Product: Skiing With Jean-Claude Killy [VHS]
Rating: 3.0
Audio/Video Quality F-, Skiing Technique A
This film has instructional value if the viewer understands the basic mechanics of alpine skiing. Especially, one must understand when to flatten and when to edge a ski. Without that specific knowledge, this video is inspiring but it won't help a beginner or intermediate skier improve.My complaints: It's one of the poorest reproductions I've ever seen. In order to get the picture to stop rolling and the sound to clear so that the music was audible, I needed to turn-off all of the VCR's high tech features. I also think that a copy was used to make a copy of a copy, etc., etc., etc. The tape was reproduced at extended play speed, or maybe extended, extended, super extended play speed. I didn't measure it, but I would not be surprised if there are only 30 feet of tape on the roll. I would think that it could have been reproduced at standard speed since tape is cheap.Based on audio-video quality, this tape is a rip-off. Based on skiing mechanics it's a keeper.