| Age Group | 36 |
| Video Likes | Enhanced, correct aspect ratios. Clean transfers of high quality film stock. |
| Video Dislikes | Pan and Scan. Grain. |
| Audio Likes | Constant and immersive surround mixes. High fidelity bass and LFE. Discrete music recordings that don’t bleed. dts and THX-certified audio mixes. |
| Audio Dislikes | Dubbed movies. Audio sync problems. Obvious ADR. |
| Favourite DVDs | See Top 10. |
| Least Favourite DVDs | Worst DVD efforts: R4 Three Colours trilogy (despicably low-quality effort for such a masterpiece of cinema) and Blade Runner and Backdraft (both fantastic films, both woeful transfers). |
| Most Eagerly Awaited DVDs | The Double Life of Veronique, The Decalogue, Queen's Greatest Video Hits 3 and subsequent Queen releases, and re-releases of Backdraft, Blade Runner and Titanic. |
| Titanic | Cameron proved his talents with this film. Despite some detracting features of this movie for me (its pacing and the mis-casting of the male lead), I loved the sheer scale and romance of this film. It cries out for a *decent* DVD release. |
| The Matrix | Loved the first two in this series, but found Revolutions a big anti-climax. |
| Terminator 2 | A ground-breaking sci-fi/action/effects movie, that is still great fun and still holds up well today. |
| Star Wars | Easily one of the most influential film trilogies of all time and deservedly *the most* anticipated DVD release of all time, so it's just great to finally have these DVDs released with such attention to detail and now sitting in the DVD collection. |
| Godzilla | I do wish they hadn’t bothered! |
| Independence Day | Umm, no comment on this one either! |
| DVD Player | Denon DVD-2900 , using Component output |
| Display | NEC 125cm Widescreen Plasma . Calibrated with Digital Video Essentials (PAL). This display device is 16x9 capable. |
| Audio Decoder | Rotel RSP-1068 Pre-amp/Processor . Calibrated with Ultimate DVD Platinum. |
| Amplification | Elektra Theatre 150 Watts x 6 channel Power Amplifier |
| Speakers | Orpheus Aurora III mains, Orpheus Centaurus 1.0 centre, Velodyne CT150 sub and B&W DM303 rears |
1. Three Colours trilogy (R2): This trilogy is nothing short of a cinematic masterpiece, a truly impressive body of work that has not been (and will not be) rivalled since. R2 offers the best transfer. |  2. Russian Ark (Russkij Kovcheg) (2002) More than just a stunning technical achievement, this is another most impressive example of contemporary cinema as art. |  3. Queen-The DVD Collection: Greatest Video Hits 1 (2002) It's been well worth the wait for Queen on DVD, with the quality of these releases reflecting the significant input and supervision by the band members themselves. The dts 96/24 mix on this disc (a first for DVD-V release) is just amazing. | 4. Highlander (R1 Immortal Edition): A long-time favourite action film (before it was ruined by mindless sequels and a franchise!). This R1 is the best/most comprehensive of numerous DVD efforts at the film. |  5. Citizen Kane (Warner) (1941) Often voted "The most important/influential film of all time" by the public and critics alike... it wins my vote too. |
6. The Decalogue (R2): This series of ten short films exploring the application of the Ten Commandments to a modern context is profound, multifaceted and masterfully constructed. A must-see experience for both the mind and soul. |  7. Queen-The DVD Collection: Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl (1982) Rock concert DVD heaven! Queen on fire at their blistering best, presented on a fantastic DVD package that includes a great dts 96/24 audio mix. |  8. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Special Extended Edition (2003) The conceptualisation and realisation of this film trilogy surely has to stand as the pinnacle of contemporary film-making to date. Ditto, the quality and comprehensiveness of the 3 DVD packages is unsurpassed. |  9. Contact (1997) This is, for me, the ultimate science fiction story. The genius of Carl Sagan, brilliantly adapted for cinema by the genius of Robert Zemeckis. One of my all-time favourite films. |  10. The Godfather-DVD Collection (1972) The 3 films collectively make for unparallelled great cinema, all beautifully restored for this DVD box set. |