drfsupercenter said:

You wouldn't notice that the chroma resolution is lower, since MiniDV, DVD, and HDV also have hi-res luma and low-res chroma channels--and most viewers have no idea. Is this possible?

Why wouldn't it have the same resolution? If you record a VHS to a DVD it'll be 480i... just like the official DVD. Unless you meant somehow ripping the 1080p Blu-Ray transfer?

Either way, I'd love to get a copy if someone could record it... and then worry about that later. I mean, why restore what isn't even the original? LOL

I just don't want it looking like a VCD or something...

Hey now, you're the one who said it looked blurry! I think the VHS capture that jedi_jra posted looks good. I'd be happy with it, but I couldn't help but think of how pristine the new DVD is--it's clearly of higher resolution than an aged VHS bootleg. And if you could swap the luma channel from the VHS for the one on the DVD, you'd probably have something that looks better than the original colorized master. In theory.