Product: Menotti - Amahl and the Night Visitors (1955)
Rating: 5.0
Memorable content overcomes technical limitations
I grew up watching the early TV broadcasts of Amahl on or near Christmas day, including the very production on this DVD. Watching this DVD still pulls the heart strings.For that reason, and the fact that the DVD does its best to capture and present the original, I've awarded the full five stars. The following technical comments are for the benefit of other potential purchasers, for a better informed purchase.Audio/sound is solid, good range (especially nice solid bass), only a small amount of distortion totally within expectations for a recording of the era.Video/image is pretty high contrast, fair amount of detail washed out in the highlights and darkened out in the low key areas. Essentially, a fairly basic image resembling (or maybe is) a kinescope. If you're expecting the beautiful tonal range of a well-made B/W film of the era, this is not it.In the end (as mentioned in the review title), the DVD content does overcome the technical limitations. If you want your own copy of this historic presentation, this is it, probably as good as exists.