I think the sub-par quality of the GOUT was definitely deliberate, as if to say: "Here are the original versions you requested, now see how much better the new versions are?"
Thankfully there are people like Harmy here to give us faithful recreations of what the GOUT should have been.
I do agree that the quality of these "bonus discs" would have been acceptable during the infancy of DVD, maybe between 1997-1999... but in 2006? It indeed was a slap in the face.