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Review of Sand Patch Part 3 West Keystone Connellsville PA to Pittsburg PA DVD

"Sand Patch: Part 3 - West Keystone " is our 8th video following the Old B&O Railroad and it surveys another historic riverside track by following first the Youghiogheny River then the Monongahela River to Pitteburgh, Pennsylvania. Here's a area without too much coverage over the years as the Pittsburgh and Connellsville, then the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie then the Baltimore & Ohio toiled in obscurity carying freight, coke and steel.

This video takes you through the rest of the Keystone Subdivision, then continues into the Pittsburgh Subdivision. From Connellsville, we follow a fairly level river route through towns and communities very much in transition from the very heavy mining and industrialized region of days gone by. There are plenty of artifacts of that rich industrial heritage as well as evidence of the huge struggle for the area to reinvent itself. We visit the sites of one of the early Southwestern Pennsylvania bourbon distilleries in Broad Ford, then

Overall rating for this DVD? 5 Star Excellent
4 Star Very Good
3 Star Good
2 Star Fair
1 Star Poor

The rest is optional but appreciated.

In your opinion, how was the narration level? There was no narration.
Just enough.
Could have used more.
A little too much.
Way too much.
Narration can be turned off.

Aside from the content of the DVD, how would you rate the image quality (sharpness, camera steadiness, etc)? Poor.
A little rough around the edges.
Good.
Excellent!

How would you rate the VALUE of this video? Overpriced for the amount of enjoyment I got out of it.
Seemed a little high, but not too bad.
Fair.
Good value.
Excellent value!

Last question. Would you recommend this DVD to others? Definitely not!
Not unless they REALLY were interested in the subject matter.
Yes
Definitely.
A "Must Have"!

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