And so continues the adventures of Monkey and Co as
they head for India.
Volume 2 of the AV Channel Monkey DVD Series features episodes 4 to 6
4. Monkey Swallows the Universe
5. The Power of Youth
6. Even Monsters Can be People
Episode 6 is perhaps the episode i remember the most, with the red blue and yellow
demons disguised as humans, who monkey sees in their true demon form, but no one else can.
(i think it had a certain creep factor way back when :)
So how does this transfer hold up?
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VIDEO
Maybe i'm on drugs but i'd swear Episodes 4 and 6 on this DVD looks better than Volume 1. these ones looks just a little
cleaner, a little sharper and a little stronger in colour saturation.
Episode 5 however is a different story, it's much softer looking.
There are still problems inherent in the Print source, and
there's plently of noise in the picture, but again, it's a TV show over 20 years old, and
hasn't been restored as such.
ALL 3 episodes of monkey are again squeezed onto a single layer DVD and doesn't
appear to have suffered from the high compression. Just the same I would have
thought a Dual Layer DVD9 would have been the best way to present over 2 hours of Monkey
Shenanigans.
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AUDIO
No difference in the audio thought, it's a Dolby 2.0 mono track
with an extremely limited Dynamic range , but at least the dialogue is very
intellegable, even if it's English dubbed over Japanese.
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EXTRAS
The Same badly designed user unfriendly menus have been used for Volume 2....pity
- Randomly displayed Episode Synopsis from all 39 episodes. You
select the box to the lower right of the screen (it displays the episode number in the top
left of the box) when you go into another menu and back to the main menu, the selectable
episode changes...nice
And there's also Cast Bios.
It's all good fun and a welcome revisit on DVD.
The quality may not be the best, but don't that let you stop buying this on DVD.
(unlike Volume 1, this one is playable in
ALL regions....no wonder Ezy DVD are always running out of stock :)
| PICTURE
QUALITY |
4/10 Eps 4 and
6 look better than 5 |
| SOUND
Quality |
4/10 clean and clear dialogue, but that's it |
| EXTRAS |
1/10
can't say I expected much anyhoo |
Review Equipment
TV: Pioneer SD-T50W1 (16:9 RPTV)
DVD: Pioneer DV717 (using RGB outputs)
Receiver : Denon AVC-A1SE THX Ultra (Dolby Surround EX, DTS-ES Discrete)
Speakers:-
Mains: Quadral Amun
Centre: B&W CDMC-SE
Surrounds Left/Right: B&W 602
Surrounds Back : Jamo Magic 14
Subby: M&K V125
- Reviewed 1st May 2001
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