Product Details

• Directors: Jamie Salvatori
• Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Color, Digital Sound, Dolby, DVD, Special Edition, Surround Sound, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Jumby Bay Studios
• DVD Release Date: October 25, 2005
• Run Time: 190 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BVB33G
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,073 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Shot in HD! Look, but don’t touch.

Yes, the warmth and beauty of a wood-burning fireplace is mesmerizing. But, all fires and fireplaces are not created equal which is evident from Ambient Fire: The Ultimate Video Fireplace DVD. Visually, the DVD leaves nothing to be desired. It looks spectacular.

There are a variety of different fireplaces on the DVD, obviously a desire to cater to everyone’s taste. There are "just logs", a marble fireplace, a "modern" fireplace, "just flames", a "cuddle-up-next-to-the-fire Holiday scene" which features lots of holiday decorations and a train going around a tree, and even a campfire scene. Features a total of 9 different scenes. Smartly, they’ve made the most "desirable" scenes 35 minutes long and scenes like the campfire only 10 minutes. Of course, you can loop any of the scenes for endless playback.

Includes 5.1 fire sound effects and a variety of music choices including classical, guitar, and holiday. You can even choose to have the sound of fire mixed in with the music – a nice touch. This DVD, like its aquarium counterpart, Ambient Water, includes built-in playlists as well as the ability to create custom playlists.

Customer Reviews

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75 of 77 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great at being what it is... with tempered expectations, December 18, 2005

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P. Kingsriter "R.N. Guy" (Lakeville, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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I honestly don't know what I expected out of this product. I suppose I wanted it to transport me to a snow-covered cabin in the north woods, put me in a terrycloth robe and slippers, and hand me a cup of cocoa. While it didn't quite accomplish those dreamy things, it succeeded in being exactly what it purports to be: an well produced video fireplace.

The picture is crisp and the sound crisper. Each video is automatically set up to loop continuously, so no reprogramming of your DVD player is necessary for long-term play. Mercifully, only one of the nine video options has any of the panning or camera movement you may read about on some other videos, which is just fine because a real fireplace doesn't pan or zoom... right? (The lone exception is a fire kalidescope of sorts - too psychedelic for my taste and the only track that's pretty much a throw-away.)

The lighting is consistent as is the overall tone of each scene. The views featuring a mantle outline vs. just the logs-n-flames are split about 50-50, with one scene focused tightly on the flames alone. The logs appear to be real as they collapse on themselves over time, but I believe the fires are supplemented by gas as they seem (at least in the early stages of each scene) to burn almost TOO consistently. The holiday-decorated scene looks like a display you might see at your local department store -- it's cheesy but charming in its own campy way.

The choice of 7 different audio tracks (3 music tracks with or without fire crackling background, plus the fire sounds alone) is a nice feature. I doubt I'll ever watch this video with the music tracks provided as unfortunately they're not of very good performance quality and therefore not terribly relaxing. Again, it's a nice option to be able to turn them off.

While overall, it's not exactly compelling video, it's not supposed to be. It's lovely to have when setting a relaxing mood. Pardon me while I pop it in... and grab my own robe and slippers.

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A good effort, but as cold as my bank., May 30, 2007

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B. Martin (Camarillo, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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It has a very user friendly menu letting you also choose different audio for each fire and hear samples prior to making a final decision. My favorite is the campfire because it has a very important thing missing in the others...hot embers. That red glow at the bottom of the fire is so important, which also lead to the wood collapsing on itself as it burns. The others are gas flamed and you can even see in one of the fireplaces that gas is turned-up to get the fire going. I think the HD quality actually was a bad choice. HD seems to make the flames look like one of the vertical fan things that blows tinsel upward at the car dealership to get your attention. Is missing the different colors happening in the flames that dance about. I have another fire dvd that was shot on regular video of a real fire and it is sensational. This will work for may people, but I grew up having experiencing hundreds of nights with family and pets in front of our fireplace and I was perhaps expecting too much.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceeded my expectations, December 15, 2006

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J. Kimani (Fullerton, CA) - See all my reviews
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I wanted to buy a fireplace dvd to have for the holidays. I searched through alot of different dvds with many different reviews. None seemed to have all good reviews, so I chose this one based on the music. (You can choose from Classical, Jazz, Christmas music, fire sounds or a combination of fire sounds and music) I am extremely pleased with it. The music is very nice, the fire noise sounds real and is very relaxing. There are eight different fires and a scene with pretty candles on a turning table to choose from. They have a fireplace with Christmas decorations around it, a fancy marble fireplace, a brick one, a stone one, and a couple others. They also have a campfire, which I like. When you listen to the fire sounds on this track (different fire sounds for each fireplace) you can hear the wind, crickets, an owl, and even frogs in the background. It is very realistic sounding. The only thing I don't like is the track that is just flames (no fireplace). They are so big on my screen that I feel like the wall is on fire. Other than that, this is a great dvd. Good quality picture and well worth the price. I highly recommend it.