I think he meant worldwide syndication, as you're right, G: 80 was not part of the 1980s syndication packages (I had a local station running the show around 1983-84, and when they reached the end, they switched to Buck Rogers and then back to Galactica when buck finished). As was previously...
Well, if all you want is the Starbuck episode, you could buy a used copy of the OOP Goodtimes VHS of the episode. I'd think you could get it fairly cheaply on eBay. True, it's VHS, but more economical than buying the whole set for just one episode...
Agreed. G'80s finest hour. Also, let's hope they don't monkey around and mistakenly give us the syndication version, which has all the episodes (except pilot) re-titled as [i]Battlestar Galactica.
Since it's only 10 episodes, let's hope they put some decent extras on here, like they did for the first set, including deleted scenes, bloopers and perhaps a documentary on the evolution of the sequel, with interviews, hopefully shedding some light on what went wrong and why, cast changes...