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Fireplace
DVD International // Unrated // October 23, 2001
List Price: $19.99 [Buy now and save at Amazon]
The Movie:
It's rather difficult to offer a review of "Fireplace" or, much of a review, at that. I suppose the best way to summarize is that the program certainly offers what it promises - an hour-long look at a fire going in a fireplace, with optional music, the sounds of fire or a mixture of the two. Not only do you get an hour-long fireplace film, it's actually presented in anamorphic widescreen.
It's hard to come up with much more description than that, but I will say that I found the combination of the gorgeous music (in DTS or DD 5.1) and the images quite relaxing to watch. Essentially, it offers everything but the actual heat itself.
Ok, so the images of a fireplace really aren't very exciting at all. But, the musical options on the disc are quite enjoyable - Christmas Goes Baroque (Silent Night, Jingle Bells, etc) and Night Music (Mozart, Beethoven) are available in DTS 5.1, Dolby 2.0 or 5.1 and sound immensely enjoyable (especially the DTS) with excellent clarity.
The DVD
VIDEO: DVD International presents "Fireplace" in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen and the back of the box boasts that the program was even "shot on film for unsurpassed quality". Certainly, the images of the subject flickering away did look quite good, with excellent sharpness and clarity. I detected no pixelation or any other problems and colors appeared accurate and natural.
SOUND: The classical music ("Christmas Goes Baroque" and "Night Music") is available in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1. Fire audio alone is available in 2.0, but one can choose to listen to a mixture of surround music and fire sounds. Taking a listen to the different music options revealed excellent sound quality and very enjoyable surround use for the classical music. The music sounded exceptionally warm, realistic and natural, with no concerns such as a thin or edgy quality to the instrumentals. Surrounds provided simple reinforcement, which was appropriate.
Listening to the mix of fire and music sounds was interesting, as it provided the same general positioning of the music around the listening space, but lightly had the fire sounds under the music in the fronts. Between songs, the fire sounds would fully control the front two speakers.
MENUS:: Animated menu with a clip in the background and options presented around it.
EXTRAS: "Firewood" poem and trailers for other DVD International Titles: "Aquaria", "Coral Sea Dreaming", "Mars: The Red Planet", "More Tails of the City", "Salute To Vienna", "Star Gaze", "Tender Loving Care", "Earthlight".
Final Thoughts: While I will admit that I think this program doesn't exactly have widespread appeal, I think it will make quite a nice thing to have for those who are holding parties over the holiday season, as they may find this an enjoyable program to play as their guests arrive. Or, simply turn off the TV and listen to the music portion alone.
It's rather difficult to offer a review of "Fireplace" or, much of a review, at that. I suppose the best way to summarize is that the program certainly offers what it promises - an hour-long look at a fire going in a fireplace, with optional music, the sounds of fire or a mixture of the two. Not only do you get an hour-long fireplace film, it's actually presented in anamorphic widescreen.
It's hard to come up with much more description than that, but I will say that I found the combination of the gorgeous music (in DTS or DD 5.1) and the images quite relaxing to watch. Essentially, it offers everything but the actual heat itself.
Ok, so the images of a fireplace really aren't very exciting at all. But, the musical options on the disc are quite enjoyable - Christmas Goes Baroque (Silent Night, Jingle Bells, etc) and Night Music (Mozart, Beethoven) are available in DTS 5.1, Dolby 2.0 or 5.1 and sound immensely enjoyable (especially the DTS) with excellent clarity.
The DVD
VIDEO: DVD International presents "Fireplace" in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen and the back of the box boasts that the program was even "shot on film for unsurpassed quality". Certainly, the images of the subject flickering away did look quite good, with excellent sharpness and clarity. I detected no pixelation or any other problems and colors appeared accurate and natural.
SOUND: The classical music ("Christmas Goes Baroque" and "Night Music") is available in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1. Fire audio alone is available in 2.0, but one can choose to listen to a mixture of surround music and fire sounds. Taking a listen to the different music options revealed excellent sound quality and very enjoyable surround use for the classical music. The music sounded exceptionally warm, realistic and natural, with no concerns such as a thin or edgy quality to the instrumentals. Surrounds provided simple reinforcement, which was appropriate.
Listening to the mix of fire and music sounds was interesting, as it provided the same general positioning of the music around the listening space, but lightly had the fire sounds under the music in the fronts. Between songs, the fire sounds would fully control the front two speakers.
MENUS:: Animated menu with a clip in the background and options presented around it.
EXTRAS: "Firewood" poem and trailers for other DVD International Titles: "Aquaria", "Coral Sea Dreaming", "Mars: The Red Planet", "More Tails of the City", "Salute To Vienna", "Star Gaze", "Tender Loving Care", "Earthlight".
Final Thoughts: While I will admit that I think this program doesn't exactly have widespread appeal, I think it will make quite a nice thing to have for those who are holding parties over the holiday season, as they may find this an enjoyable program to play as their guests arrive. Or, simply turn off the TV and listen to the music portion alone.
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