We take pride on the technical aspects of our reviews, Richard is a new reviewer and it takes time to get into a flow off what is required. However a reviewers opinion on a film is just that, and if they dislike a film I am not going to edit their review to keep film companies or suppliers happy. Richard is entitled to his opinion and i will always print our reviewers opinions even if I don't agree. Richard did make his points in the Schindlers thread and stood by them.
I dont think DVD's have reached a bench mark either, infact one which stands out is Matt's review of Master and Commander, every other sites reviews I have read have missed glaring problems with the transfer, some claiming it is outstanding and reference quality. What you have to take into account is that we all watch our review discs on front projection systems that are properly calibrated with mid to high level sound systems (Some are the same THX PM3 speaker systems used to master and dub the films during production), this means we are watching the discs on near reference systems (well as much as we can afford) and can spot the differences between picture and sound formats. We will very shortly be publishing our own take on things like edge enhancement etc as well as each reviewers systems so people know what the discs were reviewed on and what they should be looking for, this will hopefully include comments from industry insiders. Now compare that to other sites (not all, HTF comes to mind) review discs on 28"/32" w/s sets and run of the mill systems only, we put the discs through small systems like this but also through big screens and systems and i think this is where our reviews stand out.
I actually think people reading reviews don't even look at the film parts, so i think three paragraphs maximum is about right.