Product: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 2.0
Loved the show but DVD sound is terrible
My family watched the show on PBS and fell in love with it. So, with great excitement we bought the DVD - but what a disappointment. Even my kids, who normally don't care if the sound is coming out of some cheap tape player, asked if this was the same show. I don't have DTS or Dolby Digital playback - just the analog output into a Dolby ProLogic surround amplifier. It sounds like they mixed the channels up - the rear sound effects (hand claps, chains rattling, the narrator slurping her drink) come from the front, and are louder than the singing. You have to really crank the sound up to hear most of the singing, and then some parts suddently come in so loud they blow you away. It was so uneven that I had to check my equipment with other DVDs to make sure something wasn't broken. I think they really goofed up the DVD sound and should redo it.Bad DVD sound aside, we loved the show! There's such a fun variety in styles of music, and the lyrics are really clever. (Hey, it's not easy getting "pajamas" to rhyme with "farmers".) The kids can't stop singing the tunes.