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How It All Works
by Zach B.
How The
Reviewing System Works
Short but Sweet
reviews
Images
Awards
How the Reviewing System
Works
Every DVD reviewed on this site is rated on a scale of
zero to five circles. Zero is the worst, and five is the
best, respectively. Also, there are halves in the score
system, these come in really thin circles (more like ovals)
or halves with the new images.
Also, each DVD is rated on the following things: Video
presentation, audio presentation, the features included with
the disc and overall. Also, each movie/show/performance is
rated, but this does not get included in the overall
score. I have it that way because how the acutal
movie/show/performance is and the total presentation of the
disc are not directly related. You can have a bad movie and
a great disc, and vice versa. It's all opinion. Nonetheless,
I think the movie should have a grade based on how the
reviewer liked it. On one final note, the overall score is
not an average, but rather a rating the reviewer
thinks the disc as a whole deserves based on the elements of
the DVD and price.
Images
The following are images you'll see in review webpages
and around the site. DVDlaunch launched a new design in the
fall of 2001, but since it is a time consuming process to
reconfigure old pages, I decided to leave those pages as
they were (besides, they're great for nostalgia!). Anyway,
here are both sets of images. The first image on each line
is from the old review pages, the second are the new images.
Here is a run down of them all:
  A review and info of the
medium (movie, show, etc.) being reviewed. The rating is NOT
included in the overall score.
  This image indicates a
section or score of Video Presentation.
  This image indicates a
section or score of Audio Presentation.
  This
image indicates a section or score about Features or
Supplements a DVD includes.
  This image indicates final
thoughts on a disc or it's total score. The total score is
NOT an average.
Short but Sweet
reviews
Short but Sweet reviews are indicated by this
icon at the top of a review page:
These reviews tend to focus more on the DVD
itself. The same comprehensive and in-depth coverage on the
DVD itself is handled - just as you would come to expect
from any other review on this website. However, the only
major differences are that these review webpages are laid
out slightly different from normal review webpages, there is
no Overall section (see below) and there is no review of the
Medium (obviously no score is given for this section).
Instead, a plot summary of the DVD feature (film, television
show, performance, etc.) is featured.
Video, Audio and Supplements scores for the DVD
are given, just like a standard review. However, instead of
an Overall section and score, there is "Keep or Weep?".
"Keep" (good!) means the DVD is worth getting, and "Weep"
(bad!) means that it is not.
Ratings
(All out of five)
  Zero. Ziltch. Nothing.
  Half.
  One.
  One
and a half.
  Two.
  Two
and a half. Average.
  Three. A little bit
above...
 Three
and a half. Getting there...
  Four. Good score.
  Four
and a half, almost perfect... but almost does not count.
  A perfect five! The best
rating anything can recieve.
And of course, your trusty DVDlaunch.com
logos.
AWARDS
For superior discs, DVDlaunch gives out awards,
indicating a strong reccomendation.
If a DVD can score at least a four on video,
audio, featres and overall (yes, each section needs at least
a four), the DVDlaunch GOLD award will be added by the disc.
If a DVD can score a perfect five on all four
sections (video, audio, extras and overall), it gets the
PERFECT award. This is quite rare of a disc to do so, but it
shows how great a DVD can truly be.
And that's it... enjoy!
Look for a complete list of what got Gold and
Silver awards soon.
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