People interested in buying the series now have to decide: Longer episodes or better picture quality? The latter is really great on Blu-ray, rescanning of the original 35mm tape led to a brilliant picture and it is now also in the 16:9 format with more information on the side of the picture.
The new Blu-ray release is identical all around the world and contains – only the TV Versions, the extensions can also not be found in the bonus material. In Great Britain, only the TV versions were released on DVD at first yet the newer '15th Anniversary Edition' contains the extended episodes as well and was used as a comparison here.
For TV some cuts were done in order to trim the episodes to the usual format, however, some censoring can be found as well. 16 differences, 6 of these with alternative footageĪlmost every episode of this sitcom classic were released in an extended version on the US DVDs. Comparison between the TV Version (taken from the Blu-ray) and the Extended Version (taken from the British DVD)
