Mm, well, I actually kind of like the way the 2004 DVD looks, though it's a lot lot lot different from any version before. I like the contrastiness and the bizarre bright popping colors, it just looks interesting. I had to brighten it up as the real version is too dark, but it was definitely a conscious choice to use that version.

If you want a version that looks exactly like the old laserdiscs but has DVD quality, you should do the same thing but using the 1997 Special Editions as your main picture source - they're available in digital quality on several discs. At that point the picture hadn't been screwed with and still looked like the old laserdiscs.