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Well, they definitely screwed up something. As I mentioned, I've never seen anything quite like it. I bought DVDs back in the early 2000's that would have kicked this release to the curb. Pretty sad that an outfit like PBS/BBC would release something this poor these days. What I don't understand...

That's good to know. Thanks.

Yep. That's what I started with, and that's looks great. See my other reply to you. All I wanted this Region-1 DVD for was hard-media backup. The region-free player you mentioned is a tempting possibility because then I could get the Region-B Blu-ray as my backup.

Correct. I'm not talking about a Region-2 DVD. It's definitely Region 1.

Point well taken. The backstory here is that I started by buying a digital copy (in HD) from Amazon Prime Video, and all I wanted the Region-1 DVD for was backup, in case, for some reason, I can't access the cloud version in the future. That didn't work out so well, in this case (so...

I wondered about that. I've never seen firsthand the kinds of artifacts that can occur with a poor PAL-to-NTSC conversion, but I've heard that it can be done poorly. It's difficult for me to believe that an organization like PBS (in partnership with the BBC) would do a crappy PAL-to-NTSC...

I just bought PBS's Region-1 2-DVD set of this production that aired on Masterpiece a couple of years ago. I was really surprised and disappointed to see noticeable blurring/ghosting of characters when they move around (nod their heads, walk from one side of the scene to another, etc.). It's as...