Review of Friends: Series 6 Boxset

Introduction

With the milennium in site, New York`s favourite gang are still here, now into their sixth year.

Watch out this season for (spoiler alert) Chandler proposing to Monica; the introduction of Rachel`s sister (Reese Witherspoon); Ross and Monica`s `routine` and when Ross hooks up with one of his students.

Video

It is presented in 4:3 Fullscreen, which is normal for a TV-DVD transfer, but that doesn`t mean it`s necessarily good. The palette is OK, and there is the odd compression sign, but on the whole it is a fairly good print slightly sullied by the odd flaw.

Friends doesn`t revolve so much on visual comedy as say, a spoof, but there is plenty for your eyes to lap up. The situations the characters get them into is humourous, and there are some excellent set-pieces in this series.

Audio

A DD 2.0 track is on offer, which is sufficient for this, being a dialogue-driven feature. The main audio stream is crisp and clear, and the ambience level is just right, but the audio has been marked down for the abscence of a DD 5.1 track.

The scripts in this series are some of the best ever, and now the actors have found a comfortable niche to act from.

Features

The first three series had a music video. The next two had the music video plus two featurettes. This series is totally avoid of extras - except for `Instant Episode Access`...a feature that has been available on every other series, but since Warner Bros. needed a main extra, they gave it a seemingly impressive name. Thanks but no...

The menus are completely static as usual, but are easy to naviagte.

Conclusion

The best series so far, now viewers feel a real connection with the gang as we have witnessed the most important parts of their lives so far. And when you couple some real development with some excellent comedy, we have ourselves a winner.

The disc is pretty bad, although the presentation is OK.

Worth a buy as usual for the content alone.