More of the world is in HD now!
Anime has always been a primarily NTSC product, US and Japan broadcast their television originally in NTSC, which means very little television anime in PAL territories gets a decent transfer. It's all NTSC-PAL standards conversion, which means low res, softness, jerky pans and judder, and ghosting. Watching a Region 1 DVD on a PAL TV set has its own issues, with a subliminal flicker for some people, some aliasing, and again a lower resolution. But the animation is sharper and smoother than the average NTSC-PAL conversion.
It's six of one, half a dozen of the other, and it also depends on the company. I like Bandai's transfers (although disc authoring is another thing entirely), while Funimation's video quality leaves a lot to be desired. ADV was pretty good.
Here, because we usually get Madman's hand me downs, it's even more pot luck.
It'll all be OK once everything is HD and following one standard, but reading discussions about Funi's upscaled BDs doesn't leave me with a lot of hope
