The Video: How Does The Disc Look?

These 1.33:1 episodes have identical video quality to that of the show’s previous season-long releases. Color accuracy is good, and while this latest set of transfers is a little cleaner, there is still quite a bit of dirt and grime on the transfer prints. Finely grained detail also isn’t as well defined as it should be, and there’s a degree of muddiness that runs throughout.

The Audio: How Does The Disc Sound?

It’s a shame that these Dolby Digital mono mixes haven’t gotten any more finessed, since they’re not as old as the show’s first few seasons. The pitfalls that often accompany older mono mixes produced for television are all here (tinny dialogue, scratchy music cues, and so on), but things have been cleaned up enough that fans won’t be insanely disappointed. Nevertheless, that doesn’t mean one can call these sparse mono tracks solid.

Included are English SDH subtitles and English Closed Captions.