DVD/Video Complete F1 seasons on DVD? (MERGED)

Ryan_Briscoe1 · 20 Sep 2006, 08:19 (Ref:1714395)

just wondering if anyone knows where you can buy or get complete f1 seasons on dvd? i would of thought the f1 people would of put them out for sale by now, make heaps of money off them!

Skam85 · 20 Sep 2006, 09:10 (Ref:1714456)

Sato san is the man with the DVD collection everyone envies

**Adam43** · 20 Sep 2006, 11:30 (Ref:1714574)

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Originally Posted by Ryan_Briscoe1

just wondering if anyone knows where you can buy or get complete f1 seasons on dvd? i would of thought the f1 people would of put them out for sale by now, make heaps of money off them!

If you are looking for season reviews try duke, amazon, grandprixlegends, f1store, play, or even a high street store (bored of listing places now).

Do you mean full races? Duke has a few. mainly mid-'80s.

Chatters · 20 Sep 2006, 12:37 (Ref:1714628)

While we're on the subject of F1 DVDs, does anyone have that 50 Years of Formula One: Onboard (something like that) DVD? If so, is it any good?

SennaTheGreat · 11 Dec 2006, 23:05 (Ref:1788452)

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Originally Posted by Chatters

While we're on the subject of F1 DVDs, does anyone have that 50 Years of Formula One: Onboard (something like that) DVD? If so, is it any good?

I have it and i think it is alright. The Qualifying lap at Suzuka 1989 with Senna is MESMERISING!!!

Aso the 1ST corner pile up at St Devote at Monaco from the back of the Wiliams Renault is brill!!

luke · 20 Sep 2006, 19:49 (Ref:1714963)

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Originally Posted by AdamAshmore

If you are looking for season reviews try duke, amazon, grandprixlegends, f1store, play, or even a high street store (bored of listing places now).

Do you mean full races? Duke has a few. mainly mid-'80s.

thing is though, they are vhs.

Silk Cut Jaguar · 20 Sep 2006, 13:30 (Ref:1714688)

I've often wondered why FOM doesn't cherry pick classic races and release them on DVD in their entirety.

A boxset with a few of Senna's greatest grands prix would be guarenteed to sell like hotcakes.

**Adam43** · 20 Sep 2006, 20:02 (Ref:1714975)

Good point and fairly ropey quality too. It is not all the years that are on DVD yet.

safc_fan89 · 23 Sep 2006, 07:27 (Ref:1716895)

Nothing wrong with the old VHS tapes! I have review tapes from the 1980s and the quality is good.

**Adam43** · 23 Sep 2006, 08:39 (Ref:1716932)

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Originally Posted by safc_fan89

Nothing wrong with the old VHS tapes! I have review tapes from the 1980s and the quality is good.

There are rubbish. Although I am impressed how much they managed to do with such an inherently poor system.

I find a lot of the early ones are a poor reproduction.

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Originally Posted by knowlesy

Can't beat the DVD's though, supreme quality.

They are better than tape. And more convienent. However the choice of compression level annoys me sometimes. Sometimes it is just not good enough - although I am not specifically referring to F1 DVD reviews.

Knowlesy · 23 Sep 2006, 08:35 (Ref:1716928)

The very late tape reviews had very nice quality for me, though I do have a very good TV and VHS player.

Can't beat the DVD's though, supreme quality.

Knowlesy · 23 Sep 2006, 08:44 (Ref:1716936)

In terms of recording, yes this is annoying. But you get used to it and work around it in time.

I have got a ton of DVD's. What was a massive bulk of about 250 tapes is now compressed into a small DJ box. Fantastic. Cheaper as well, because you buy DVD's in bulk. Tapes are idiotically expensive.

**Adam43** · 23 Sep 2006, 08:48 (Ref:1716939)

Exactly, I am still in the middle of DVDing my tapes. Videos are always going to be more expensive they need more material and engineering to put them together.

I was actually referring to the compression on some professionally produced DVDs, not home movies, that is unforgivable.

Knowlesy · 23 Sep 2006, 08:51 (Ref:1716942)

This was a problem with a lot of the early official motorsport DVD releases I found.

It is getting better, though there are still some very dodgy quality recordings out there!

**Adam43** · 23 Sep 2006, 09:11 (Ref:1716948)

I think it comes down to a lot of laziness from the production teams. It was the same with early CDs- they sounded like they'd just recorded the vinyl onto CD. Afterwards everything had to be re-released onto CD in order to do it properly - go back to the master recordings. A similar thing happened with early DVD films too.

Cynically you could suggest that this was to get people to buy it more than once, but I think the real reason is laziness and ineptitude.

Knowlesy · 23 Sep 2006, 09:14 (Ref:1716949)

100% correct.

safc_fan89 · 23 Sep 2006, 12:24 (Ref:1717020)

I'm not fussy about how clear the footage is. My 1986 F1 VHS review is just as clear as my 2005 F1 DVD review.

JAG · 26 Sep 2006, 16:13 (Ref:1720465)

Theres some hope for season reviews on DVD.

Duke have said they will be releasing their back catalogue on DVD, as and when they can, so keep an eye out.

Soon to be released are ETCC reviews from the 80's.

cmotd · 28 Sep 2006, 22:16 (Ref:1722462)

Duke season reviews on DVD have been available for a while now:

http://www.pitstop.net.au/pitstop/pa...vds/15777.html

Sadly there are no others on DVD until you get up to 2003 which you can get from the official F1 site.

**Adam43** · 30 Sep 2006, 07:34 (Ref:1723482)

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Originally Posted by safc_fan89

My 1986 F1 VHS review is just as clear as my 2005 F1 DVD review.

I doubt this, although it may depend what you are watching it on.

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Originally Posted by JAG

Duke have said they will be releasing their back catalogue on DVD, as and when they can, so keep an eye out.

Soon to be released are ETCC reviews from the 80's.

Thanks for the heads up.

What years do they have? *goes off to look*

JAG · 3 Oct 2006, 19:25 (Ref:1726852)

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Originally Posted by AdamAshmore

I doubt this, although it may depend what you are watching it on.Thanks for the heads up.

What years do they have? *goes off to look*

Don't think they're listed yet, but I was told early 80's upto 88.

JAG · 2 Dec 2006, 20:10 (Ref:1780473)

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Originally Posted by JAG

Don't think they're listed yet, but I was told early 80's upto 88.

http://www.dukevideo.com/Cars/DVD/Ci...985%20DVD.aspx

Hazza · 30 Sep 2006, 07:11 (Ref:1723473)

The really stupid thing is the World Superbike Reviews, up untill recently most of the classic seasons, like 2000 were 3 hr VHS reviews...with a sister 1 hr DVD review. What utter trash!

safc_fan89 · 1 Oct 2006, 12:42 (Ref:1724370)

I tend to watch my videos and DVDs on a TV

I doubt they are the same quality, but what I mean is the difference in quality is not noticeable. The first time I watched it, I didn't think 'Oh, this has poor quality'.

**Adam43** · 3 Oct 2006, 19:30 (Ref:1726861)

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Originally Posted by safc_fan89

I tend to watch my videos and DVDs on a TV

Well there is your trouble.

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I doubt they are the same quality, but what I mean is the difference in quality is not noticeable. The first time I watched it, I didn't think 'Oh, this has poor quality'.

Videos eat away at my soul. Although not as much as poorly produced DVDs. There is still scope to improve though.

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