I found two screenshots of your conversion here.
http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=271626 A bit bright as you said. The second shot dose not resolve the blue squares on her dress. Very vibrant colors! Nice.
Edit: I just reviewed that sequence on the video. Very tough to resolve the blue checks from that distance from the camera with the resolution your dealing with. Just thought the fine pitch Trinitron could capture it.