Hi.

I may say I belong to the same generation. I too was introduced to Star Wars through 1997 SE.

On the other hand, I am not really fond of the prequels (you may find the reason in my signature). I wouldn't care whether the prequels exist or not but Lucas put PT related parasites into OT (Hayden, NOOO, Boba voice etc) in the 2004 and 2011 versions which I just can't stand.

And yes I am having the same problem. The 1997 SE are not on a decent video format (I am quite sensitive to video quality).