Rating: 
Summary: Poor manufacturing quality.
Review: I must have gotten a bum copy. For several of the races featured on the disc, the video quality is extremely poor. The screen will flicker about every second. In their coverage of the Indy race, the top 1/3rd of the screen just shows some garbled mess that never moves throughout their coverage! This mess only happens in 3 races, but it's still very annoying. The coverage of the other races comes in crystal clear.
Rating: 
Summary: too condensed
Review: I too was disappointed with this DVD. I would like see the whole races, as they are not televised in my area. And, I would like to see entire laps from the driver's point of view. It would be better to offer these sorts of details from a fewer number of races (or even a single race) than to offer brief highlights of all the races.
Rating: 
Summary: Good, but falls short
Review: I would have rated it lower actually, if it weren't for the fact that this was the very first crystal-clear footage I've ever seen. The DVD lacks in other significant coverage, and does not allow for whole continuous viewing of all 17 races. Other footages such as qualifying, candid moments and the very important pre-season review such as launches, etc. must be included. Since there is also an on board camera footage, an excellent feature would be to present a full lap of the pole position driver in that particular race. I am quite sure that this is one feature that everybody would like to see. Also, the OBC features are definitely lacking.
Rating:
Summary: Could have been much better!!
Review: I'm not a huge F1 fan but was curious about the use of multi-angle features on this disk. Was really expecting an "in your face" in-car driver perspective, with extended racing sequences....disappointed with final product. Very fragmented, difficult to follow, repetitive highlights, in-car clips too short too enjoy, pointless selectable race stats etc. Overall, they blew it! It could have been a great DVD if they had designed it to be a seamless experience for the fan! As it is, consider it a novelty disk, and of interest only to diehard F1 fans...If you want racing action checkout Super Speedway or Driven instead!
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Summary: F1 2000 SEASON DVD
Review: IF YOU LIKE YOU'RE FORMULA 1 THEN BUY THIS DVD.IT HAS SOME AMAZING ONBOARD CAMERAS,GOOD USE OF YOURE DVD ANGLE BUTTON,WATCH THE RACING WITH COMENTARY ON OR OFF.THE TRANSFER TO DVD WAS TAKEN FROM THE F1 DIGITAL TELEVISION SOURCE WHICH MEANS YOU GET THE SHARPEST,BEST SOUNDING FORMULA 1 EXPERIENCE THIS SIDE OF ACTUALLY BEING AT A RACE OR STAYING IN GERMANY AND HAVE ACCESS TO F1 DIDITAL.A MUST BUY FOR ANY OPEN WHEEL RACING FAN.DEFINATALLY A GLIMPSE OF WHAT DVD HAS TO OFFER FOR MOTORSPORT FANS WORLDWIDE..
Rating:
Summary: Not the Best, But Come On! It's a FORMULA ONE DVD!!!
Review: Okay, this DVD cannot allow you to view every race summary of the 2000 F1 World Championship Series continuously. It's a minor flaw, in my opinion, and it's why remote controls were invented! The race summaries may leave you wanting, panting, even drooling for more, but to actually GET more, you'd have had to acquire a PADDOCK PASS for every F1 track on the calendar. (And, if you had that kind of access, what the heck are you doing online? Shouldn't you be in Monaco playing baccarat against James Bond?) Yes, this DVD is far from perfect, but it is still an awesome disc for any Formula One fan, and the very minor flaws are not enough to ignore this quality product. When you pop in the disc, you must first click the flag corresponding to the 2000 F1 race you wish to view. Then, you are directed to a menu for "CONTINUOUS" or "INTERACTIVE" viewing. "CONTINUOUS" plays every feature from beginning to end on that circuit, while "INTERACTIVE" allows you to watch any of the features at any point of the race. I usually choose "CONTINUOUS." At the next menu, you can choose to watch a summary of the race, a wider view from secondary cameras, an in-car camera, coverage of cars pitting during the race, or highlights of the "onboard computer" that shows the order of the cars during the races. Let me tell you that I watched this DVD with great enthusiasm and satisfaction. I devoured the video highlights and the other extras, and it will take you some time to get through them all. The sounds are top notch, the picture is digital-quality, and the summaries give you a great sense of being there that many of us did not have in 2000. Others have criticized this DVD for being what they felt it SHOULD HAVE BEEN. Unfortunately, it won't please everybody, and I'm not here to shout down the detractors. However, you are given so much quality video on this disc that criticizing it is almost ridiculous. It's not all it could be, but it is MORE than enough to satisfy your hunger for Formula One sounds and visuals. For quality Formula One coverage, it's the best-bet around, folks!
Rating: 
Summary: A little good stuff and alot of pointless stuff
Review: Onboard camera scenes tend towards showing one of the racers weaving through the starting grid prior to a race, pulling into the pits during a race, and cars going 30kph or less pulling off the track after a mechicanical failure. Very few on board shots at racing speed. The "PITS" sections isn't about pit activity during a race, but about who is watching the monitors and milling around the pits before and during a race. Conversations with drivers rarely occurs. From all the available race footage, it appears that the really interesting stuff was witheld for other purposes.
Rating:
Summary: does not take advantage of the new format...
Review: The FIA Formula One season review has been around for quite a long time and has delivered solid quality reporting as far as the highlights of the championship season go. Until the advent of digital TV (or Bernievision) in F1 and the new format of the DVD those reviews were clearly limited to what you could put on a VHS and make available basically in movie format. The 2000 review DVD makes use of the menu and interactive capabilities by offering different angles on every race, the pitstops, the on-board cam, etc. Unfortunately there is the same (soemtimes lame) commentary associated with each angle, and each race report overall is pretty short. There are also no additional faetures, interviews etc. that follow the major off-track developments of the season.
Overall the great advantages of more storage space and interactive cababilities of the DVD medium have not been used to their fullest
Rating:
Summary: F1 and DVD a Perfect Match!
Review: This DVD contains over 4 hours of race footage from the 2000 season. The picture is clear and the colors are vibrant. The sound is good. If you like Formula One and don't have a DVD player, this disk and the ones that will follow are reason enough to buy one. If you want in depth reviews, buy a magazine. If you want the racing excitement of an entire F1 season, buy this DVD!
Rating:
Summary: And the winner is....
Review: This DVD is a must have for any F1 fan. 4 hours of crystal clear digital video, outstanding digital surround
sound, and excellent commentary for all 17 rounds of the 2000 Grand Prix season. Watching this DVD is
addictive as you'll move from race to race watching the highlights of the race as well as being able to
choose from on-car cameras, pit lane cameras, even viewing the data channel! I can't wait for the 2001
season DVD to come out!
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