Winnie the Pooh-A Valentine for You: Special Edition (1999)

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General		Extras
Category	Childrens	Main Menu Audio Game Bonus Episode
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Year Of Production	1999
Running Time	49:43
RSDL / Flipper	Dual Layered	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Language Select Then Menu
Region Coding	4	Directed By	Keith Ingham
Studio Distributor	Walt Disney Studios Home Ent.	Starring	Carter Crocker Jerome Beidler Brady Bluhm Peter Cullen Jim Cummings John Fiedler Michael Gough Ken Sansom Andre Stojka David Warner Paul Winchell Carl Johnson Gabrielle Morley
Case	?
RPI	?	Music	Carl Johnson Gabrielle Morley Gabor Csakany

    Winnie the Pooh has been a going concern for many years and there are many products available featuring this lovable and more than a little dim character. This release includes two television specials made in the 1990s both of which feature Valentine's day themes. It is being released to coincide with Valentine's day in February 2010. The two specials are:

1. A Valentine For You - 1999 (22:09) - Christopher Robin is bitten by a love bug and his friends try to help.

2. Un-Valentine's Day - 1995 (27:34) - Rabbit wants to cancel Valentine's Day because Pooh go a bit excited the year before and sent far to many cards. This special includes a version of the Three Little Pigs (Three Little Piglets) at the end which takes up about 6 minutes of the running time.

    My youngest son was excited when he saw this disc arrive in the post and certainly enjoyed watching it. At five he probably falls into the best demographic for this disc. My 'nearly 7' year old son was less interested as you might expect.

    Recommended for fans of Winnie the Pooh!

Video

    The features are presented in a 1.33:1 aspect ratio which is the original aspect ratio. Obviously, it is not 16x9 enhanced.

    The picture was about as clear and sharp as you would expect for animated children's television from the 1990s i.e. nothing special.

    The colour was very good with no complaints to make.

    Artefacts included quite a few white specks and lines.

    There are optional subtitles in English, English for the hearing impaired, German, Portuguese and Dutch.

    The layer change was not noticeable.
    

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Audio

    The audio is good.

    This DVD contains four audio options an English Dolby Digital 2.0 soundtrack encoded at 192Kb/s and tracks of the same technical specs in German, Portuguese & Dutch. The track is very front and centre focused.

    Dialogue was clear and easy to understand throughout. There were no audio sync issues.

    The surround speakers and subwoofer were not used.

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Menu

    The menu is still and includes music from the show.

Game - Catch the Love Bug

    Simple game which involves trying to press the enter button when you have a love bug in your jar. It is actually quite difficult to achieve.

Bonus Episode - My Hero (11:10) 

    Episode of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh TV series. Piglet saves Tigger and becomes a reluctant hero.

    This disc is also being released in the same format in Region 1 early in 2010. Draw.

    The video quality is good.

    The audio quality is good.

    A couple of decent extras are included.

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