Hi there, here's a mini review of that show. I'am not there to rate the group itself nor the music style but on DVD i owned a lot of shows in different style (except Jazz and Death Metal).. so i'am pretty open on music and movies and video games for that matter

Funny thing is that i paid 26.99$CAD + tx for it and the DVD was 29.99$ (HMV both)

The BLuRay edition include the same CD as the DVD Version, with unreleased material (7 songs), so there's 2 discs in the box + a color booklet.

Company : Sony BMG/Epic Record
Video : MPEG4 AVC, about 28mbits AVG imho.. peak upto 41mbits on the Vitanim song and goes about 13mbits when it's almost have 0 light on.
Audio : 2.0 PCM (2.3mbits), 5.1 PCM 24bit/48khz (6.9mbits), 5.1 DD 640kbps
Extra : Extra Songs with HD Gallery, Backstage, Sub for Lyrics

Video :

The video start up weird, it's a Crowd cam, with A LOT of noise in it, most crown shot seem lower quality and very iso Sensitivity or ASA setting. But once the show start and the light come in, it's very clear to the point of seeing the pimple in the face of the singing and it's 2 days unshaved face LOL! Color are great, contrast is a little bit high but that's kinda normal for a Show. Blue, Green and Red are really punchy. Details on instruments are also very good.

NIN still have the edge of showing a also noise free show, but close up detail and general detail are better in this one simply because the stage and very well lit most of the time, compared to the Gritty and Dark NIN Stage.

I think this is the first Sony Show in AVC and i was suprised... bit flashed upto 41mbits during the VITANIM song witch show hyper high speed strobe light flashing very fast with Red and color flying all over the place. Theyre's not a inch of EE and there's absolutely 0 posterization anywhere even in the most complicate blue lighting condition. I saw 0 macroblocking. There's just more noise in the video on certain cam view, most of them are Spectator shot. A great one considering it's a show and must show i owned on dvd looked bad. I got 3 on BluRay and i'am very satisfied right now...

4/5

Audio

I own a PS3 and i don't have a HDMI amp yet, so listening to the heavy bitrate 6.9mbits track 24bits/48khz was a NO GO for me. Anyway i'am in the process of changing my speakers so i have 2 very very new front, and all the rest a 15 years old speakers so take that one with a grain of salt

I used the 640kbps track as main watching and i swapped to the 2.0 PCM track (2.3mbits) and tested it in Pro Logic once in a while

The song sound great even in DD, it's a have a little Echo in it and in DD i found the singer voice was a little to low, but maybe that's because my system is unbalanced. In PCM 2.0 , Pro Logic Mode, the presence was less than DD but the voice was definitly better, louder and clearer..

There a lot of Electric Guitar and Drum in that music that could benefit from going all PCM. There also a Drum solo before the song Pistola, that i'am sure would gain from it a lot.

4/5 (For the DD one, Can't rate the PCM 5.1)

I did have a chance to check the Extra, since it's 00:10 right now but i'll revisit that thread tomorrow for them.

I've seen most of the concert/music BDs and HD-DVDs.

Both the video and audio (I used 5.1 PCM) for this BD are nothing special.

As for content, the appeal is mainly for teens and twenty-somethings IMO.

I believe the crowd shots were shot in SD? If this is the disc I am thinking of (think I read that on HDD).

I've seen most of the concert/music BDs and HD-DVDs.

Both the video and audio (I used 5.1 PCM) for this BD are nothing special.

As for content, the appeal is mainly for teens and twenty-somethings IMO.

Yeah, but on my setup, close up and lit stage are sharper than say NIN Show, but overall noisier/graninier in a whole. Heart on HD DVD is good too.. but it's soft too, there's also no noise/grain anywhere and was also filmed using digital camera.

I believe the crowd shots were shot in SD? If this is the disc I am thinking of (think I read that on HDD).

Not all of them, there a cam witch seem to be someone in the crowd that is SD, the other are clearly HD, but much noisier..

I am so checking this out. :)