Sesame DVD Sound Quality

mrfinch

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I just picked up some Sesame Street DVDs from the library for my son, and was planning on buying one that was a hit with him.

But after playing a couple of them, I'm wondering: do some of these early DVDs have pretty awful sound quality? I'm thinking specifically of "Sing Yourself Silly" and "The Best of Elmo," which sound as if they were dubbed from a worn VHS copy, with heavy treble and lots of clipping.

I'm curious because my library obviously has the first-run DVD issues. I notice in the store that these now come in nicely redesigned cases, so I was wondering if they cleaned up the quality as well.

Thanks!
 

DePingPong

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They don't fix the quality. But most them sound fine. The worst of the bunch is The Best of Elmo. These re-releases are the VHS footage and audio transferred to DVD. They're not fixed up. The Best of Elmo suffers terribly from this sound problem.
 
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