Digital Video Essentials: Optimize Your Home Entertainment System (NTSC Component)
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Actor: Digital Video EssentialsBrand: Joe Kane Productions
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 114 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-09
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: DVD International
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Movie Reviews of Digital Video Essentials: Optimize Your Home Entertainment System (NTSC Component)
Movie Review: Truly disappointing, did not live up to the reputation of previous versions
Summary: 1 Stars
I had previously used a prior version of this that I borrowed from a friend to "optimize" my new LCD flatscreen TV. The explanations, guides and menus were very helpful. So I decided to purchase this new version, for my dad, to help him do the same with his TV. They made this latest version completely useless. Here are a list of pros and cons in no particular order.
Pros:
It's a DVD (DVD players are cheap)
Cons:
Forces you to watch the entire intro (for the DVD and at the beginning of every section) before you can even get to the menu (this was the most annoying). It does not allow you to fast forward through the "lecture" parts to get to the useful information (if you've done this before it gets quite boring very fast.
The menu was very poorly structured and difficult to navigate. Forces you to guess where certain parts may be, and most have "lecture" intros that you cannot back out of in case you're wrong(see prior complaint).
The all the "useful" parts (i.e. test screens and other calibration tutorials) for your TV were embedded somewhere within the lectures, which again made it difficult to navigate to (see first complaint).
Ultimately, I was so disgusted/frustrated with this product I sent it back to amazon, without actually using it to calibrate Dad's TV. Thankfully amazon has such a wonderful return policy that was the most rewarding part of this whole process (which is actually quite sad).
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Summary of Digital Video Essentials: Optimize Your Home Entertainment System (NTSC Component)
With DVD player penetration surpassing even the highest expectations, the time has come for a digital video program that appropriately addresses such a large audience. Following the success of the original, best-selling ?Video Essentials? calibration disc-- having sold over 300,000 units -- comes ?Digital Video Essentials,? from DVD International and Joe Kane Productions. ?Today?s DVD technology is not just for videophiles anymore,? said David Goodman, President, DVD International. ?...Documentary DVD Video
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