First off, it's Black & White (DUH! - See title ), secondly, it's a bit on the grainy side, so the "HD" is not a "hit you over the head" HD. It's 16x9, it looks great, but it can't be described as an HD demo disc.
This is an HD-DVD, not the standard DVD. It's 16x9, anamorphic does not apply to High Definition discs. Actually, I haven't A/B'd it, but it may be cropped at the top and bottom. I would have to compare the images from the DVD to the HD-DVD to be sure.16x9 you say, do you mean anamorphfic 16:9? If so this is new, my DVD is 4:3 or what you Americans like to call Full Frame...
//Uffe
This is an HD-DVD, not the standard DVD. It's 16x9, anamorphic does not apply to High Definition discs. Actually, I haven't A/B'd it, but it may be cropped at the top and bottom. I would have to compare the images from the DVD to the HD-DVD to be sure.
However, just watching it without "thinking", it looks pretty natural at 16x9.
This is an HD-DVD, not the standard DVD. It's 16x9, anamorphic does not apply to High Definition discs. Actually, I haven't A/B'd it, but it may be cropped at the top and bottom. I would have to compare the images from the DVD to the HD-DVD to be sure.
However, just watching it without "thinking", it looks pretty natural at 16x9.
The irony, of course, is that for years we championed the companies putting out letterboxed transfers on LD, which has now become the norm on DVD. But no one asked anyone to take fullframe and remove video information just because the monitor format is changing, or to make a non-anamorphic image look 'cinematic.'
The philistines still have their moments of ignominy; I fear they will prevail.
OK. We bought this on DTS DVD, then we bought it for the DVD-Audio, then the SACD. Should we buy it again???
I almost purchased the blu-ray disc yesterday but couldn't find a description of the audio format. Can someone who has the blu-ray version of this show tell us what the audio format is please? The disc was for sale at $8 but the description of the audio put me off.
No idea what description of the audio put you off but various audio formats are available from the Blu-ray disc including lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1.
OK. We bought this on DTS DVD, then we bought it for the DVD-Audio, then the SACD. Should we buy it again???
(Link to SACD/DVD-A HiRez Poll Thread)
Well, I did. But I'm not sure why. It's great, no doubt. But if you already have the above versions, you may want to stick with them.
First off, it's Black & White (DUH! - See title ), secondly, it's a bit on the grainy side, so the "HD" is not a "hit you over the head" HD. It's 16x9, it looks great, but it can't be described as an HD demo disc.
The sound, as you would expect, is of course a 10. The surround mix is very aggressive, and anyone with the DTS DVD, SACD, or DVD-A knows this. You have to suspend reality when listening. There's a raging debate over at the AVS forum where some members are aghast that a guitar will burst out at them from the rears when it's clearly in front of them on the screen!!!
Aside from that, it's great to see the interaction of the band during the songs. Especially the jam on "Pretty Woman". T Bone Brunett and Bruce Springsteen have a great guitar duel while the rest of them strum on, all with smiles the size of your sub woofer. Very cool.
So, if HD-DVD is to "go away", you may want to grab this one while you can, especially if you don't have the earlier DVD versions. If you do, you can probably live without it. The SACD and DVD-A both come with the DTS DVD, and right there you have the video AND the HiRez.
So any way you do it, you're covered!
Surround: 10; Audio: 10; Content: 9 MY VOTE: 10