Our family wore out our VHS tapes of this outstanding miniseries. We have also really enjoyed the earlier DVD release that we checked out from the local library. With huge enthusiasm we looked forward to this new version. DRAT! It turned out to be virtually unwatchable. Not only was the color completely washed out, but the movements were jerky and not always syncronized with the sound. Thinking we just somehow had been sent a faulty disk we returned it and tried again but the replacement was no better. Perhaps there was just a bad batch of DVDs manufactured, but we are hesitant to try again. (I see that many others have had the same problem.)