Ultimate Dvd: The Essential Guide to Building Your Dvd Collection

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Summary: DVD Soft File
Review: As a true "DVD Geek", I am constaantly on the lookout for any internet website that offers persective about, not only the discs themselves (reviews and such) but, can also offer insights about the medium and industry trends as well. One of the best sites on the web about everone's favorite way to watch movies has to be DVD File. Started by Peter M. Bracke in 1998, just prior to a time when the format really took off, the site has become part of my regular stops when I surf the information superhighway. When I first discovered that Bracke had pubished a book on the subject, I was very exited for him and all of those who work on the site, I have say though, I was somewhat disappointed with the the finished product.

The book contains 100 revies of some of the most popular, controversial and extra feature packed DVDs now available Interspersed among the reviews are a number of articles and interviews with industry filmmakers and pioneers of the format. My favorite among thes has to be the convesation with frequent Hitchcock and Spielberg documentarian Laurent Bouzereau. The bonus material that he helps to produce for any DVD is usually high quality stuff. It's not that this guide is a bad read . But I do think you will get the most out of it, if you don't visit the website on a regular basis. Otherwise, even though it's well written, the 433 page book may seem all too familiar to you.

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Summary: Paper version of wonderful website.
Review: For the Five years that I have been surfing the web, their are very few websites that I visit today that I did back then. One of these websites is dvdfile.com... which is ran by Peter M. Bracke, so it is pretty obivious why I purchases this book in the first place (to support one of my favorite websites).

But the Book, is really interesting. All the DVD specs is a complete rundown on alot of stuff you probably know, but then alot of things you never thought of can be found their. The 100 DVD reviews is exactly that. It is the interviews that make up the core of the book, and are probably the best part of it. They are highly interesting and actually insightful.

For DVD buffs, alot of this might be repetitive (except the interviews) but for people that think DVD is just about watching a movie, is a great book to show you all the posibilities those little round discs provide.