Dear DVD Reviewer: Review the DVD, not the Film.
Written by Amy on Saturday, June 21st, 2008 ( 2 responses ) | 
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This is my little request to people who give their review in places like Amazon, YesAsia.com, and other online stores throughout the web. Is it too much to ask to write a review that talks about the product at hand?? We’re not at the movies, we’re not paying to ‘just’ watch the film. We are also paying to ‘buy’ the DVD, so we would like to know how’s the image transfer, the audio, what options for setup we have, what extras we get, what kind of packaging we get for said price, etc.
In all my years of DVD buying (somehow this doesn’t apply much to CDs), I have maybe read one or two reviews by a customer that talk about technical stuff. 99.9% of the time you would find a review of the film saying what a wonderful film it was, and how great the acting is. Yes, it’s important to give your opinion of the film, in case someone who hasn’t seen it wants to watch it. But, let’s face it… they could go on a google search and find it anywhere else.
What if I already have seen the film, and want to get the DVD??? Is the DVD worth the price tag? No one mentions that a $16 dollar tag for a single disc with no extras might be to pricey, considering there are single disc DVDs that cost as much as $5. Does it have a blow-your-mind type of DVD Menu maybe? Did it come with something extra that make you treasure it?? Like some pretty nifty printed s tuff?? Only 0.01% of customers mention this type of stuff, and it BUGS ME because it screws up my buying experience.
Filed under: DVD,English,Rants
Tags: amazon.com, dvd review, dvd reviewers, product review, reviewer review, yesasia.com
Comments:
on Sunday, March 29th, 2009
I am happy to announced that I’ve seen a lot more DVD reviews reviewing the DVD – though I wish they had been published after I decided to purchase. Damn that 2-disc Dark Knight DVD.
And that damn Let the Right One In. They’d better give me a new improved one for free. Assholes~
on Sunday, July 12th, 2009
[...] DVD reviewers, please review the DVD and not the movie! [...]
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