UPDATE - 31/01/10

I've captured both episodes and already encoded both MPEG and AVI (XviD/MP3) versions. I made AVI versions as I figured at some point someone would make them anyway, and they might as well be properly done using the uncompressed source footage rather than the compressed MPEG DVD. They're 350mb each, so both would fit on a 700mb CD-R. These AVI files will be put in a DVD-ROM folder on the DVD disc. I gave the MPEG files quite a high bitrate as I decided to go for one dual layer DVD for this project; 7800kbps average and 9500kbps maximum bitrate, along with 192k AC3 stereo audio. They're both virtually the same length so came out the same size at 2762mb each.

Here are three uncompressed JPEG screenshots taken from the final encoded MPEG files;

I said above that this VHS tape is a Pan & Scan version of the 1.85:1 widescreen version recently brought out on DVD, but having a quick compare, I don't think that's quite the case. It looks like the DVD gains a little over the left & right sides of the VHS, but looses a lot more by being cropped top & bottom. Here is a superimposed image to show what I mean;

I've also made a start on the DVD cover for this release. It's based on the Channel 5 VHS release cover (rather than the Polygram VHS tape I've captured). I'll hopefully be adding high quality 600dpi scans of the three VHS tape covers too (the Polygram double tape and the separately released two Channel 5 tapes). Below you can see the original Channel 5 VHS cover, and beneath that you can see the progress I've made on my version.

It'll likely take another week or two to get the DVD cover & printable DVD disc art, along with the DVD menus completed.