 [Larger view] | Fireplace - Visions of Tranquility
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 Perfect for wide screen viewing | |
| I bought this DVD, despite warnings here that it was a "waste of money," because it was the only DVD that offered a wide screen mode. We have moved to an old house where the fireplace can no longer be used. It seemed like the perfect time to put a flat screen TV right where the fire screen would be. What fun! We bought an extra DVD player so that all we have to do is change the input and voila we have the fire because this DVD is always running on that second player. It is amazing how much having this DVD on in the background warms up the room (well, maybe it is all the electronics producing the heat). This is no longer a two-DVD set; the whole scene is now on just one dvd which can be changed to play fire crackle with or without music. We like the music selections, but we play the DVD so much that we get tired of what's on the DVD. Now we play other music on our stereo speakers while keeping only the fire crackle going on our TV speakers. We work at home and used to have a news channel running in the background; now we mostly have this. The change of perspective on the fire works well for our use because we don't sit and stare at it, but rather just glance from time to time while enjoying the fire's sound and ambience. | |
 There are better fireplace DVDs out there. | |
| Though not a total disaster, I thought the visuals were less than great. Shots move around too much and the background fireplaces are not that impressive.
However, I do like the 'Christmas Goes Baroque' backgroung music, though it is better as an audio than when the distracting video is running. Overall, I'd suggest a different fireplace DVD. | |
| Relaxing realistic sound and picture | |
| I bought this DVD to put on during our family Christmas and everyone loved it. I mostly wanted it for warm background sound (I used the fireplace sound only option) and to make the TV less of a black hole in the living room. It worked great! It's also very relaxing for those of us who like to go to sleep with the TV on but don't want to be distracted by actual TV shows or movie playing. Nice soothing VERY realistic sound. I found the Christmas music option not very soothing but the night music is okay. |
