Hi,
just got home to my new bluray version of the concert and here are my impressions of the package:-
The disc comes in a standard case with all the original artwork as in 'no overdub bits'.
It also states PS3 compatible lol.
Firstly let's get one thing straight, upon loading the disc you are greeted to nice menu system with a random clip playing in the background... Very nice indeed!
Once you start up the concert I immediately was quite surprised it was in standard 4:3, I really was expecting it to be converted to 16:9 ?. Incidently on the back of the case it states it is recorded in 1080p widescreen??? You tell me!
The picture quality is much better than a VHS trust me. The colours looked great on my HD tv although I can see what people are saying about the grainyish bits. A bit like some if the 80's films that have been transferred to BD i.e Commando. I have to disagree that it look only like a good VHS cos it truly looks quite sharp on my tv. You can make out the smudge marks on the guitars and stuff. With reference tithe hair, that doesn't bother me, it was there in the original!
More importantly and what Mark/DS is all about is the sound. Oh my god it is absolutely stunning. You can hear it is mixed so well. It blows me away and you have to bear in mind mine is being simulated by a surround sound system too. I know we have all seen this concert so many times before but seeing it and hearing it in this way just makes you realise as if we didn't know not only how awesome MK/SD were. The concert is sublime! Show some new bands this and I reckon they would quite literally wet themselves in excitement.
The extras on the disc are great too. The 2 Whistle Test songs are in fact in an even clear clarity if you ask me!
The Arena documentry is as was and a great incite into DS of that era.
I really loved the biography in the enclosed booklet and it is plainly exactly factual about the greatest band that has ever lived.
All in all we could moan about the omisions that we feel could have been added but in all honesty I knew that they would never be there.
This is the perfect live bluray purely based on the sound quality alone. And boy wasn't Mark and the boys having a great time
