I'm glad you're finally able to get a hold of this DVD pittrek, I agree with you, it's one of the best SW-preservations out there, that's why it hurts so much when his continuation with the X-9 seems to have died.

The brightness of this transfer you're talking about, could it not be your nostalgia that is kicking in, watching SW on video in the eighties? IMO it is too bright and the colors is fu**ed up, but its strong parts are the lack of DVNR, clipped white levels and it also have more vertical detail and less gate weave than the GOUT. It's quite a revelation coming back to if you've gotten used to watch the GOUT transfers.