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Jebediah-Jebediaries (2000)

Jebediah-Jebediaries (2000)

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Released 11-Dec-2000
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Details At A Glance

General		Extras
Category	Music	Menu Audio Music Video-Animal-Live
Rating
Year Of Production	2000
Running Time	?
RSDL / Flipper	No/No	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Menu	Cast & Crew
Region Coding	1,2,3,4,5,6	Directed By	Various
Studio Distributor	Sony Music	Starring	Brett Mitchell Kevin Mitchell Chris Daymond Vanessa Thornton
Case	Amaray Variant	Starring
RPI	$29.95	Music	Jebediah

Video		Audio
Pan & Scan/Full Frame	Full Frame	English Dolby Digital 2.0 (224Kb/s)
Widescreen Aspect Ratio	None
16x9 Enhancement	No
Video Format	576i (PAL)
Original Aspect Ratio	1.33:1	Miscellaneous
Jacket Pictures	No	Miscellaneous
Subtitles	None	Smoking	No
		Annoying Product Placement	No
		Action In or After Credits	No

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Plot Synopsis

After borrowing Jebediah's first album from a friend, and listening to it rather frequently, I became a fan of Jebediah. They are a great Australian band playing light alternative (well that's what I classify it as - any other ideas?) music. Based in Perth, the band started playing gigs in 1995 and have been going strong ever since except for their second album, which lead singer Kevin describes as falling into the "second album syndrome".

This DVD is mainly a collection of the band's greatest hits in video clip form, but in between songs it is also a documentary. These sections of the feature are quite interesting and kept my attention at all times.

There is also a bonus track accessible from the main menu. This track is Animal (live), although it sounded very similar to the studio version. Maybe that is just Jebediah's way - not to alter the sound of their music in the studio, unlike other artists.

Jebediah: Jebediaries is a great disc for fans, but it doesn't have too much over the VHS version in terms of content, which is a bit of a disappointment.

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Track Listing

1. Jerks of Attention
2. Leaving Home
3. Military Strongman
4. Teflon
5. Harpoon

6. Star Machine
7. Animal
8. Feet Touch The Ground
9. In Orbit (Live)
10. Please Leave

Transfer Quality

Video

A very problematic transfer accompanies this disc, though this could be blamed on source materials.

The transfer is presented in varying aspect ratios with the predominant aspect ratio being 1.33:1. The disc is not 16x9 enhanced at any point.

When I first started up the disc and the opening segments started, the video quality was acceptable for this type of DVD. It had clearly been shot on video and a couple of minor problems existed, too small to mention here. The first clip played (Leaving Home) and grain and chroma noise became apparent. Even though the video quality was a step down from the documentary segments it was still watchable. Then Military Strongman played and I cringed. The clip looked awful; even worse than VHS. All types of artefacts were present, some that I had never seen before. This had to have been from very quality poor source materials, as there is no way a transfer could be botched this badly. From then on the clips were decent but still had some slight imperfections, with Animal (not the live version) being the best quality.

Colour was rather bland, though I'm not sure if this was a fault in the mastering or inherent in the transfer's content. Some of the clips were very dark too, though they were the live ones, and this was not unexpected.

*Video Ratings Summary*
Sharpness
Shadow Detail
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Audio

The audio transfer isn't problematic like the video transfer but isn't up to scratch either.

There is only one audio track on this disc being an English Dolby Digital 2.0 mix, encoded at 224Kb/s.

No problems are apparent with this side of the disc, however, while listening to it I noticed that even at high volumes, there was no real kick to the music. This may be a mastering problem or may have to do with the style of music that Jebediah plays. Either way, I was slightly disappointed. Bass was very shallow, too.

*Audio Ratings Summary*
Dialogue
Audio Sync
Clicks/Pops/Dropouts
Surround Channel Use
Subwoofer
Overall

Extras

For a music disc like this one, extras aren't really expected. That holds true for this disc, although we do get a bonus track.

Bonus Track - Animal (Live)

What is the point of having a track already on the disc as a bonus track? The only difference is that this is a live version of Animal. The quality is comparable to the rest of the clips though grain does stand out a lot more in this one.

R4 vs R1

NOTE: To view non-R4 releases, your equipment needs to be multi-zone compatible and usually also NTSC compatible.

This disc is unavailable in R1.

Summary

Jebediaries was a light look into Jebediah as a band and also showcased some of their better work.

The video presentation on this disc is sub-par.

The audio quality should have been better - it was missing that certain something.

Ratings (out of 5)

Video
Audio
Extras
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Overall

Review Equipment
DVD	Pioneer DV-626D, using Component output
Display	Toshiba 34N9UXA. Calibrated with Video Essentials.
Audio Decoder	Built in to DVD player. Calibrated with Video Essentials.
Amplification	Yamaha CX-600 Pre-Amp, Yamaha MX-600 Stereo Power Amp for Mains, Yamaha DSP-E300 for Center, Teac AS-M50 for Surrounds.
Speakers	Main Left and Right Acoustic Research AR12s, Center Yamaha NS-C70, Surround Left and Right JBL Control 1s

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