good value
One DVD would not (does not) contain Clapton's best. This one comes close. I bought this as an intro to Clapton for my wife. Price is right and she became enamored with him. Call it a "Starter Clapton", not the ultimate Clapton. For that go to the Live Clapton DVD's.

ERIC CLAPTON - GREAT PERFOMANCES
This is a wonderful collection of his performances. Unlike the CREAM documentery, this is all music. With his many styles and variations, this is a little of all of them. Although it is not 5.1 stereo, if this is set up to your ears liking, you will totally enjoy this DVD. I particularly like PRETENDING and MY FATHERS EYES.

Love Clapton - Hate the sound quality
I gave the DVD a 4 Star rating due to Eric Clapton the artist. Unlike other reviewers who felt that nothing he's done since the 60's is worth listening to; I LOVED the music. Although I don't believe "Clapton is God", I have enjoyed Clapton's music through the years. I really enjoyed the videos and the guest appearances by other great musicians such as Phil Collins.

The issue is for such a great Guitar Virtuoso, Clapton didn't review the sound quality before releasing the DVD. Great DVD for Clapton fans! However, once again the accountants put out the "Best of" DVD without listening to the sound. When do they remove accountants souls; the last year prior to taking the CPA exam?

Pointless, cheap and a waste of time
Of all the artists with documentaries and video compilations, Eric Clapton continues to get the short end of the stick. This chintzy collection of common videos is both a waste of your time as well as money.

With piles of fine `80's-`90's live video to use, Warner Video decided to just go cheap and slot in some best-of-Warners clips; they couldn't have spent more than the playing time compiling this. There is nothing here that's worth spending a nickel on, especially for fans who already have "24 Nights" or "Unplugged".

Polygram did a far nicer job - and their's was nothing terrific, mind you - with their "Cream Of Clapton" that at least showed some aspect of the history of this performer. This is hardly the "best of" 1981-1999, it's no more than VH1 might do with a handful of videos and a half-hour to kill.

A wasted opportunity - don't make things worse by wasting your hard-earned money.

Disappointing as a DVD
I'm fairly new to DVD's, so when I bought this one I thought all DVD's took advantage of the superior sound available through the use of dolby digital 5.1, like James Taylor's, Live at the Beacon. This one doesn't it's in stereo. While I love Clapton, I don't HAVE to see him to enjoy him, so if I had it to do all over I'd have bought the CD. At least with the CD, I could have enjoyed his great music in the car as well as at home. So be sure and check what audio format is being utilized BEFORE making your purchase.