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** “BabyVisioN.” Fire & Ice. $49.95.

This 75-minute video, targeted at an audience between 9 months and 36 months old, is designed to be viewed in short segments and bills itself somewhat loftily as a “bonding opportunity with parent and child.” Reminiscent of those soft-cloth baby books, it simply offers a benign series of six real-life vignettes: “Toys,” “Animals,” “Liquids,” “Motion and Sound,” “Plants and Flowers” and “Dreams.” The placid format is intentionally non-aggressive, but the camera work is pedestrian and the basic narration is hard for an adult to listen to: “pull toys are fun,” “balloons are pretty,” “see the baby swing.” Of course, you can always turn off the sound and substitute your own words to “amplify the bonding experience.” Information: (800) 345-2888.