darth_ender said:

That's true, I hadn't considered the sanitizing edits for TV. These should certainly be preserved as well. Captain Khajiit at FE.org says that he has the skills to preserve it, but like most of us, he lacks the time. He would prefer to use better source material than the LD for most parts, and I can see why. It'd be like a Despecialized-style preservation. I myself would probably prefer to use the lower quality of the LD. I feel fades, trims, and even the "Edited for Television" should all be preserved. I don't know about the network announcer. Perhaps he should but I don't know that it's necessary. Probably if it included commercials, I'd say yes, but since we don't have the commercials, I don't think it's needed. Just my two cents.

I can't see how using a better full frame source, (if one could even be found) is going to make cutting to the ABC footage less jarring.

The old LD is a good match, and the pan and scan is mostly the same, although a couple shots of tactical displays are different.