Brooke Burke Body: Sexy Abs + 30-Day
Slim Down (Sony DVDs)/The Story Of
Math Collection (Acorn DVDs)
Picture: C+ Sound: C+/B- Extras: D/B- Main Programs: C+/B
Now for
some special interest releases…
It has
been a while since we had exercise discs of any kind, but a new pair of
effective-enough releases have arrived in Brooke
Burke Body: Sexy Abs + 30-Day Slim
Down from Sony DVD. The TV host is a
new entry into popular figures trying their hand at the still-serious exercise
home video market and at just over an hour a piece, both programs are effective
enough with two music tracks, one of which has instructions.
She is in
great shape for her age and though nothing groundbreaking, I could find nothing
wrong with these programs in their instructions, routines or the way they were
shot. There are no extras, but it turns
out they are part of a larger series that apparently is in progress and these
can only help them all becomes more popular.
If
counting reps is not enough for you, you might want to go all out and try The Story Of Math Collection from Acorn
which combines the following solid previous Athena/Acorn releases we previously
reviewed at these links:
The Code DVD
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/11949/Brave+New+World+with+Stephen+Ha
Story Of Math DVD
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/9899/The+Story+Of+Math+(aka+The+Story
Extras
are the same as well, including the always handy mini-booklets included with
each volume. The cases are regular and
not slender cases.
The
anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image on the Math set is better on the Math series than Code series, which is more a little softer overall than I had
expected. The Burke DVDs are somewhere
in between with good color and some depth, but still soft and lacking the
detail that is likely in their original HD shoots. All also have lossy Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
that are on par with each other, well recorded enough for new programs and though
not spectacular, are professionally recorded and edited, so you should have no
problems with it.
- Nicholas Sheffo