OVERALL: R1

For the inclusion of the next episode previews.

General Note:
Because the Babylon 5 visual-effects shots were archived as 4:3 NTSC and the purely live-action shots were archived as High-Definition, there is a noticeable drop in quality whenever a shot containing CGI occurs (since the 4:3 NTSC image had to be blown up to fill and cropped to fill the 1.78:1 DVD). This drop in quality is much worse on PAL DVDs (were the shots had to be then transformed to PAL).

Also,
In PAL, because of the considerable drop in quality on CGI shots, all of the shots including visual-effects in the episode "Sky Full of Stars" (about a quarter of the episode) are stretched sideways to fill the 1.78:1 format without too much loss in quality. There are also one or two shots in later seasons which use this effect to achieve the 1.78:1 without losing important parts of the image. "Sky Full of Stars" is all properly framed on the R1.
(Thanks to Cemetery_Mink for this info)

CUTS:

• R1 The Complete First Season America- Warner Home Video - No cuts
• R2 The Complete First Season France- Warner Home Video - No cuts (923:24 PAL)
• R2 The Complete First Season Holland- Warner Home Video - No cuts (923:24 PAL)
• R2 The Complete First Season Italy- Warner Home Video - No cuts.
• R2 The Complete First Season Scandinavia- Warner Home Video - No cuts.
• R2 The Complete First Season Spain- Warner Home Video - No cuts.
• R2 The Complete First Season United Kingdom- Warner Home Video - No cuts (923:24 PAL)
• R4 The Complete First Season Australia- Warner Home Video - No cuts (923:24 PAL)

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Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on 28/08/02
Comparison last updated by Matthew_B_Harrah on 16/11/22

UPDATE LOG:

17/12/17: Added TV to title.
01/02/21: Complete overhaul.
16/11/22: Added Italy, Scandinavia, and Spain.