Lehar - The Merry Widow / Kain, Meehan, National Ballet of Canada

Rating:
Summary: Performance WOW, video ugh
Review: I have the LaserDisc of this performance, thought the DVD would better showoff the superb dancing, and costumes, not so, the transfer is really bad, the contrast is to high blacks are so black that you can't see the shadings, anything with black in it becomes a blob, colors with subtle shadings, and shimmers in the LD, come across on the DVD as if they are made of plastic, the 5.1 surround sound is not among the best, but not as bad as the video, if you don't mind bad looking transfers, once you get past it, the performances are exceptional, stunning, and every other word there is for GREAT, I could, and have sat and repeated the LD 2 and 3 times in one night, not so the DVD, even after adjusting the brightness, contrast, and color controls, this disc does not measure up to the LD, but if I had no LD for comparison I would probably be happy with this DVD, after all the preformances are what really matters.