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pepka Inner circle Uh, I'm the one on the right. 5041 Posts |
I should have mine Wednesday or Thursday. I know the deck also includes a Quartet card. Is there anything on the videos using Quartet, or do I have to find the manuscript?
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emyers99 Inner circle Columbus, Ohio 4741 Posts |
I watched the Reformation dvd and was thoroughly impressed. Impeccably shot, most of the time over his shoulder and close up. If you've struggled learning from the book, there's no way you would have trouble learning from this new recording. The rest of the dvd is full of fantastic extras including a new routine and a long sequence where Guy silently performs and explains all the sleights taught in the book. Then there is a great impression done by D. Brown which made me laugh.
Watching Guy work is nothing short of watching a mini Cirque de Soleil performance with just his hands. I consider myself a pretty advanced card handler but one thought kept floating through my head: "no matter how much I practice, I'll never be that good." Almost frightening to watch how smooth he performs impossible sleights. |
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Ray Haining Inner circle Hot Springs, AR 1907 Posts |
It is true: he performs very difficult sleights effortlessly.
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emyers99 Inner circle Columbus, Ohio 4741 Posts |
His variations on the pass are gorgeous.
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Bobby Forbes Inner circle virginia beach, VA. 1569 Posts |
There are some nice variations on a few of his routines. And yes the original recordings are here as well. There is a slight syncing problem halfway through disc one and towards the end of disc two. No big deal really, it's just for $162 you would think a small issue like this would not happen. Yes the packaging is pretty but will just sit on my shelf and collect dust. For anyone wondering if a quartet card comes with the deck provided, yes it does. The only issue is it is the design, color, and size of the deck. The number indices are smaller than normal bicycle and stud cards. Also the outline of the court cards on the gaff is green so again will not go with bicycle cards.
Other than those small issues, the routines are awesome. The variations are great as well. If you have the book and his original videos you'll really enjoy this set. $162 is pretty expensive when you think about it but if your a true Hollingworth fan you will consider it money well spent. I have set number 840 out of 1000 so they are almost gone. |
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silverking Inner circle 4574 Posts |
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On Sep 10, 2014, Bobby Forbes wrote: A slight syncing problem? I'd call it a huge syncing problem. An entire effect on disc #1 with audio so many seconds out of sync with video one can't help but have a difficult time following ... plus a menu selection that doesn't function at all. You have to "play all" in order to get all the effects, trying to access the malfunctioning effect directly via the menu leaves you staring at the menu page while the counter counts down as if the effect is playing. For $180.00 one expects a bit more expertise. It remains to be seen what the fix will be, or if DandD will offer a level of customer service that will "make good" this rather large screw-up. One certainly hopes that this will be resolved such that folks will feel they've received a complete package of technically competent engineering for their $180.00. It's actually a good test of DandD's customer service mentality, as the complete edition of 1000 sets will no doubt sell out within weeks ... thus leaving DandD without any pressure to actually do anything in regards to making good for their customers. They would have to actually feel that the disc #1 screw up was simply unacceptable, and demonstrate their willingness to fix it sans any additional sales of the package. Hollingworth's material is simply too good, and this package is otherwise too expensive and too well put together to let this major malfunction mar FOREVER an otherwise stellar DandD effort. |
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Xcath1 Inner circle 3052 Posts |
I have the set bilirubin as with too many of my purchases have only had time to skim so have not run into the problem yet. Has anyone contacted D and D and head anything back?
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silverking Inner circle 4574 Posts |
There's no doubt they're aware of it, as there's no doubt they're continuing to send the grossly flawed discs out to customers.
There's no note on their website, and to date no contact with their customers as to how they propose to make good on replacing the discs. Pretty sad so far. I guess we'll see DandD's true colors in the days ahead. |
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Bobby Forbes Inner circle virginia beach, VA. 1569 Posts |
They got back with me and said they are in the process of getting disc 1 re-done and should have them mailed out within the next month. Not disc 2 as of yet. I was told I was the only one to call about a problem with the sound being muffled for the latter half of dvd number 2.
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silverking Inner circle 4574 Posts |
That sounds more promising than silence, thanks for posting that Bobby. It's more than DandD have offered in term of proactively letting their customers know what the resolution was.
It would probably represent a higher level of customer service if 1000 customers didn't have to find that out on their own, but were rather informed directly by DandD. More to the point though, it's just lip service until that happens. |
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Daren Inner circle 2051 Posts |
Are the redone first discs being sent to everyone that bought a set, or do you need to request one?
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silverking Inner circle 4574 Posts |
Word on the street is that purchasers of this set don't need to worry about the out of sync disc. Some sort of fix is in the making.
Exactly why we don't have to worry about it isn't made clear at this point in time (how hard would it be ... really), but one might presume that something will be done to make good the issue. |
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Steven Leung Inner circle found the Magic Rainbow after 1614 Posts |
I know nothing and received no email on problem regarding Disc 1 whatsoever. My disc 1 seems working without any obvious problem. However,my parcel was mis-sent to Taipei and send back to me. It was 2 weeks late than most of my magic friends got their package.
The digital remake of London Collection and Routines is the same video quality as you can get from VHS tapes, so that means no improvment on that. Still you can see the effect clearly though. Commentary were not on every single effect, and commentary on the London Collection is not shot on HD as well. Still it is a very nice update in my opinion. Commentary on Routines DVD is the highlight of the Gambling routine where Guy explain the table false shuffle, fools me badly even explaining it. Only the Reformation (performance and explanation) is shot in HD, and the interview as well. The greatest surprise is in Reformation DVD bonus features, Guy performs sleights (those crazy Passes if you know what I mean) that taught in Drawing Room Deception and over the shoulder view which is a huge benefit of this set. Also other bonus effect is very nice indeed. Packing is very elegant like a leather shoe box from UK sort of things like that, signed and numbered by Guy Hollingworth. Seems almost 900 set sold out previously told by other Café members, so get this while you can. I did not open the deck so I cannot give any review, seems Quartet card were included. Then I think it will be even better if a Disc 4 cover and explain effects that involve Quartet then this will make the set a complete collector's edition of Hollingworth creation. Hope my brief review can help. Sincerely,
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Bobby Forbes Inner circle virginia beach, VA. 1569 Posts |
He syncing problem starts during the explanation of the cannibal cards routine
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Bobby Forbes Inner circle virginia beach, VA. 1569 Posts |
Any updates on the replacement disc?
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Bobby Forbes Inner circle virginia beach, VA. 1569 Posts |
Well.. 9 months later I was shipped a vol. 1 "replacement disc". I have not watched it yet but will advise if the problem was fixed. It came as a single disc wrapped in a piece of bubble wrap that didn't even cover the whole side of the disc and mailed in a non padded envelope. Sweet. Will never order from them again. Never got any answers and their customer service was terrible. That's just one mans opinion so don't scold me.
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Bobby Forbes Inner circle virginia beach, VA. 1569 Posts |
For anyone who's interested. You can now buy all 3 discs of the hollingworth collection individually without the cardboard "collectors" box and deck of cards for $50 cheaper on penguin magic. So much for limited collectors edition being worth anything ha. I should have waited...
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