What's the Fawlty Towers DVD picture like?

[Morpheus2000]

I read before on this forum that BBC's DVD picture quality aren't great full of artefacts since they were shot using video!?!

Anyone seen these yet? What's the picture quality like?

[Michael Brooke]

I haven't seen the <I>Fawlty Towers</I> DVDs yet, but it's totally unrealistic to expect a flawless picture from 25-year-old material shot on a mixture of video (interiors) and 16mm (exteriors) on a decidedly low budget. It looked ropey enough the last time it was broadcast!

Personally, I'm buying it for the script and acting, not the transfer.

[robbiejm]

The fact that it looks so cheap and nasty just adds to its charm. :)

Love the way the walls shake in some scenes, and the green smears (technical term ;)) that appear sometimes.

[Bamse]

I think the picture is very good, considering the age of the program.
Certainly much better than the picture on Planes Trains and Automobiles, that I watched yesterday.
Terrible.

:mad:

[KevF]

Have to agree with Mr Brooke on this, plus my very old VHS copies are very well worn.

[Cap'n Al]

Series 2, from what I've seen so far, is fine; nothing exceptional, but certainly a bit better than VHS quality. The 2 discs were a bit of a surprise, however!