NFL Greatest Games Series: Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowls

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(3 stars) - A Review From a Dallas Fan!
Being a big Dallas Cowboys fan, I couldn't resist getting this Steelers Super Bowl collection. Now I own the two Steelers and Cowboys Super Bowls of the 70's which are two of the very best Super Bowls of all time. These are great games for any football fan and I enjoyed them immensely, even though my team lost. Unfortunately the video quality of the first two discs in this collection of the Vikings and first Cowboys Super Bowls are pretty bad. I did read all the other reviews that warned of this, but I still bought the set just to see the Cowboys games. I was hoping that the quality could be as good as the NFL: Dallas Cowboys 10 Greatest Games set which has Super Bowl 6 from 1972 and the quality of that disc is excellent compared to these Steelers discs even though the games are more recent. It's hard to make out which players are which because of the shaky camera and the picture seems to go from light to dark at various moments and it sometimes makes seeing the ball hard and ruins some good plays. It's too bad that the quality is worst than an old VHS tape as these are classic games that should have been transfered to DVD in much better quality. On the plus side, the next two discs (Super Bowls 13 and 14) are much clearer and easier on the eyes than the previous discs. You can actually enjoy watching these games as they are as good as the original network broadcasts. And of course Super Bowl 40 against the Seahawks looks great as this was only a few years ago. So 3 out of the 5 discs are of good quality. I would definitely recommend this to any Steelers fan as it's their team and they'll love reliving the Steeler's dynasty of the 70's, even with the poor quality. But even as a Cowboys fan, I'm still glad I got this to see my team in two classic Super Bowls and the Rams and Seahawks Super Bowls were pretty entertaining as well. I just wish the video was better for Super Bowl 10.

(4 stars) - Not as bad as you have read
My father-in-law received these as a gift, and I just watched IX yesterday. Yes, the footage is closer to that of an older VHS tape, but far from unwatchable. You can even see facial expressions quite easily on close-ups, although still not of tremondous quality. If you have the games on old VHS tape and are looking to transfer them to DVD, I imagine you would probably get better quality just buying this set, which I believe is quite reasonable considering you get 5 games on 5 DVD's. The only thing that I would have liked to see is some bonus material. Hall of Fame induction speaches would have been great!

(5 stars) - Re-live the moments
If you're a Steeler fan, this is one of the best season reviews I've ever seen. Each regular season game is summarized, as well as the play-off games and Super Bowl. Its a very enjoyable and thrilling ride!

(3 stars) - decent, but pathetic
This collection includes some PATHETIC video quality. The first two games are extremely bad. (Almost unwatchable.) What did they use to source this? Worn-out VHS? The older source material COULD HAVE been made better, but the NFL wants us to buy this set now before we re-buy a cleaned up version on Blu-Ray.

The radio play-by-play and color commentary would have been a nice surprise, but sadly we're stuck with no choice in the matter. (only television broadcast audio is available)

In the end one of these games occurred before I was even born, so I guess I can't complain THAT much. Eh, I just won't watch half of it.

I could only recommend this set to a "completest" and, ironically, that's exactly the person that would be most disappointed.

(3 stars) - 2 OUT OF 5 AIN'T BAD
THE FIRST 2 SUPER BOWLS WERE GRAINY AND MAKE YOU REALISE HOW FAR AND PROFESSIONAL THE COVERAGE OF SPORTS HAS PROGRESSED BUT IT'S STILL WORTH BUYING THIS ITEM...AS A THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES...

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