Product Details

• Actors: fireplace
• Directors: Plasma Candy
• Format: Anamorphic, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Plasma Candy
• DVD Release Date: January 1, 2008
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (72 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001KNAI2Q
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,171 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

After being disappointed with many of the Fireplace DVDs out on the market that we tested, we were inspired to create a fireplace DVD that: 1. Used a real wood burning fire (not gas). 2. Was lit properly so that the fire didn't overexpose the shot. 3. A fire that filled the entire screen of a wide screen television as well as a regularly formatted TV. 4. Had no cheesy hearths to distract from the fire's magnificence. 5. Allowed the viewer to control what stage of the fire they wanted to see. We believe that addressing these issues with a professional DVD has allowed us to create the best virtual fireplace available.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

49 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a couple complaints, but mostly good, December 13, 2009

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Janna Caywood (St. Paul, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fireplace DVD: Real Wood Burning Fire (Anamorphic - FullScreen Edition) (DVD)

I've never had a fireplace DVD before, so my only reference base was a day long burning fire that's broadcast on a local cable channel on Christmas day. I guess I was spoiled by that, because the cable version was better than this DVD, but... I still like to play it.

I'll tell you my complaints first:

1. The sound takes some getting used to. The popping wood echos pretty loudly and gives you the impression the fire is burning in an empty room with hard surfaces (not exactly a cozy feeling).

2. The looping is jarring. There are four choices in the menu, a high fire, a medium fire, a low fire, and the full fire (from hi to low). Of the first three choices, the fire loops every ten minutes, but the loop is noticeable. The frame freezes for a few seconds, the sound stops, and then it starts over again. I've made smoother transitions in my amateur home videos, so not sure why they did it this way. Would be better if you didn't notice the loop at all. The fourth option, the full fire, is even worse. It plays for a full 30 minutes, but towards the end of the low fire the sound starts to skip a little. Then the screen goes to black for quite a few seconds (and is silent) before starting again with the high fire. Again, very jarring. I almost fell asleep, but this woke me up. Seems they could have made this less noticeable.

3. You feel the urge to stir! During the low fire part, a log (or a piece of a log) falls out of the firebox and no one puts it back! It really drives home the point this fire is not real because you're dying to jump up and put it back!! (this is another thing I liked so much about the cable version - a guy would come by every so often, stir the fire, add more wood, so it was tended to and you therefore didn't worry about that.

But... in spite of my complaints, I have to admit I still watch the thing and I do find it relaxing, once I got used to the idiosyncrasies. The colors are warm and glowing. The fire is kind of hypnotic to watch. Your brain even tricks you into thinking it's giving off heat! And it is framed just exactly right, so that it fills up your TV screen as though that were the firebox itself. No annoying music, just the sounds of popping wood and the updraft.

For ten bucks I guess it was a decent buy. If I had paid more I would probably be less accommodating. But if you simply want a basic, no frills fire to watch, this will do the job.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible quality and warm fire colors -- love it!, November 18, 2008

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J. Lexell (Riverview, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fireplace DVD: Real Wood Burning Fire (Anamorphic - FullScreen Edition) (DVD)

I was very impressed with this video. I actually ordered 2 others and was not satisfied. I liked this Fireplace DVD best because 1. it was a real fire and 2. it fills the screen. I really didn't like the cheesy foregrounds of another DVD I bought. Whenever we have people over to the house and want some background, but not a distraction we put this on and people always love it.

35 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The worst of the many fireplace DVD's I have seen, October 10, 2009

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T. Lockhart "mom2three" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fireplace DVD: Real Wood Burning Fire (Anamorphic - FullScreen Edition) (DVD)

I really wish I could agree with the other reviews who gave this a high rating. I really tried hard to like it but just can't. I have a more than a few different fireplace DVD's and the write up on this seemed very promising. I bought this for a 42 inch Plasma. My first problem was that the color tones are WAY too red/orange. I tried every adjustment on my TV and it was either red or washed out. I could not get it to look natural at all. My second issue was that there is a constant odd eliptical illumination in the background. It looks as though there is a spotlight on it all time, not the natural glow that would be naturally given from a fire. Also, the logs and fire were sort of hazy and did not look nearly as crisp and realistic as some other videos. I actually play this on a TV that's nestled in a real hearth and behind a stained glass firescreen (safer than a real fire when you have little tots!) and it was so bad that I couldn't even play it partially hidden behind the glass. The only good part of this DVD was the audio of the fire and the ability to play the fire at different levels or the whole cycle of the fire. My suggestion overall though is to pass this by if you want something realistic!