AFL-Power: 2004 Victory Pack-Qualifying Final (2004)

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General		Extras
Category	Sports	Main Menu Audio & Animation
Rating
Year Of Production	2004
Running Time	150:00
RSDL / Flipper	Dual Layered	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Ads Then Menu
Region Coding	1,2,3,4,5,6	Directed By	None Given
Studio Distributor	Aust. Football Video Visual Entertainment Group	Starring	None Given
Case	Amaray-Transparent-Secure Clip
RPI	Box	Music	None Given

Video		Audio
Pan & Scan/Full Frame	None	English Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s)
Widescreen Aspect Ratio	1.78:1
16x9 Enhancement
Video Format	576i (PAL)
Original Aspect Ratio	1.78:1	Miscellaneous
Jacket Pictures	No
Subtitles	None	Smoking	No
		Annoying Product Placement	No
		Action In or After Credits	No

    The march to the Grand Final 2004 begins in earnest in this Qualifying Final, when Port Adelaide finally, to the joy of its devoted and sometimes suffering fans, shook off the demons of previous years and won through to the Preliminary Finals. Geelong had enjoyed a terrific season, with tremendous improvement shown across all fields. However, the Power weren't about to let yet another finals opportunity go begging, and they crushed the Cats at AAMI Stadium by fifty five points.

Port Adelaide   5.2    11.4    13.7    18.9 - 117

Geelong            2.2    3.5      7.6      9.8   - 62

    Brendon Lade, Warren Tredrea and Toby Thurstons turned in tremendous performances, racking up almost forty possessions between them and adding six goals to the tally.

    Byron Pickett was also amongst the team's best players, along with Michael Wilson who had the unenviable job of trying to contain young Gary Ablett Jnr.

Video

    The video transfer is perfectly acceptable but certainly isn't reference material. We are presented with an appropriately widescreen image, framed at approximately 1.78:1, with 16x9 enhancement.

    Sharpness and shadow detail are excellent.

    The interview footage intercut into the match footage is of terrific clarity.

    Colours were realistically presented.

    There were no film artefacts to report.

    Grain and low level noise were hardly a problem. Some MPEG artefacts were noticeable on occasion, but again, nothing serious. Aliasing is slightly more of a problem - the grass shimmers a little on occasion, and railings and signs in the stands do cause some disturbance.

    All in all - what we'd expect from recent TV material.

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Audio

    The English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo track does its job well, and although the surrounds and subwoofer get little to do, there isn't too much to complain about.

    Dialogue was easy to hear on all but a few instances.

    Audio sync was excellent during the interviews.

    There were very few moments of any sort of distortion.

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    The only 'extra' to speak of is a table of the final score line, which is also available on the back of the DVD case.

    This DVD is formatted to play on all PAL compatible systems, regardless of region. It is likely to be available only in Australia.

    Not the most exciting game but a fine testament to Port's excellent season.

    Perfectly acceptable video.

    Good audio.

    No real extras.

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