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Madonna-What It Feels Like for a Girl (DVD Single) (2001)

Madonna-What It Feels Like for a Girl (DVD Single) (2001)

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Released 8-Jun-2001
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Details At A Glance

General		Extras
Category	Music	Main Menu Audio & Animation Menu Audio Audio-Only Track-Calderone & Quayle Dark Side Mix Audio-Only Track-Richard Vission Velvet Masta Mix
Rating
Year Of Production	2001
Running Time	19:25 (Case: 15)
RSDL / Flipper	No/No	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Programme	Cast & Crew
Region Coding	2,3,4,5,6	Directed By	Guy Ritchie
Studio Distributor	Warner Vision	Starring	Madonna
Case	Amaray-Transparent-Dual	Starring	Madonna
RPI	$19.95	Music	Madonna

Video		Audio
Pan & Scan/Full Frame	None	English Linear PCM 48/16 2.0 (1536Kb/s)
Widescreen Aspect Ratio	1.66:1
16x9 Enhancement
Video Format	576i (PAL)
Original Aspect Ratio	Unknown	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 watching and listening to Madonna-What It Feels Like For A Girl a few times, my feet started tapping and the volume went up on each subsequent listen, to a point where I'm sure all my neighbours were also able to fully appreciate what it feels like for a girl...

Content-wise this, DVD single is more acceptable than Madonna's "Music" DVD single, as there are two additional audio remixes included - running 6:42 and 8:08 minutes, but I still feel the $19.95 price tag is a little excessive for a DVD single. The video clip itself runs for 4:35 minutes.

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Transfer Quality

Video

The transfer is presented in the non-16x9 enhanced aspect ratio of 1.66:1.

The picture sharpness and detail is very good. Because most of the video clip takes place at night, there isn't much shadow detail, but when the scene allows for shadow detail it is there. There is a good balance between the shadowed and lit areas, so the picture looks natural and visually pleasing. No low level noise, edge bleeding or edge enhancement was noticed.

The colour is basically perfect, with all objects being well saturated and tonally correct.

Grain is the most troublesome area of this transfer. Thankfully, in all but one of the four most noticeable instances, the grain is limited to the background. Examples are at 0:00 - 0:18, 0:28, 3:00 and 4:08.

No MPEG, aliasing, moiré or film artefacts were noticed.

Packaging Error

The audio-only running time is incorrectly stated as 10:20 minutes. It is, in fact, a more generous 14:50 minutes in running time.

*Video Ratings Summary*
Sharpness
Shadow Detail
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Overall

Audio

There is only one audio track on this DVD which is an English Linear PCM 48/16 2.0 (1536Kb/s) soundtrack.

The audio was always clear and undistorted, with no sync problems.

Being a Linear PCM 2-channel mix, the surrounds were not utilized by this audio track.

There is plenty of bass for the subwoofer to reproduce.

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

Extras

Extras are very limited, but I'm not sure what else we could ask for here.

The main menu is presented in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 and has a video clip playing in the centre of the screen, made up of highlights from the main video clip. It also has a Linear PCM 48/16 2.0 (1536Kb/s) soundtrack, with a rather nice selection of music playing. The Main Menu selections are; Play Video and Remixes.

Audio-Only Track - Calderone & Quayle Dark Side Mix (6:42 minutes)

The Linear PCM 48/16 2.0 (1536Kb/s) soundtrack is clear, crisp and undistorted - basically perfect.

Audio-Only Track - Richard Vission Velvet Masta Mix (8:08 minutes)

Ditto.

R4 vs R1

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

The Region 4 version of this disc misses out on;

Nothing

The Region 1 version of this disc misses out on;

Audio-Only Track - Calderone & Quayle Dark Side Mix
Audio-Only Track - Richard Vission Velvet Masta Mix

The R1 version does not have the two extra audio remixes, which makes the R4 version much better value for money and the clear winner here.

Summary

I still feel the $19.95 price tag is a little excessive for a DVD single, but the audio and visual content of Madonna-What It Feels Like For A Girl certainly hits the spot.

The video quality is very good, with only some grain tarnishing the transfer.

The audio is great. It is clear and crisp.

Extras are very limited, but I'm not sure what else we could expect.

Ratings (out of 5)

Video
Audio
Extras
Plot
Overall

Review Equipment
DVD	Sony DVP-725, using Component output
Display	Sony Projector VPH-G70 (No Line Doubler), Technics Da-Lite matt screen with gain of 1.0 (229cm). Calibrated with Video Essentials. This display device is 16x9 capable.
Audio Decoder	Built in to amplifier/receiver. Calibrated with Video Essentials.
Amplification	Onkyo TX-DS989
Speakers	Fronts: Energy RVS-1 (3), Rears: Energy RVSS-1 (2), Subwoofer: Energy EPS-150 (1)

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