Miguel Bose-Los Videos (2001) (NTSC)

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General		Extras
Category	Music	Main Menu Introduction Main Menu Audio & Animation Scene Selection Anim & Audio Music Video-Se Tu Non Torni Music Video-I Cieli Dell 'Est Music Video-Madrid-Madrid Music Video-Lay Down On Me Booklet
Rating
Year Of Production	2001
Running Time	75:38 (Case: 100)
RSDL / Flipper	Dual Layered	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Menu
Region Coding	1,2,3,4,5,6	Directed By	Various
Studio Distributor	Warner Music Warner Vision	Starring	Miguel Bosè
Case	Amaray-Transparent
RPI	$34.95	Music	Various

    Miguel Bosè was born in Panama in 1956 and has a career that has spanned 21 albums, roles in more than 35 films, his own television show, and work as a theatre director. Some of you may know him in a role as a cross dresser in Pedro Almodovar's High Heels, but this is very much a concert that showcases his talents as a singer rather than as an actor.

    This disc features a collection of music videos spanning from 1986 to 2001, presented in reverse chronological order.

    The opening music video is Morenamia from his latest album Sereno. It features lots of scantily clad girls and super-vibrant colours (I felt like I was watching a Pedro Almodovar movie). The next one (Amante bandido '99) features lots of dancing and reminded me of a Ricky Martin video.

    Most of the music videos feature Miguel singing against a thematic backdrop but there's no "plot" as such. However, Chapter 7 (Tesoro) is a spoof of James Bond (featuring Miguel as 007 of course) and has a number of references or mini-parodies of several James Bond films. Chapter 9 (La auto-radio canta) has a story within story featuring a surrealistic cartoon like sub-plot. Chapter 13 features a reggae-like song (Los chicos no lloran).

Video

    I wasn't expecting much from what is essentially a collection of music videos, but I was pleasantly surprised.

    The first two videos (Morenamía and Amante bandido '99) are in approximately 1.72:1 letterboxed (no 16x9 enhancement). The rest of the videos are in full frame. All videos are in NTSC.

    Morenamía is full of vibrant, strong colours and has an excellent video transfer quality - good detail levels, no sign of grain or low level video noise, and no compression artefacts at all. Likewise Chapter 7 (Tesoro) and Chapter 9 (La auto-radio canta) also feature sharp vibrant images.

    The other videos are also okay though they mainly feature subdued colours or monochromatic images.

    A number of the videos (Chapter 11, 12 and 14) are mainly in black and white. Chapter 10 (Nada particular) is rather grainy but I suspect intentionally so.

    Edge enhancement, minor pixelization and macroblocking are occasionally visible, but never to the point of annoyance.

    There are no subtitle tracks, which is a bit unfortunate since I don't understand Spanish.

    This is a single sided dual layered disc (RSDL). The entire feature is contained on layer 0, and all the extras are contained on layer 1, so there is no layer transition.

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Audio

    There are three audio tracks: Spanish Linear PCM 48/16 2.0 (1536Kb/s), Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 (256Kb/s), and Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 (256Kb/s).

    I listened to mainly the PCM 2.0 audio track since that sounded the best to my ears. The audio sounds like it has been captured off an analogue videotape - it is somewhat below CD-quality and has minor hiss, though it still sounds much better than the Dolby Digital tracks. The PCM audio track has been mastered at a slightly softer level than typical CDs - about 3dB lower.

    The Dolby Digital 2.0 track sounds very similar to the PCM track - in fact so similar I found it hard to distinguish between them.

    The Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track has been mastered at a louder level (approximately +3dB) but suffers from attenuated high frequencies and sounds rather harsh compared to the PCM 2.0 audio track. The surround mix also sounds somewhat artificial and I suspect has been generated from the stereo track. All front channels are active and share the delivery of the music, and rear channels are reserved for ambience.

    The subwoofer was only lightly used in the Dolby Digital 5.1 track.

    I did not notice any issues with audio synchronization.

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    What can you possibly add in addition to a collection of music videos but ... more music videos! All the additional music videos are in full frame and come with the same selection of audio tracks as the main feature (Spanish Linear PCM 48/16 2.0 1536Kb/s, Dolby Digital 2.0 256Kb/s, and Dolby Digital 5.1 256Kb/s). Curiously, the PCM and Dolby Digital 2.0 tracks sound better and louder on the extras than on the main feature, but the Dolby Digital 5.1 track is softer and very very dull and muffled.

Menu

    The menu is full frame but features an extensive introduction, background audio and animation. In addition, the scene selection submenus also include animation and background audio.

Music Video - Se Tu Non Torni (4:41)

    This is the Italian version of "Si tú no vuelves."

Music Video - I Cieli Dell 'Est (6:01)

    This is the Italian version of "Nada particular."

Music Video - Madrid-Madrid (3:45)

    This is sung in French, and not featured in the main programme.

Music Video - Lay Down On Me (4:01)

    This is the English version of "Como un lobo."

Booklet

    This is a sheet of paper folded into half to create a "four page" booklet. It contains a listing of the music videos. Each song is listed with song title, composer, publisher and year of release. There is also a montage of various photos of Miguel Bosè.

    The Region 1 and 4 versions of this disc are identical.

    Los Videos is a collection of music videos from Miguel Bosè spanning the years 1986-2001.

    The video transfer quality ranges from excellent to acceptable.

    The audio transfer quality ranges from mediocre (Dolby Digital 5.1) to acceptable (Linear PCM 2.0 and Dolby Digital 2.0).

    The extras consists of music videos in other languages (Italian, French, and English).

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