Manchester United Champions League Final 08 Review

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(More customer reviews)I was really excited that they had this match in blue-ray because i love this match! but when i tried to insert it into my Playstation 3, it did not work! then i tried inserting it into another blueray player and it did not work either!!! waste of money!

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The Official Review of UEFA Euro 2008 Review

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(More customer reviews)I waited a year for this DVD to be released, and it was worth the wait. In addition to all the goals of the Euro 2008, a few highlights from each match are also included. The picture quality is quite good, and the commentary is well-informed and enthusiastic. And, thankfully, no music! The pre-game fan celebrations, however, can be annoying to some. Unlike Reedswain's World Cup DVD (where group play is a single chapter), this DVD allows you to skip to the games of the next group.
My copy of the DVD does have a defect, though: It freezes at the beginning of the Greece-Spain game, and resumes at the beginning of the next chapter. Naturally, I asked Amazon for a replacement. As always, they dutifully obliged. But, to my surprise, the replacement DVD had the exact same defect! I've contacted Reedswain, and will update this review after they've had sufficient time to respond.
In short, I highly recommend this DVD to fans of European soccer; in particular, to those who admired Turkey's miraculous performance.
UPDATE: After two weeks there's still no response from Reedswain. Not surprising, though; I'm sure they're not too eager to acknowledge a widespread problem that might prove costly.


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2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - The Final: Netherlands vs. Spain Review

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(More customer reviews)The World Cup Final in it's entirety. Re-live every moment of Spain's thrilling victory in extra time. A must-have for any Spanish soccer fan - or any true fan of the beautiful game.
About the DVD:
The DVD opens with a few minutes of the closing ceremonies that took place before the match. Shakira and a few others were featured. Nicely done. For the game itself, I believe they kept the UK commentators on board, and they did a good job of commenting on the action. They keep the time on the top left of the screen during the entire match, which I was pleasantly surprised about. And of course, they included the trophy presentation and a few-postgame interviews from the coaches. Although I still can't figure out why they dubbed an English translation over the coaches' native languages at the same time and volume. Turns it into a garbled mess and you can't understand a thing.
The video quality -- as i stated in another review from a similar DVD, if you are watching this on a regular tube TV, then you won't be disappointed. Looks awesome. I watched this on my folks' Sony XBR tube from the mid-90's, and the image was sharp, clear, the color were vibrant. If you're like me, however, and you want to watch this on a HDTV, then you'll probably have to deal with all the usual issues of watching a DVD on an HDTV. Noise, image softness, some distortion.
PLEASE MAKE THE BLU-RAY VERSION OF THIS THING!


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2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa: Spain - The Champion's Story Review

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(More customer reviews)Spain winning the World Cup was a dream come true for Spaniards all over the world. Here's my breakdown of this DVD:
The GOOD
Plenty of interviews and plenty of off-field footage througout the tournament. Good coverage. Fun to re-live the excitement of Spain't trip.
The BAD
The Audio. Absolutely awful. Let's start with the player interviews. Of course, the players speak Spanish. But the makers of the documentary decided to also provide an English-voiced translation at the same time that the players are speaking - at the same volume, making it absolutely impossible to understand. All you hear is a garbled mess of English and Spanish voices. Why the decision to not include english subtitles instead is completely baffling.
And the crowd noise during the matches sounds artificial. I'm not talking about the vuvuzelas. The fiasco surrounding those things has been well documented, and I won't even get into that. But i'm referring to the crowd noise which cuts in and out. Not a good job of audio mixing.
And the video? Although the video quality isn't that bad, why no Blu-Ray option? Every single game was telecast in High-Definition for this World Cup. No excuse to not have a blu-ray version of this documentary.

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