the promo version is not available on dvd, so yes, this is a vhs rip. i rip using finalcut hd (may be a mac only app - not sure) from a professional deck on a g5 machine. i used some filters to remove the grainyness that is inherent with vhs tapes, and added a very slight blur to clean it up further. the colors on yours seem to be pretty drab, indicating (to me at least) that the feed was from a tv or some source that shifted the colors. when i rip, i encode at 1mb/s with consideration for rapid movement, and i can get near dvd quality out of the final product in most cases.