Blues, greens, oranges and reds are all strong, as are the healthy looking flesh tones. Blacks are accurate, plus the image delivers a respectable level of shadow detail and pleasing contrast. Digital compression artifacts maintain a very low profile throughout the presentation. The Dolby Digital 2.0 channel soundtrack decodes to standard surround, but this is a television mix, without any sonic extremes. There is some channel separation in the front and a good deal of ambience in the rear.
Dialogue is strong, intelligible and focused in the center channel.
The music is pleasingly recorded and nicely reproduced. The interactive menus make use of full motion video and sound. Through the menus, one can select between part one and two of the miniseries, as well as individual scenes within each.