Rating: 
Summary: A MUST HAVE FOR NINJA TUNE FAN
Review: 35 MUSIC TRACKS & THE VIDEO IF YOU LIKE ELECTRONIC MUSICK THIS IS A MUST HAVE. THERE IS NOTHER MORE I CAN SAY. BEST DVD "EVER"
Rating: 
Summary: Just okay
Review: Before I get into the content itself, this DVD is quite a good value -- you're essentially buying a 30+ track compilation CD of Ninja Tune's finest "singles", with the added benefit of videos, for a few bucks more than an audio CD. If you have a dvd player running through your stereo, you could easily play this dvd and enjoy just the audio. But if you already own a lot of the music on here (like me) you're probably most interested in the videos.So how are the videos? Well, very hit and miss. Many are simply chopped up montages of public domain videos -- stuff you've seen a thousand times -- cars crashing, public figures speaking, workers building, insects mating, etc., etc. In other words, take a bunch of readily available video clips and edit them to the beat and *presto* you have a video. No thanks. The other half is thankfully more creative, with the best of breed going to the fantastic Mr. Scruff -- who should have a dvd all his own -- and Amon Tobin, who has some very imaginative, bizarre videos that perfectly blend w/ his audio style. An unexpected delight is the Sesame Street "Pinball Number Count" re-edited (though I couldn't really notice how) by DJ Food, featuring the original music by the Pointer Sisters. If you learned one through twelve through animation like this, you'll love it. So with 'Zen TV' it really comes down to how much Ninja Tune material you already own, and how you plan to watch it. As background video wallpaper, for a party / club / bar whatever, it would probably be well used. As a sit-down, watch it all the way through DVD, no. For me, music videos have to be pretty enjoyable and creative to watch repeatedly, so buying a DVD of mostly mediocre videos mixed with a few splendid ones isn't the smartest purchase.
Rating:
Summary: Just okay
Review: Before I get into the content itself, this DVD is quite a good value -- you're essentially buying a 30+ track compilation CD of Ninja Tune's finest "singles", with the added benefit of videos, for a few bucks more than an audio CD. If you have a dvd player running through your stereo, you could easily play this dvd and enjoy just the audio. But if you already own a lot of the music on here (like me) you're probably most interested in the videos. So how are the videos? Well, very hit and miss. Many are simply chopped up montages of public domain videos -- stuff you've seen a thousand times -- cars crashing, public figures speaking, workers building, insects mating, etc., etc. In other words, take a bunch of readily available video clips and edit them to the beat and *presto* you have a video. No thanks. The other half is thankfully more creative, with the best of breed going to the fantastic Mr. Scruff -- who should have a dvd all his own -- and Amon Tobin, who has some very imaginative, bizarre videos that perfectly blend w/ his audio style. An unexpected delight is the Sesame Street "Pinball Number Count" re-edited (though I couldn't really notice how) by DJ Food, featuring the original music by the Pointer Sisters. If you learned one through twelve through animation like this, you'll love it. So with 'Zen TV' it really comes down to how much Ninja Tune material you already own, and how you plan to watch it. As background video wallpaper, for a party / club / bar whatever, it would probably be well used. As a sit-down, watch it all the way through DVD, no. For me, music videos have to be pretty enjoyable and creative to watch repeatedly, so buying a DVD of mostly mediocre videos mixed with a few splendid ones isn't the smartest purchase.
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Summary: Pure Art
Review: How could anybody knock the creativity flowing forth in these videos? THE MUSIC IS TOP NOTCH AND THE VISUALS ARE INSPIRING. This is just the kind of stuff I always wanted to see on MTV back in high school. Liquid television meets REAL MUSIC, I wouldn't be unrealistic enouph to expect that on cable. 38 tracks with beautiful art to relax and chillout with for the price of an average cd. Buy it, I'm glad I did.
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Summary: Nice graphics and music videos
Review: I came a cross this masterpice when I was visiting a friend in Belgium. I have always loved the work ZEN releases and in this marveous DVD the have really collected the cream dela cream.
Rating:
Summary: Awsome
Review: I have been a die-hard fan of Coldcut & other artists from his record label Ninja Tune since the early days (1994-95). The very first enhanced CD every commercialy was by ColdCut. The CD had videos like "Timber" which is amazing, Unlike anything I had seen before & Unlike the garbage we see on MTV. The videos on that were in highly compressed QuickTime (.mov) format. I searched all these years for those on tape or dvd. Finally....here it is. Check out the like below for more detailed review
http://www.knowtheledge.net/zentv.htm
Rating:
Summary: Awsome
Review: I have been a die-hard fan of Coldcut & other artists from his record label Ninja Tune since the early days (1994-95). The very first enhanced CD every commercialy was by ColdCut. The CD had videos like "Timber" which is amazing, Unlike anything I had seen before & Unlike the garbage we see on MTV. The videos on that were in highly compressed QuickTime (.mov) format. I searched all these years for those on tape or dvd. Finally....here it is. Check out the like below for more detailed review
http://www.knowtheledge.net/zentv.htm
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Summary: 34 videos - how can you go wrong?
Review: I just don't see why people are so nitpicky with this compilation. If you know ninja tune acts then you will know that Jaga Jazzist, Mr. Scruff, Wagonchrist, Amon Tobin, Funky Porcini and Kid Koala make excellent, intelligent videos. As a matter of fact, I find none of the videos to be as 'mindless' as other reviewers say; Ninja Tune is a label of intelligent, thought provoking music and, although some vids may be a little dull, none of the vids stray away from the songs' conceptuality. In short, all the vids have a short story quality to them, like a visual narrative that aids the songs along. This is no "beyond the mind's eye", i.e. tacky trance computer-generated visuals. After all, it's ninja tune for chrissake!
Rating: 
Summary: THe music saves most of it
Review: I really didnt' get into Ninja TUne till I got this dvd. Amon Tobin is amazing and I have a lot of respect for Cold Cut. This dvd has great music and its all around. You cannot rush through this dvd if you're trying for visual content. You might get bored and frustrated and miss out on the great music. A lot of it isn't that exciting unless your seeing "verbal" by Amon Tobin. Some videos are a bit cheesy or really not that interesting, or just downright weird. But so much of the music is so experimental without any sort of subject matter you can basically do any dam visual you want for the videos. So its great if your a ninja tune fan i'm sure, but I would really just sit down and listen and have the videos as an extra goodie for your listening pleasure.
Rating:
Summary: Amon Tobin saves the day!
Review: I'm a big fan of Ninja Tune but their music videos suck! Except for Amon Tobin's the rest are bland. I like 'scratch video' art but those by Coldcut are just boring. Better invest your money in the "Director's Series - The Works of Spike Jonze, Chris Cunningham, and Michel Gondry".
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