As it is Holiday Celebration is an okay
July 21st, 2008 | RSS Feeds | Posted In: holiday celebration
In the grand scheme of things, such an issue is admittedly minor, but the playback modes the Treasures offer even with the occasional Play All option are still limited to large degrees by what is on each disc of each set. VIDEO and AUDIO As is usual for Classic Cartoon Favorites, Holiday Celebrations picture quality is mixed bag.
Corn Chips 1951 655 After Donald cleverly devises way to make Chip and Dale shovel his driveway for him, the two squeaky chipmunks plot their revenge. Nicholas plays on the Main Menu while snow falls and the background cycles through rainbow prism of colors with spotlights moving about. The rest of the cartoons were initially released in Technicolor and therefore have not been visually altered for the disc. The thematic compilation is definitely an appealing way to revisit vintage Disney shorts and the program here offers something not easily achieved any other way on DVD.
That area is how the Classic Cartoon Favorites volumes will never rival the sets in the Walt Disney Treasures line in value or presentation quality, there is one area where think the lowpriced alternative arguably succeeds over its more collectible ancestors.
Like other discs in the line, Holiday Celebration strives not for content exclusivity three of the seven cartoons have already been released to DVD and fourth is less than two months away, not for any bonus features whatsoever, not for pristine picture and sound unless the shorts have made pleasing previous appearance in the more collectorfriendly Walt Disney Treasures line always look better than those that havent and that is again the case here.
The remaining four shorts The Clock Watcher, Rescue Dog, Corn Chips, and Toy Tinkers have not before appeared on DVD in the Walt Disney Treasures line in value or presentation quality, there is one area where think the lowpriced alternative arguably succeeds over its more collectible ancestors. But even with multidisc DVD player, that would require some effort, or at least more effort than Disney expects from viewers who are so lazy or incompetent that they invented system which negates the need to press remote control buttons.
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