Firstly, hello to everyone here. It's about time I contributed something (and probably only very little as it transpires) to B5 discussions, having watched the show for these 10 years.
Secondly, being a resident of the UK, here's the whinge: Yes, it *is* pretty bad that - once again - there's discrepancies between the R1 & R2 versions of boxsets (specifically the TV films one). First we lose the blooper reel from the season 1 release, and now...
Even though the first 2 films were more expensive over here, I don't think releasing all 5 would have affected R2 sales much - if at all. I think people would have bought the set to get the extras (specifically commentaries on the first 2 movies, which we now won't hear) - and any "dropping off" should have been balanced by the price hike for the 2 extra discs.
Irritating. And I'd love to go for Region 1 (banking on the fact that I'll get a multi-region player eventually and watch my VHS copies until then) but is the picture quality the same? Forgive my ignorance - but given that the show was produced for American television, will I see a difference buying a disc which is specifically designed for NTSC, as opposed to PAL?
I know that there's a visible difference in, say, a NTSC version of "Monty Python's Flying Circus", but I'm presuming that the picture all of us see in B5 (in whatever region) is 525 lines?
Be nice. I'm new.
The version in the 5-disc movie set will likewise be the re-edit, which is JMS's preferred version. The original cut a never been released on DVD in the U.S. - or on any other form of home video here except for the first production run of the Columbia House VHS release, which quickly sold out. By the time they had created more tapes and resumed shipments, Warner Bros. had provided them with a master tape of the 1998 version and that's what they sold from then on. 
