The Official Review of the 2008 FIA Formula One Championship
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Artist: Artist Not ProvidedBrand: Kultur
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 234 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-12-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Standing Room Only
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DVD Review: video quality glitches mar otherwise fine product
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a good quality production marred by a single technical flaw which practically ruins almost every action shot. Often when there is rapid action involving side-to-side motion on screen the image breaks up and I find it so distracting it is hard to watch; I keep on "watching the distortion" instead of watching the action.
Surveying the reviews on the Amazon.co.uk site for the UK/PAL version there is not one complaint about video quality, amongst 12 reviews, whereas most of the reviews for the US edition do mention it amongst a smaller overall number of reviews. Therefore I think this is a US-market flaw only and the original footage is all fine. I also noticed that the in-car footage does not generally have this problem even though it is inherently a little bit lower overall quality, and neither does most or all of the off-track footage. It seems to be limited to the track-mounted and/or hand-held broadcast cameras. Seems very much like a US-market-only technical glitch in format conversion (perhaps PAL to NTSC).
It is very disappointing for the US market to be treated to poor quality control when it is a market that the car manufacturers supporting Formula1 regard as critical. Previous year-end reviews suffered from excessive compression to fit all the footage onto one disc, but now with a double-disc set I am certain this could have been practically immaculate (2007's review was, for example).
Moving on, I still give this product three stars, still enjoyed watching it as it's the only NTSC record of another dramatic and exciting season of Formula 1 racing. Lewis Hamilton was a well-deserved world champion finally, congratulations to him. The last race of the season was one of the most exciting races I've ever seen.
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