WOW! This is a VERY COOL DISC!!!
Pop it in, and you are greeted with the THX Logo and sound, modified a bit from the LaserDisc/DVD version.
You then can chose from an "In the Audience" mix, which is your standard crowd in the back, music in the front type of deal. Or, you can select the "On the Stage" mix, either in Dolby Digital, or DTS , or if you prefer, plain old stereo............
The video looks great. It's grainy at first (by design), but it's a sharp clear 16x9 anamorphic presentation, and it looks great on a widescreen monitor.
I only sampled the "In the Audience" mix for a few minutes, because the "On the Stage" mix is astounding!!! This is what all surround music concert discs should sound like. It will have the "purists" crapping in their pants! :banana: The vocal seems to eminate from all of the speakers, but the instruments have a very discrete placement to them, using all four corners of the listening area. DTS Playback really fills the room with a big, wide-open sound!
The best part is, they don't have to listen to it this way, they have the stereo and traditional mixes to chose from.
I am impressed with these "SuperDiscs" so far. I hope this is just the start of a big blast of titles, as we watch DVD-A and SACD fade away, at least these are some surround releases that are new and exciting. Despite how some may feel about Monster, the discs that they have released and I have heard have been quite impressive.
Good Job by 3 Doors Down. They have to get our support, them being a "new" act that seems to be big supporters of surround music. If you are a fan, you should be all over this one.
As an overall video package, I give this one a TEN!
BTW - This concert does not just include the tunes from the "Away From the Sun" album, it also includes other tunes, including the non-available-in-surround hit "Kryptonite"!
TRACK LIST:
Duck & Run
Road I'm On
Kryptonite
Loser
Father's Son
Better Life
Away From the Sun
Be Like That
Runnin' Out of Days
Sarah Yellin'
It's Not Me
When I'm Gone
Changes
Here Without You
Pop it in, and you are greeted with the THX Logo and sound, modified a bit from the LaserDisc/DVD version.
You then can chose from an "In the Audience" mix, which is your standard crowd in the back, music in the front type of deal. Or, you can select the "On the Stage" mix, either in Dolby Digital, or DTS , or if you prefer, plain old stereo............
The video looks great. It's grainy at first (by design), but it's a sharp clear 16x9 anamorphic presentation, and it looks great on a widescreen monitor.
I only sampled the "In the Audience" mix for a few minutes, because the "On the Stage" mix is astounding!!! This is what all surround music concert discs should sound like. It will have the "purists" crapping in their pants! :banana: The vocal seems to eminate from all of the speakers, but the instruments have a very discrete placement to them, using all four corners of the listening area. DTS Playback really fills the room with a big, wide-open sound!
The best part is, they don't have to listen to it this way, they have the stereo and traditional mixes to chose from.
I am impressed with these "SuperDiscs" so far. I hope this is just the start of a big blast of titles, as we watch DVD-A and SACD fade away, at least these are some surround releases that are new and exciting. Despite how some may feel about Monster, the discs that they have released and I have heard have been quite impressive.
Good Job by 3 Doors Down. They have to get our support, them being a "new" act that seems to be big supporters of surround music. If you are a fan, you should be all over this one.
As an overall video package, I give this one a TEN!
BTW - This concert does not just include the tunes from the "Away From the Sun" album, it also includes other tunes, including the non-available-in-surround hit "Kryptonite"!
TRACK LIST:
Duck & Run
Road I'm On
Kryptonite
Loser
Father's Son
Better Life
Away From the Sun
Be Like That
Runnin' Out of Days
Sarah Yellin'
It's Not Me
When I'm Gone
Changes
Here Without You