[DTV]

My favourite would have to be the 07-08 look. Some of the best music David Lowe has done in my opinion.

There seems to be a lot of love for the short 15-month 2007 era. For me, it's always been one of those things that is not a winner in any individual category, but pretty solid across the board - so I can see why it comes top for a lot of people. I think it's parts of the graphics that put me off a bit, if they'd just pared back the bevels and flashes, I'd give them a much higher mark. Nonetheless, should definitely have lasted far longer - though I don't think they could have last as long as the white and red titles, the 2007 titles do still look quite good and it always bears repeating what a massive technical improvement they were over the earlier versions of the clamshell (as well as how quickly this graphic revolution happened).

I'd certainly agree that it was one of Lowe's better packages - given that the 2008 theme is pretty much just a modified version of the 2007 theme, it's a shame that the energy of the package was lost in the 2008 rebrand - which could sometimes feel a bit hollow. Though I don't think he'll ever beat the 1999 nationals bed, the 2007 bed was also a good example of one that was more musically deep/interesting (if you get what I'm saying), but didn't step into OTT territory (in the way that I feel the 2002 World beds did).