CompleteMartialArts.com - UFC 21-30 DVD Box Set - vols. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9332412002770
Feature: age restricted
Format: Import
Publication Date: 2007
Region Code: 0
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Editorial Reviews:
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5 disc, restricted viewing to 15 years or older.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: No problems, normal video equipment
Comment: I'm a big MMA fan and I bought this set the second I saw it on Amazon. I have had no problems at all with the image quality on any of the dvds in the set. I have played the discs on a number of different dvd players (both newer and older models) and on a number of different televisions (including a 54" flat screen) and have never had any problems. Don't expect HD image quality, but it is perfectly acceptable. This collection is a great value and has a lot of great fights on it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: good set
Comment: I actually found this set to be very watchable. As far as the other reviewers comments on video quality, I own a Sony VW50 Projector and use a DVDO VP50 Video Processor (which could account for my better image quality)... I have about a 10' screen (10 foot). I found this set to be very good, especially given the options for people out there to be able to purchase old DVD events. I noticed a few moments where there were some compression issues, but it wasn't during actual fights (glitter coming down with lots of colors comes to mind as one of those moments). Truth is, some of the events weren't that high quality to begin with (Pretty much all 4 of the UFC Japan events suffered from bad lighting).
I have no idea why Zuffa isn't selling "official" DVD's of the early years, but since they aren't, we have to take what we can get, and this is a very acceptable set in my opinion. 5 stars.
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Summary: You shouldn't try to fit 4+ hours of video on a single DVD
Comment: I'm not reviewing the content of the DVD. There are plenty of good MMA websites for that. I am actually trying to inform the consumer of what they are getting before they plunk down their hard earned money for this item. This appears to be from Australia based on a website address on the back of the box, although it is non-region coded (not region 1 as listed) and will play on any DVD player worldwide. Each DVD contains two events. That means 4-5 hours of content crammed on a single disc. In order to achieve that, the DVD authors had to crank up the compression so high that the video quality suffers noticeably. When the images on the screen are fairly still, it's about VHS/VCD quality. However, when there is any motion taking place on the screen, the images become pixelated and fuzzy - badly lacking in detail. If you have a 13 inch TV the loss of image quality isn't that noticeable. On a big screen TV (not even a high-def model, mind you) it is extremely evident. To the point of being distracting at times. If you are used to the region 1 DVDs offered legally in the US, the difference is night and day.
Having said that, the sad fact is, 9 of the events in this set are from the dark era of the UFC. They were never offered in the US on VHS or DVD by SEG, the (former) copyright holders. There were European VHS (and eventually DVDs) issued, but not too many people in the US have players that do the PAL format. So if you can handle the poor video quality, this is a good way to see those fights until Zuffa offers them for sale legally in the US.
If you are interested in this set, you may want to pick it up quickly as once Zuffa (the current copyright holders) find out it's being sold on Amazon, they may take action to have it's sale blocked.
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