Product Details

• Actors: Alain De Cadenet
• Directors: Tony Maylam
• Format: Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 6
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: speedchanneldvdscom
• DVD Release Date: August 1, 2004
• Run Time: 400 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001EVGSHI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,075 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best video documentary on these historic marques I've ever seen., October 15, 2009

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S. A. ROBBINS "shirley_rw" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Victory By Design: Complete Set, 6 DVDS - Porsche, Ferrari, Maserati, Aston, Alfa and Jaguar (DVD)

This set of DVDs is without a doubt the best documentary I have ever seen or could imagine on the selected marques. That you get to see and hear these historic cars actually driven at speed is an achievement in itself. The video and audio quality is superb. I watched them on a large Plasma High Def TV and the quality was stunning. The color was magnificent and the audio near perfect. If you are a fan of any of these makes, a historic racing car buff or just like to see and hear the most outstanding historic examples of these marques then these DVDs are a bargain.
The racing history for each marque is shown by progressing from the earliest examples through the latest. Nearly all being driven so that the beautiful sounds of some of the greatest engines in racing history can be heard. The fact that the owners of these cars allowed them to be transported to an appropriate setting and then driven demonstrates the confidence in the producer and in De Cadenet's driving ability that the owner's had. Many of these cars are worth in the millions each!
Unlike most auto television shows and documentaries where the announcers will not shut up so you can hear the engines, De Cadenet and director Tony Maylam did the opposite and let the engines speak for themselves. Hearing an Alfa Romeo or Ferrari 12 cylinder engine on the throttle is music to my ears.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gave it as a gift, December 21, 2010

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This review is from: Victory By Design: Complete Set, 6 DVDS - Porsche, Ferrari, Maserati, Aston, Alfa and Jaguar (DVD)

I gave this to a friend without viewing it but I know this DVD series so it's probably at least good. I had previously watched the Ferrari DVD and it was excellent. Seller was excellent - - sent immediately and received without delay.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Content is world class, but the video is poor, January 7, 2011

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Grumpy McAngrypants (Ottawa, Canada) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Victory By Design: Complete Set, 6 DVDS - Porsche, Ferrari, Maserati, Aston, Alfa and Jaguar (DVD)

I had seen this series in standard definition before I bought it, and was impressed. So I bought the set on the basis that it was remastered, improved, redone or what-have-you. The audio quality is very good, although the discs provide the option of 5.1 or surround from the top menu, which I'm not sure of the difference because the boxes state "recorded in 5.1". Nevertheless, I'm writing this review because of my disappointment with the video. It varies from somewhat acceptable to poor depending on the scene. I'm playing the DVDs on a PS3 via HDMI to a high-end Yamaha receiver via HDMI to a top of the line 58" Samsung Plasma. The setup is stunning for Blu-rays and pretty good for most DVDs. Victory by Design is barely acceptable overall. Oftentimes when the narrator is doing his walk around, you can't make out his facial features very well, and there are compression artifacts evident everywhere, especially all around the edges of cars etc. The best quality video seems to be in-car when directed at the driver while talking. I assume the video capture was done very well originally, but the transfer and subsequent compression to DVD is sub-professional level quality, and shameful for the asking price. In any case, they remain enjoyable but the video is too weak. In fact, I got a bad feeling as soon as I received the discs. They had a bargain basement, I-printed-these-on-my-home-bubble-jet printer sort of feel. Bottom-line is, I should have sent them back, but the content is just so good, it's enjoyable nonetheless. They belong in the $19.95 special bin at Walmart, not for $130 on Amazon.