The quality of the picture was pretty bad. It was as if 'Desert Island' classics ...
589383
This 5 rating is for the seller(s). The quality of the picture was pretty bad. It was as if 'Desert Island' classics just burned a VHS recording onto the disc. And not a real good copy at that. Thankfully X-Box 360 has user friendly, as well as great options. Being able to make full screen out of a 4:3 ratio by choosing 'letterbox'. Asside from that, the seller of the DVD was very professional and helpful.
997999
The costumes and sets aren't too bad, but otherwise this looks like a bad TV movie from the 70s usually does. I agree that there is less of the melodrama than in Cecil DeMille's film, but the writing and acting are still painful to watch, and the picture is always dark. It must be that people feel nostalgic about something from years gone by, because this movie looks so very bad compared to classics of the past and modern filmmaking.
4517689
Just prior to the release date, there was a special price for this set; with discounts I paid about $17 for it. And that's about what it's worth, to be quite honest. Yes, we now have have the full NAKED CITY series on DVD. But the picture quality, and sound quality in some, is awful. The distributor seemed to have just rounded up whatever prints rightsholder Sony had and put them to disc. Unfortunately many shows, especially in low light scenes, act like your 7 megapixel camera and are very noisy and grainy. Others are pristine. yet others show they were copied from some form of videotape - and have the dropouts to prove it. Content: I never saw the half hour versions until I opened the set. They're very derivative of the original THE NAKED CITY film, down to the names of the two main characters ... Glad ABC retooled the series last three seasons into hour shows - quality acting ... Get to see young actors such as Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, others familiar on the small screen like Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Ed Asner and Peter Falk. One of my favorite episodes featured a chase through the old Penn Station, another set outside Yankee Stadium 1.0. Get the set - but only at a discount. Great for New Yorkers, viewing the lost New York of the early 1960s.
1201342
The case  was busted but the DVD was intact.  I thought I was ordering two different movies, ("The Life of Christ" and "The life of Jesus Christ") because of the titles, only to discover they were the same, with the exception of a longer running time on one of the DVDs (I think); however, the quality was poor on both...same actors same scenes, same-same.  The picture, in some sections, was so dark we thought the T.V. had cut off until we heard audio; however, fast-forwarding didn't help nor could we enjoy the movie so after a couple of hours we cut it off. Quality was just bad; the worst I've seen to date. The audio wasn't much better. No thanks to reordering either movie. These must have been recorded by the same company at the same time. I should have acknowledged the review written by one of the customers who inferred to order with caution... I know some of the reviews indicated the movies were old and not to expect a quality picture but I did not expect what I got.  I have purchased old movie DVDs in the past but none with such substandard picture and audio quality.  Nope, I won't be reordering either of these.
4805907
Rather than scratches and insect droppings, this one has random pixelations combined with muddy light and vague image resolution.  Probably the cue should have been the packaging is straight out of your street corner bootleg dealer.

If you've ever seen a reasonably good condition film copy, you know the defining visuals of his film are the crystal clear lighting contrasts in black and white.  The surrounding countryside and 'old home' scenes are set with early morning ground mists or the haze of memory while the events on the bridge and in the water are bright, clear, and immediate.

Here everything is dull, dark, and clouded.  Or, if you remember the timbre and enunciation of Captain's commands, so are the visuals.

After that, it is hard to believe this award winning, critically acclaimed film's best presentation is on YOUTUBE.  Somewhere "out there" is a DVD that comes up to the standard of a 16mm public library reel.

Just none of them appear to be on Amazon.
4604299
I suppose that the point of a star system is to rank the quality of the product as well as its content, but it seemed pointless to not recommend this to anyone who would be reading this review.  After all, if you're looking at buying an entire season of a show, you're hopefully already familiar with its premise.
That said, this is one of the worst DVD transfers I've ever seen.  I'm frankly surprised that DVCC, the company that did the transfer, even puts their logo at the end of each disc.  Not to mention the numerous problems with halting-motion...  Whereas the first season was crystal-clear picture (or nearly), this season is pixelated and grainy.
The extras are fine, I guess.  Someone should've told David Greenwalt (commentary on "Reptile Boy") that narrating what is happening on screen is a waste of time for both him and the viewer, while Marti Noxon's commentary was fun and relatively insiteful.
So, in conclusion, if you have it all on video, don't buy this.  Your videos are probably better quality anyway.  If not, be prepared for a big let-down, but you'll no doubt enjoy it anyway.
704435
The new re-master by Pathe is completely sub-par. The image was given a DNR butt-rape, resulting in compromised depth, contrast, detail, and clarity. Virtually no grain is present in the image. I understand that the remastering job was out of Criterion's hands, but I'm still genuinely shocked and DISTURBED that they would release it this way. Without a doubt, the most disappointing blu-ray Criterion has ever put out.
3747942
It is a VHS,so quality is that of a VHS in extended long play mode. not a  great picture.
2964218
Suprisingly bad quality video and sound - a depressing release.
323250
I have owned practically every VHS and DVD release of this film since 1992's "40th Anniversary Edition," and they all appear to have been transferred from the same print.  The color saturation is fairly strong, but the detail is indistinct.  I would accept that perhaps this film's unusual distribution history (the fact that many distributors have owned the release rights to this movie over the years) may have contributed to the poor quality, but I recall many years ago seeing a featurette on "Dateline" highlighting the restoration of a number of historic Technicolor films, including this one, and the footage in that featurette appeared to be fully restored--or at least superior to all the video transfers I have ever seen.

Given its place in the John Wayne/John Ford filmography, "The Quiet Man" is an important piece of film history, and it deserves better treatment than it has received.  It is only because this film is such a gem that I give three stars to this lackluster transfer of a five-star classic.
3142971
Loved the movie but this has very poor picture quality.
937260
I have no problems with the movie. But technically, the quality of this disc is beyond terrible. It looks like a YouTube video does when you play it on a 50-inch plasma. Only worse -- compression artifacts, tiling with squares the size of Post-it Notes, banding that looks like 16-bit grayscale. It made the whole thing unwatchable for me. [...]
101163
The Hudsucker Proxy is one of my favorite movies of all time. I won't go over what's so great about it because you can get all that just as well by reading the other reviews on this page.
I do want to address the quality  of the DVD, however. While the DVD does offer both standard and widescreen  mode (anamorphic, no less), it decidedly comes across as a sub-par job. The  transfer is terrible, dark and grainy in places and completely washed-out  in others (the dancing scene made me wonder if something was wrong with my  player). The sound is in Dolby stereo rather than the 5.1 channel surround  just about everything post-1990 is available in. Not to mention the  complete lack of extras: no actor bios, commentary (which I would have  really liked to have seen) -- not even a theatrical trailer. For a movie of  this quality, I would have expected a lot more.
I love this movie, so I  got it anyway and am happy with it (after all, it won't deteriorate like  VHS). But don't expect a Matrix quality disk or anything.
965697
I watch a lot of old movies from the 30's and some of them are in pretty bad shape as far the quality of the print. However, this film from 1989 takes the cake and then some in the poor print quality department. I have never seen such a blurry print and I certainly would not have put it up for public viewing as Amazon has done here. Now, with that in mind, I watched it any way, thinking it may have some redeeming qualities. But, I was not rewarded for my eye straining. The film is not bad but adds little to the genre of Robin Hood type films...a piece of fluff with no meat, good guys vs. the bad guys, like a Saturday afternoon pop corn burner B movie. We've seen it all before and better done than this one.
194875
What I liked the most was the quality of the picture when playing the movies.what I liked the least is that neither the remote for the dvd and the remote for the games are really poor quality they don't work at all!!! And also it has no sound unless you use the headphones!
699584
The image was blurry and looked cheap. The fabrywas not bad, but the poor image ruined the look.
2623614
The movie is fine (cheesy b monster movie, that's why we wanted it), but the DVD quality was terrible, almost unwatchable in parts