I just received the sampler Blu-ray today.
Somehow it just doesn't look right. It's just too sterile and 'empty', soulless.
I appreciate the DVD releases based on the original video masters (and possibly also the original T.V. airings) didn't do the series justice but I feel this new transfer goes somehow far beyond what was original intended.
Despite being shot on 35mm film and only composited and edited on analog video this new Blu-ray transfer clearly shows that it was never intended to be shown in this level of detail. The makeup, the sets, the close up shots, it looks like it was all filmed fully understanding the limitations of the final video master tape quality.
I wonder what it would look like if they used this new HD master to produce a new DVD. It would probably look a lot better then the existing DVD's based on the analog video masters but at the same time not as 'revealing' as this new Blu-ray version.