sound, muffled and flat. To add insult to injury, the picture and sound quality of the (non-Buffy-related) Fox advert at the beginning of disc three was, in stark contrast, outstanding.It is disrespectful, and a disservice to the loyal fans of such a first-rate show, for Fox to release such an embarrassingly mediocre product (and, frankly, a shameless cash-in).I don't know if the original, more expensive, DVD release is any better, but I would advise anyone thinking of buying the new release to look elsewhere, including VHS.
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