I like the original better too but I think that once the SE is done, it should be released as well (and there were HD broadcasts of the SE, so they do have an HD master for it already, so no additional cost would be involved). The general opinion may be that people don't care for the SE, but I'm sure you could find someone who likes the SE and would like to have the option of seeing it in HD.
But it's definitely still more logical to release the original only than the SE only.