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Ten Christmas-themed, animated adventures featuring Peppa Pig and her family - Daddy Pig, Mummy Pig and little brother George. Peppa loves nothing more than jumping in muddy puddles, always ending happily with loud snorts of laughter.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By Viola
tales:
santa's grottosanta's visit
mr potatoe comes to town
granny pig's chickens
talent day
goldie the fish
funfair
digging up the road
freddy fox
sun,sea and snow
santa's grottosanta's visit
mr potatoe comes to town
granny pig's chickens
talent day
goldie the fish
funfair
digging up the road
freddy fox
sun,sea and snow
36 of 38 people found the following review helpful
By Tatiana
As mentioned by the previous reviewer, there's a problem with aspect ratio.
Menus do come in 16:9 widescreen, but all episodes are cropped to 4:3 and then stretched to 16:9.
So viewing is a pain, as you need to switch the picture format on your TV set from 16:9 to 4:3 and back while going from the menu to episodes. Or else just stick with 4:3 and see all menus squashed.
And even then the crop of the episodes is unpleasant and distracting, as there's a good part of the picture missing, so characters will often appear off screen or with just their nose visible while saying something and/or being a part of the action.
Is this an official DVD at all? There's no reason for such cropping, unless you record the episodes from telly or something and then need to remove the channel branding by cropping the content this way.
Menus do come in 16:9 widescreen, but all episodes are cropped to 4:3 and then stretched to 16:9.
So viewing is a pain, as you need to switch the picture format on your TV set from 16:9 to 4:3 and back while going from the menu to episodes. Or else just stick with 4:3 and see all menus squashed.
And even then the crop of the episodes is unpleasant and distracting, as there's a good part of the picture missing, so characters will often appear off screen or with just their nose visible while saying something and/or being a part of the action.
Is this an official DVD at all? There's no reason for such cropping, unless you record the episodes from telly or something and then need to remove the channel branding by cropping the content this way.
34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
By Ron Gomes
While the content and stories are enjoyable as always, there's a serious problem with the authoring of this disc. It's billed as "anamorphic widescreen" but instead of true 16:9 it appears that a widescreen original has been cropped to 4:3 (badly--the missing side content is obvious) and then stretched to 16:9. The visual appearance--everything is too wide or too fat--is unpleasant and distracting, enough so that it may be noticeable even to children, especially if they're familiar with earlier "Peppa Pig" DVDs, almost all of which are true widescreen.
The menus and previews seem correct, but the actual episodes exhibit this issue.
On some TVs there are controls so that the picture can be "shrunk" back to a 4:3 aspect ratio but that's also unpleasant because of the cropping.
If this was deliberate, I can't understand why the makers would choose to produce this particular DVD this way when all previous "Peppa Pig" DVDs were done correctly. And if it was a mistake, I can't understand how the mistake could have been overlooked until the DVDs were actually manufactured and shipped to customers.
UPDATE: The issue has now been fixed, and new orders should not exhibit the problem.
Amazon replaced my faulty copy; the whole process could hardly have been easier. Excellent customer service as always.
I've upgraded my rating accordingly. Another excellent release from Astley-Baker-Davies.
The menus and previews seem correct, but the actual episodes exhibit this issue.
On some TVs there are controls so that the picture can be "shrunk" back to a 4:3 aspect ratio but that's also unpleasant because of the cropping.
If this was deliberate, I can't understand why the makers would choose to produce this particular DVD this way when all previous "Peppa Pig" DVDs were done correctly. And if it was a mistake, I can't understand how the mistake could have been overlooked until the DVDs were actually manufactured and shipped to customers.
UPDATE: The issue has now been fixed, and new orders should not exhibit the problem.
Amazon replaced my faulty copy; the whole process could hardly have been easier. Excellent customer service as always.
I've upgraded my rating accordingly. Another excellent release from Astley-Baker-Davies.
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bought this dvd as i wanted some not expensive dvd's to keep at our house for grandchildren, it was great
Published 2 months ago by Lorraine Evans
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A Christmas delight
My 3 year old had this in the tree pre Christmas as a special surprise and absolutely loved it! For all peppa pig fans this is a great Christmas treat and will keep them happy for... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Julia Daker
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Perfect for Christmas
A wonderful Peppa Pig dvd for christmas time. My daughter loves the two christmas episodes. Perfect for any Peppa fan!
Published 5 months ago by Susan
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LOVELY D V D MY DAUGHTER LOVES ALL THE PEPPER PIG STORIES AND WE CAN NEVER GET THEM OF ONCE PUT ON
Published 5 months ago by D. Lynda
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Lovely DVD
Speedy delivery, great price, well packaged and great entertainment for my toddler. My daughter loves this DVD and I cannot go wrong with Peppa Pig!
Published 8 months ago by cassy25
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Excellent for Peppa Pig Fans...
I bought my daughter a Peppa Pig box set which covered volumes 1-12. I had not realised that you can purchase volumes 13-17 separately ( as at 12/05). Read more
Published 12 months ago by AlexKrycek
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Fabdvd
My children loves this DVD has many great episodes and many more, it came very promptly which was brilliant thank you.
Published 13 months ago by 3littleones
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It has not left our DVD player, our little girl adores it so much and loves to just dance to the screen saver menu music, (unfortunately this makes it a little boring for the rest... Read more
Published 17 months ago by lou
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This has been watched so many times by my 2 1/2 year old that I know it by heart! As with all Peppa Pig DVD's it is safe to leave her to watch it alone and there are educational... Read more
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Grandpa on behalf of granddaughter
This DVD was ordered for my granddaughter at 9.30 at night and according to the email confirmation would be delivered next day. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2011 by Maffled
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