Customer Reviews

Fireplace - Visions of Tranquility: Soothing Music and Natural Sounds

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4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

Thought this would appear like a fireplace on the screen, instead it was a bunch of closeups of the fire and the boxset version cut off the top of the flames

I agree that this is the worst fireplace video of them all. The makers just don't seem to understand that if watching a real fireplace is soothing and cozy then they should try to recreate that experience. They don't. Instead they fade shots in and out, most of which are annoyingly close up (as though you are sitting with your nose an inch from the fire). Just as you are adjusting to the shot and starting to relax, the shot switches again. It's like sitting to down to watch a fireplace and having to move to a totally different part of the room every minute or so. That wouldn't be relaxing, and neither is this DVD.

As a conisseur of fireplace video programs, I would have to say that this is by far the worst. Or should I say "blurst." This DVD's technical shortcomings amount to visual misspelling, and I'm afraid I can't recommend it to anyone.

What is this? I bought the dvd on impulse during a 5-min "pick-up-something-else-run" at the videoshop.
The dvd consists out of nothing else but ridiculously close shots of a burning fire. 95% of the time the images are taken in angle in which you would have been admitted to the severe burns trauma center if you had filmed it yourself! Nowhere on this dvd do you see an actual full size, normal fire burning... and you may forget seeing the flames dance because they're always shot in close-up or from a weird angle. The dvd does not "flow" but is rather a cut-and-paste job of bad images that jumps into many different angles but not a normal-eye view ... not relaxing at all.
The only OK thing is the music, but not the christmas version cause that's a mix of butchered european classics! And trust me, I'm from Euope and I know my songs! LOL Unless you have $20.00 regret-money to spend, this will be a very big disappointment...

This is a very convincing fireplace.I bought this because I don't have a fireplace in my house.This is actually a two dvd set.One disc contains the Fire with your choice of just the fire sounds or night music.The second disc contains your choice ofthe fire or Christmas music.These disc features 5 audio choices.You can just listen to the fire or the fire with music.You can also listen to just the music without the fire sounds.The dvd starts with a match being lit and than you see different shots of the fire on the logs.Most of these shots are about 5 minutes than it changes to a different shot.Sometimes the fire gets bigger on the log.The sound on this disc is excellent.I liked the occasinal popping of the logs.The fire atthe end ends with just embers.This is 60 minutes long.This is a very romantic dvd to watch with your sweetie.It's also should be watched when you want to relax.It almost put me to sleep watching the flames.The Christmas one is also useful during the holiday season.I would rather both music choices had been on one disc but I'm happy with this relaxing and romantic fireplace.

I have to be honest and say I had some reservations when I bought this DVD to add a little more atmosphere to a winter holiday party. I guess I figured it might be a little cheesy. Happily, though, I was dead wrong. This is truly a well put-together production that really takes advantage of the DVD format to offer you not only a choice of screen formats, but also a choice of both classical or baroque-style Christmas music mixed in with the flames, or - if you prefer - nothing but the sound of the crackling fire. Bottom line: a great accompaniment to any winter occasion; whether it's a holiday party or simply something to have on in the background while you chat, cook, read a book, or do whatever. And - unlike a movie - this is something you can enjoy all night long, over and over again. My advice: a definite "buy".

Frankly, I'm a little puzzled by the other reviews of Fireplace - Visions of Tranquility. This DVD offers about as realistic a fire as one could expect on a TV screen. I liked the variety of angles and close-up views. No, you never see the entire fireplace, but if you did, the fire would be miniscule on the TV screen. The producers even went to the added expense of shooting the fire on film to better capture the subtleties of colors in the flames. You also get versions, 16:1 widescreen and 4:3 pan & scan. Sure you can play your own music for additional flavor, but the DVD comes with two music tracks. You can choose baroque Christmas music or a relaxing night music track. Both tracks play with or without a crackling fire sound effect, in your choice of 5.1. 2.0 and DTS surround sound. How many more choices do you want? Buy it. Play it. And relax.

I was, at first, disappointed with this DVD, primarily because it consists totally of close-up shots of a blazing fire in a fireplace. Some in-out panning would have decreased the boredom.

However, I combined this DVD along with some very good Christmas music, and lit an aroma candle. Then I leaned back, watched, listened, smelled, and did some very serious, pleasant daydreaming.

I bought this DVD to put on during our family Christmas and everyone loved it. I mostly wanted it for warm background sound (I used the fireplace sound only option) and to make the TV less of a black hole in the living room. It worked great! It's also very relaxing for those of us who like to go to sleep with the TV on but don't want to be distracted by actual TV shows or movie playing. Nice soothing VERY realistic sound. I found the Christmas music option not very soothing but the night music is okay.

I bought this DVD, despite warnings here that it was a "waste of money," because it was the only DVD that offered a wide screen mode. We have moved to an old house where the fireplace can no longer be used. It seemed like the perfect time to put a flat screen TV right where the fire screen would be. What fun! We bought an extra DVD player so that all we have to do is change the input and voila we have the fire because this DVD is always running on that second player. It is amazing how much having this DVD on in the background warms up the room (well, maybe it is all the electronics producing the heat). This is no longer a two-DVD set; the whole scene is now on just one dvd which can be changed to play fire crackle with or without music. We like the music selections, but we play the DVD so much that we get tired of what's on the DVD. Now we play other music on our stereo speakers while keeping only the fire crackle going on our TV speakers. We work at home and used to have a news channel running in the background; now we mostly have this. The change of perspective on the fire works well for our use because we don't sit and stare at it, but rather just glance from time to time while enjoying the fire's sound and ambience.