recently I finished watching the entire DVD. 
Surprisingly Van Wely goes through quite a number of his losses, which are very  instructive, and you can see how he tries hard to find his way through the unfathomable complications. You can also see his glee and satisfaction when it looks like he stumbled on the ultimate "truth" in certain lines: e.g. Van Wely-Smeets, where he calls the young opponent naive for supposing that with such an elo difference he will go for a forced draw!~ 

This DVD is as good as any for learning typical tactics/strategical elements in the Semi-Slav, e.g. tricks on the light-squared diagonal in the Botvinnik, the strength of the passed pawns (e.g. White's f6 and h-pawn, Black's queenside majority). But those looking for latest theoretical wrinkles and secret novelties in the opening will not find it, as Van Wely usually goes quickly towards the middlegame, which is just as well for this format. There isn't any attempt at complete coverage, so no 9. exf6, 11... Qa5, 12... Qc7 Botvinniks, which is understandable for sidelines, though I wished for more on 11... Nbd7/11... Rg8 Moscow lines (there is only one rapid game Van Wely-Vallejo, which is quite irrelevant for theory). 

I especially enjoyed the coverage on the deep Moscow main lines (Van-Wely-Kobalija and Onischuk-Lastin), and also Wendt-Van Wely is a must see, where facing an opponent several hundred elo less, Van Wely got into a mess before escaping like a true GM! 

Anyone else watched this DVD and has any comments?