Before you look for better restorations, you've got to consider the problems Universal's DVD division is facing. Last year, every widescreen copy of the
Back to the Future trilogy was defective (matted improperly). Universal did replacements through the mail. This year, every copy of
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life was defective (encoding errors). Mail replacement was also done. And, many new DVDs from Universal this Holiday season have been arriving with loads of scratches and split discs due to substandard manufacturing. I personally went through 4 messed up copies of the
Battlestar Galactica collection, 3 or 4 of
The Incredible Hulk collection, and 2 of the new
The Hulk DVD.
Like the parent company itself, Universal's DVD division is in shambles. And the people in charge of QC could care less. TPTB just want to make a few more dollars and buy a little more time for their sinking ship. Thorough restorations can be expensive and they can't see spending additional money on a short-lived series, despite its fan following. To them,
Battlestar Galactica is purely a way to make some extra cash while promoting the new (ugh) mini.
Personally, I'm just grateful it was released without any encoding errors to force replacement through the mail.
