The Jewel in the Crown
|
List Price: Our Price: $24.98 You Save: $54.97 (69%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $12.05 (click here) Category: DVD See more DVD releases |
|---|
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
Movie Reviews of The Jewel in the Crown
Movie Review: Just a quick comment about the picture and sound
Summary: 5 Stars
A lot of other reviewers have said everything I could say to sketch the plot and setting of this superb series. I was a bit hesitant about buying this because some people thought the video and sound were awful. I took the plunge anyway. While this has obviously not been digitally remastered, it is still quite watchable. If you remember what watching color broadcast was like in the late 1970's, what the picture and sound quality was like, that is exactly what the DVD is like. Not the super sharp images and digital sound we have all gotten used to ( distant stuff can be a bit fuzzy and it is occasionally a little dark in spots), but the story is so good you quickly stop noticing.Movie Review: Brilliant production. Don't be put off by technical quality
Summary: 5 Stars
Much has been said about how great a production this is, and almost as much has been said about the poor DVD quality. I prefer to view it as a glass half (and more than half) full. It is wonderful that this 12-and-a-half hour epic is available to us. I won't cry that the picture and sound quality isn't better than when I watched it on my local PBS station on my 19 " TV so many years ago. And it would have benefitted from closed captioning. Still, it's thrilling to watch it again, and if it doesn't approach DVD/HDTV big screen standards, enjoy it for what it is: a dramatic triumph made for, and intended for ... the small screen.Movie Review: Glittering drama - a stellar production
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a brilliant production. It's very frustrating that there is no UK edition available. The story and the acting are mesmerising and it is endlessly rewatchable. One of my very prized possessions! The quality of the audio and digital transfer are very acceptable, and I did not find the quality to be as low as some other reviewers have suggested. If you enjoy the story, you will find it overcomes any technical imperfections that might exist. Highly recommended to British viewers who can't get a domestically released version.Movie Review: RAJ REVISITED REDUX
Summary: 5 Stars
PAUL SCOTT,S QUAD NOVELS FROM60/70,S , CONCERNING LAST DAYS OF BRITISH RULE OF INDIA, COVERS ONLY THE YEARS 1942-47. IT IS HERE FILMED WITH CONSUMATE BBC FLAIR FOR THE TRUE HISTORICAL LOOK INTO THE PAST, NO HOLLYWOOD OVERLIGHTING, ETC. CHARACTERS ARE GREAT AND TREATED EQUALLY WITH REGARD TO NATIONALITY, IN SPITE OF ENGLISH RACIAL DIVISIONS IN THEIR EMPIRE BUILDING SCHEMES. THESE STUDIES ARE GLIMPSES INTO THE MYSTERIES AND SILENCES OF INDIA. JD MYERS, AT LO NOB/HI CHINA-SAN FRANCISCOMovie Review: Great Story , Terrible Tranfer
Summary: 5 Stars
A masterpiece of television mini-series from the 1980's. However the DVD transfer is terribe. It is obvious that the source material has not come from a digitally remastered copy. There is artifact in all scences, the image is not sharp and colours poor . Somebody needs to find the original negatives and do some justice to a great work of art .