Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought the DVD before it was re-packaged and there were 6 episodes and a 27 minute interview with the TTSS author. Looks like, subtitle and director comments were added in re-packaged version. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker_Tailor_Soldier_Spy_%28TV_miniseries%29: "In the US, syndicated broadcasts and DVD releases compressed the seven-part UK episodes into six,[2] by shortening scenes and altering the narrative sequence. In the UK original, Smiley visits Connie Sachs before Peter Guillam's burglary of the Circus, while the US version reverses the sequence of these events, in line with the time sequence of the novel." The BBC version has 7 episodes. The video on both BBC and US were pretty crummy. Too bad neither producers of these DVDs didn't do a re-master. I mean the US version charges a lot for the poor quality you get. At least BBC version with Smiley's People is under £7 in UK and $12 in US amazon. BBC has hardcoded subtitles for conversation between Prideaux and Baraku -- on US original you get nada. BBC has english subtitles. Why buy re-packaged when you only get subtitles and director comments? If prices comes down to $5-10 then it maybe worth buying. The video fps for US is 23.97, and 25 for BBC. Don't get me wrong -- TTSS is excellent (5 stars) otherwise for storyline, realism, actors and acting, but I won't pay $25 or more for another lousy video.