2010 FIFA World Cup: South Africa-Best Goals, Best Saves, Top Players (2010)

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General		Extras
Category	Sports	Main Menu Audio
Rating
Year Of Production	2010
Running Time	90:00
RSDL / Flipper	Dual Layered	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Menu
Region Coding	4	Directed By	None Given
Studio Distributor	Madman Entertainment	Starring	None Given
Case	Amaray-Transparent
RPI	$29.95	Music	None Given

Video		Audio
Pan & Scan/Full Frame	None	English Dolby Digital 2.0 (224Kb/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 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa was a great occasion, although not a great tournament in the history of the world cup. For me, the biggest disappointment was probably how many of the world's great players underperformed, despite their reputations. A list of these would include players like Christiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Wayne Rooney to name just three. Despite this, there was as always some high quality play, great goals and some very exciting matches. This DVD collects a host of different highlights of the tournament and is divided into a number of sections including sections on great goals, great saves, the golden ball nominees and winner, the best game of the tournament, highlights of the final and the various ceremonies along with some mess-ups and fan footage.

     There is certainly some very worthwhile components here but it does not really come together as a whole show, feeling like disconnected sections (as they are). The sections are quite often in different styles which exacerbates this issue. Even the disc authoring sets everything up as separate titles rather than chapters within a title.

     This is a good souvenir of the tournament although Socceroos fans should note that the only time Australia appears is a short shot of Pim Verbeek getting excited on the sidelines.

Video

     The video quality is very good with no major issues to report.

     The feature is presented in a 1.78:1 aspect ratio, which I would guess is the original aspect ratio and is 16x9 enhanced. The picture was quite sharp and clear without being really crisp. Shadow detail is decent. There are some occasional mild MPEG artefacts. The colour was excellent. There were no other obvious artefacts.

     There are no subtitles.

     There are no noticeable layer changes.

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Audio

    The audio quality is good.

     These DVDs contains one audio option, an English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo soundtrack encoded at 224 Kb/s . This audio transfer is perfectly suited to the material. Commentary was mostly easy to understand and clear throughout, although the music was sometimes a bit over the top.

     The surround speakers and subwoofer were not used.

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     Nothing.

Menu

     The menu is still but includes music. Options are only play all or choose chapters.

    This particular release in a Region 4 exclusive however similar releases are available in other regions.

     90 minutes of highlights from the 2010 World Cup. The video quality is very good. The audio quality is good. The extras are non existent.

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