DVD : Birds of Prey: The Complete Series

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- What you need to know
Okay, I just picked up the 'Birds of Prey' DVD set.
It looks and sounds fine, but here are a couple of things that you will probably want to prepare yourself for before buying it, so you won't be dissappointed.

1) Though it is in the original 'widescreen' aspect ratio, IT IS NOT enhanced for widescreen televisions (anamorphic widescreen). What does this mean? Well, if you have a standard TV, you will have a black border at the top and bottom of your screen. If you have a 16:9 TV, you will have to blow the picture up to fit the screen (which means a lower picture quality) or else you will have a black border surrounding the entire picture.

note : Oddly enough, the 'Unaired Pilot' IS enhanced for 16:9 televisions. Hmmm....

2) A great deal of the music that was on the show at the time that it originally aired (including the original theme song by Aimee Allen) has been replaced for the DVD (most likely to keep down the cost of the licensing to include it in on the DVD). (In the finale, the TATU song that played during the big action scene is most notably gone.)

note : Though the Michelle Branch song has been replaced at the end of the 'Unaired Pilot', it is still there at the end of the 'Aired Pilot'.

BUT...

I am glad that they released the set. It looks better than my VHS-taped off of TV copied with all of the station logos blocking portions of the picture. I do wish that the entire DVD was 16:9 enhanced. And I do wish they would have been able to leave the great theme music during the titles.

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- What were they thinking?
It is nice that the WB finally let this one out on DVD. They changed the music, it kind of bogs the show down. Feels like the WB is trying to kill the show a second time.

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- Great series screwed the pooch on the audio
Im sorry, but I am sick of the RIAA making so many licensing demands on the video producers.

I'm glad I have my old VHS copies from when this aired so I can listen to "Revolution" in the theme instead of this VERY LAME Substitute.

And the final battle with this wanna be grunge instead of "All the Things She Said" by Tatu, screw that. I couldn't return mine (bought at a retail store that doesn't do returns) but I took a loss and gave it to a used CD store---and recorded my VHS Copies to DVD.

Maybe its time we started a "Revolution" if we could just get up in the morning.

Rating:

- Unaired Pilot - Anamorphic, Series - Not! WHAT?
Just a quick statement. I am very happy "Birds of Prey" is on DVD. Even though it is "Standard" (though still widescreen)... I can "zoom" in and it is no problem. With my set up, I experience no picture cut off. What is ridiculous is when I viewed the unaired pilot...IT IS ANAMORPHIC! In what world does this make sense? Great Series... gone too soon.

Rating:

- Good Show, BAD SET.
WHAT THE HELL.
They changed about every important song used in this show.. Hell the theme song has been changed into a girly love song. I am thinking about taking this set back just because of the music changes that they never warned us about.

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