6.8 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Sport | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 720p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
None
25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 3.0 | |
Audio | 3.0 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
NOTE: Users with the Sony BDP-S700 may not be able to access menu options; the player showed only the animated screen and played a note of
music every few seconds, failing to highlight or allow for the scrolling through of the three menu options. The PS3 allowed menu maneuvering but
failed to play music
beyond the same single intermittent note.
Congratulations, Boston. A year that saw the city suffer a terrorist attack early in the baseball season and the Red Sox hold down first place in the
AL East for the
long haul ended as it was supposed to end, as 2001 seemed destined to end for the rival Yankees, with a World Championship in the wake of tragedy.
The Red Sox were certainly one of the year's biggest stories, for a number of reasons, though perhaps still playing second-fiddle in that regard to the
resurgent Pittsburgh Pirates, a club that went from 20 straight losing seasons to 94 wins, a dramatic one-game Wild Card win over the hated Reds
("Cue-to! Cue-to!"), and a five-game, to-the-max series with the eventual National League champion St. Louis Cardinals. It wasn't meant to be for
the Battlin' Bucs (next year!) but it was time for Boston to show its strength, for the beards to be feared, for the city to celebrate its third World
Championship of the 2000s and its first at Fenway since way back in 1918, before the Curse and weeks before the end of World War I. Yup, it was
that long of a wait for Red Sox Nation to celebrate at Fenway Park, and who knew after the 2012 season the day would come so quickly?
Boston Red Sox 2013 World Series features a 720p high definition picture inside a 1.78:1 frame. Generally, picture quality satisfies, even at 720p. Colors are, for the most part, well defined and robust. The palette is dominated by Red Sox and Cardinals red, with plenty of green grasses and shots of the green monster furthering the transfer's color reproduction prowess. Details are fairly crisp and nicely defined. More stagnant shots fare best, where facial definition, scruffy beards, and mesh batting practice caps show off some quality textures. Image clarity is fine and but there are some obvious compression/break-up issues throughout the program on distant objects. The video source does right by the material, generally, and the presentation is fine for casual viewing (which is all that's really needed here). Videophiles, however, won't be thrilled with the quality of the production.
Boston Red Sox 2013 World Series arrives on Blu-ray with a passable, but hardly noteworthy, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack. Overlay support music enjoys sufficient, but never terrific, clarity. Notes are nicely spaced around the stage, and the track makes use of a fairly prominent surround element. Bass, too, can be rather deep and, for the most part, is consistently even. Dialogue, both in interview shots and when reproducing authentic sounds from pre-game, post-game, and in-game commentary, plays evenly and with mostly natural pitch from the center speaker. A few sound effects, such as the bat striking the ball, play with fair authority and precision. This is by no means a reference quality track, but it serves its purpose admirably enough.
Boston Red Sox 2013 World Series contains a handful of bonuses. Like the main program, all supplements are presented in 720p high
definition.
The Boston Red Sox painted their own worst-to-first picture, following up a disastrous 2012 season and an emotionally challenging 2013 campaign with the first World Series victory won in the city of Boston since 1918. Despite the loss of Jacoby Ellsbury, the Red Sox look primed to continue to dominate in 2014, but watch out for the reloaded Seattle Mariners out West. Lionsgate's Blu-ray release of Boston Red Sox 2013 World Series features good video even at 720p, passable audio, and a few supplements. Recommended to baseball and Red Sox fans.
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