Richard Dimitri's Combat Conditioning - Tape 1.

[Maxetai]

I've just browsed the site and looked at about ten different reviews at random.

I was a little disappointed. Everything just seems to get praised to the hilt. They have a section where there are about 10 ways to score each vid out of 10. They all get 8's, 9's and 10's.

And there was a Tony Blauer bias. It seems that the site owner is alittle too much of a fan to retain objectivity to me.

What good is a site that tells you everything is great? Its meaningless!

But that was only a very quick check of the site.

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Check it out further Thai Bri because the 8's 9's and 10's are not what one might think initially. Here's what they mean in this site:

To clear up any and all confusion, here's how that breaks out:

80 = "0" stars = Poor
81 = .25 stars = Poor
82 = .50 stars = Poor
83 = .75 stars = Poor
84 = 1 star = Poor
85 = 1.25 stars = Poor
86 = 1.5 stars = Fair
87 = 1.75 stars = Fair
88 = 2 stars = Fair
89 = 2.25 stars = Fair
90 = 2.5 stars = Fair
91 = 2.75 stars = Good
92 = 3 stars = Good
93 = 3.25 stars = Good
94 = 3.5 stars = Good
95 = 3.75 stars = Good
96 = 4 stars = Excellent
97 = 4.25 stars = Excellent
98 = 4.5 stars = Excellent
99 = 4.75 stars = Excellent
100 = 5 stars = Excellent

Each point on our 20 point scale is equal to ¼ of a star on our new 5 star scale.

Also, please realize the following:

80-85 = Poor
86-90 = Fair
91-95 = Good
96-100 = Excellent

This was taken from the site's 'grading' page. There's more to it than what I quoted above, so check it out. Here's the link:
http://home.att.net/~erik.mann/grade.htm
If the above link doesn't work, go to the home page and then click on the 'grading' page. Here's the link for the home page:
http://home.att.net/~erik.mann/mavr.htm

[Thai Bri]

Now you've lost me. How is that relevant to the scores out of 10 that they give for various categories in each tape?

[Maxetai]

Now you've lost me. How is that relevant to the scores out of 10 that they give for various categories in each tape?

You would add the scores you mention- the ten categories. The sum would fall somewhere between 80-100, since only 8,9 or 10 are used to grade each one of the ten categories. See my post above what 80-100 means (80 being the worst and 100 being the best score).

[Thai Bri]

What a nonsense way to run things. Someone browsing the forum will see 8's, 9's and 10's and naturally asume that the video they are looking to buy is excellent.

Each video review should come with a warning - "Attention - Pay No Attention to these Scores! We Are WANKERS!"

Or they could just score things properly, in accordance with the rather well known binary 10 system!

[Maxetai]

What a nonsense way to run things. Someone browsing the forum will see 8's, 9's and 10's and naturally asume that the video they are looking to buy is excellent.

Each video review should come with a warning - "Attention - Pay No Attention to these Scores! We Are WANKERS!"

Or they could just score things properly, in accordance with the rather well known binary 10 system!

You are quite correct sir!

May I add though that after you understand their grading system, you will notice that they do "trash" many videos and deservedly so. They also praise some, so their reviews run the whole spectrum of "trash" to "Gems". Not bad me thinks.

[Thai Bri]

The proof of the pudding is in the eating. I looked at the site and perceived that it was full of hyped crap. This nonsense scoring system may have been the cause..... but the onus is on the messenger to be understood.

[Maxetai]

Look beyond their crappy grading system and perhaps there is some useful info there for you. If you find nothing of value...well then forget it!

I found useful information so I want to thank you Thai Bri for mentioning this site.

[kengar]

Heres a site, but I havent read too much form them as yet.
http://home.att.net/~erik.mann/mavr.htm.
And there was a Tony Blauer bias. It seems that the site owner is alittle too much of a fan to retain objectivity to me.

They do tend to be bias towards Blauer, though they admit it. The scoring system is odd but you can get a rough idea if you may like to purchase the product.

[HtTKar]

the rather well known binary 10 system!

Do you mean the binary system as in 10110101?

Thank you for the review.

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[Gard]

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