Are we talking about Men from Shiloh or the Virginian? MFS are the cut ones. I looked at Starz on demand and they have the same cut episodes as the dvds. Is it available anywhere complete?
I pulled my DVD set out and they're cut by around 6 minutes, coming in at 1:10 or so. Where did you get the idea they were complete? Those shows ran 1:16 plus.
Warner Archive streaming was copyguarded so you couldn't record to DVD (although you could to VHS). I haven't found any of the current streaming services a problem to burn DVDs from.