Pretty much what you'd expect. The colors are clear but not overly vibrant, and the picture is very sharp. The background colors are richly textured, but more than anything they're interesting, which is more than you can say for probably any other television series. But then again, that's one of the rare disadvantages of increased clarity. Dolby Digital 5.1.
Dialogue is kept in the center channel, and is unaccountably low.
I had to crank the center channel way up in order to achieve any sort of balance. Parting Thoughts Inexcusably bad. If you do have them, you've probably already poured enough money into Paramount's coffers and should proceed with extreme caution. Check out one of the DVDs before diving in with both feet. With virtually no supplements, the DVDs really offer nothing special, and I don't know that they offer enough of an improvement to warrant repurchasing the whole series, but I do know that they're a rather poor value.