I stopped by Best Buy tonight and got the DVDs. Happily, mine work fine. I did have some sparklies in the middle of the last disc for a few moments that I'm not sure if are from the original source or my specific disc.
To tell you the truth, I was not overly excited about this period of DS. I would have preferred 1795. But, having watched part of it, I am more thrilled than I expected to be. Woohoo, Mitch Ryan, Robert Gerringer, AND Dennis Patrick! (Will the REAL Burke Devlin and Dr. Woodard PLEASE stand up?)
I am SO looking forward to getting them all! I can't wait to see the color episodes on DVD! The black and white look great. I suspect that I may be a DVD shopping whore, do they have support groups for that?