pink floyd dvd-a PULSE (a good start)

[billy p]

Your opinions would be welcomed! This will be a start to my compilation of higher end music?

 

[billy p]

your kidding?

What no floyd fans out there? I know the music just want to know if the quality is there as far as audio and video.After all it's $30.00 plus
THANKS, I'LL WAIT FOR INPUT BEFORE I BUY.

 

[Nomo]

DVD-A? Are you sure it's not just a DVD?
Generally PF releases multi-channel on SACD.

 

[supervij]

Generally? Hasn't there been only one release on hi-res (DSotM on SACD)?

cheers,
supervij

 

[billy p]

My Bad

It's a dvd not a dvd-a. Dvd-a, is it only audio or dose it do both?Then what the heck is the differance

 

[Hawkeye]

Hard to rate it since it hasn't been released yet.

Straight from Sony...

Pink Floyd To Release "Pulse" on DVD

On July 10, Pink Floyd will release their much-anticipated digitally mastered DVD entitled "Pulse". This two-DVD set is a digital audio and visual remastering of live shows, backstage footage, and includes the first ever video recording of "Dark Side Of The Moon" in its entirety.

Pre-orders are being offered now by Amazon ($16.24) and the Sony Music Store ($17.98 list, or $16.18 if you use discount code "PULSE").


supervij is correct, DSOTM is the only official release in surround to date. Its on SACD. However the DSOTM bootleg DVD-A (which btw knocks the socks off of the bootleg DTS recording), from the original 1970's quad recording blows the SACD recording away from a surround implementation.

Last I heard Wish You Were Here in SACD surround should be out later this year.

 

[Nomo]

Generally? Hasn't there been only one release on hi-res (DSotM on SACD)?

cheers,
supervij

You're correct. I said generally because of the rumor of a couple of their releases, I think WYWH being one, being put on SACD.

 

[tomd51]

I can't believe they decided to release 'Pulse' before 'Wish You Were Here'...

Hopefully it won't be long in the making... -TD

 

[Nomo]

Last I heard Wish You Were Here in SACD surround should be out later this year.

I'm kinda interested in seeing if the introduction of BlueRay will change those plans.
Hope not.

 

[Hawkeye]

I'm kinda interested in seeing if the introduction of BlueRay will change those plans.
Hope not.

My guess is they'll still release it in SACD......then possibly look towards Blu-ray somewhere down the line, as well as any and all successive formats. Lets see, I have or had DSOTM in vinyl, 8-track, cassette, 1/2 speed vinyl, redbook cd, gold cd, SACD, (DTS and DVD-A bootleg which is obviously not an official release)...They won't rest until they've bled us dry!!

 

[billy p]

So,if a regular dvd plays a concert with audio in coax (PLUSE FOR EXAMPLE) the sound quality would be either DD OR DTS which is not as good as say dvd-a or sacd in 5.1 analog.Then am I wrong to assume dvd-a dosen't do video because of the 5.1 analog connection. Please help me out?

 

[supervij]

DVD-A can still do video because the player is likely connected to a receiver with some kind of video cable -- be it HDMI, DVI, component, S-video, composite, or whatever. But generally speaking, there isn't too much video on a DVD-A because most of the room on the disc is given over to the album. You've got a whole album in

1) hi-res multi-channel DVD-A,
2) hi-res stereo DVD-A,
3) DTS 5.1, and
4) Dolby Digital 5.1

Sometimes, one of the last three is absent, though. And that's a lot of information to pack onto a disc. So the amount of video will usually consist of two or three music videos, maybe a short interview, stuff like that.

DD and DTS is subjectively (and definitely technically) not as good as hi-res DVD-A or SACD. But sometimes it can come close.

cheers,
supervij

 

[muncybob]

This dvd is high on my Netflix que...which is the way I "preview" dvd's before I spend the $$ for them. Unfortunately the Genesis in Wembley Stadium dvd had a scratch on it so I missed 2 songs, but I got enough of it to put that one on my purchase list.

 

[billy p]

Thanks supervij

so dvd-a can carry some video footage.The high res. sound though can only be heard via the 5.1 analog direct route and not from coax and regular dvd's DO NOT carry high res sound anyways?
PS:Well I 'm buying it anyway next month (thought it was this month)

 

[jeffsg4mac]

Arrrgggghhhh, why release Pulse before they release The Delicate Sound of Thunder which is the GREATEST concert ever filmed. And from what I can tell, Pulse is not in DTS or 16:9.

 

[JVC]

Hawkeye

However the DSOTM bootleg DVD-A (which btw knocks the socks off of the bootleg DTS recording), from the original 1970's quad recording blows the SACD recording away from a surround implementation.

That's a matter of opinion..........
I have both, and I and others, think the sacd mix is better, although the dvd-a is excellent too. I like the sacd mix better because, in the song "On The Run", the guy runs around the room, and in the dvd-a, he runs back and forth, across the rear speakers. Even though neither one is realistic, as far as running in an airport, I think the run around the room, sounds better, than running back and forth. There are other, more subtle differences too, that are kinda hard to point out. The dvd-a has a stereo track, a DTS track, and the 4.1 multi-channel track. Also, like a lot of dvd-a's do, it flashes pictures on the screen, as the high res, dvd-a track plays.

 

[Hawkeye]

Hawkeye


That's a matter of opinion..........
I have both, and I and others, think the sacd mix is better, although the dvd-a is excellent too. I like the sacd mix better because, in the song "On The Run", the guy runs around the room, and in the dvd-a, he runs back and forth, across the rear speakers. Even though neither one is realistic, as far as running in an airport, I think the run around the room, sounds better, than running back and forth. There are other, more subtle differences too, that are kinda hard to point out. The dvd-a has a stereo track, a DTS track, and the 4.1 multi-channel track. Also, like a lot of dvd-a's do, it flashes pictures on the screen, as the high res, dvd-a track plays.

JVC, yes you are correct in pointing out that it is a matter of opinion. I should have added "IMO" to my post - my bad. I really do like the SACD, don't get me wrong. There are definitely parts of the that mix that I actually prefer. Even Parsons prefers parts of Guthrie's mix -

http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/article.asp?section_id=4&article_id=444&page_number=1,

But on the whole I prefer Parsons' "adventuresome" mix over Guthrie's comparatively subtle, "safer" mix. I've mentioned before, maybe even here, DSOTM is the one album that *screams* for an in-your-face surround treatment. It was an album that pushed the envelope back in the early 70's and the surround version should be pushing the envelope even further. Again, this is strictly my opinion, nothing more, I should have made that clearer. I do respect your opinion as well.

 

[JVC]

Interesting read, in the article about Parsons, over at S&V. I understand how he wouldn't like it as much, but I still like the sacd better. You have to realize too, that with him being an engineer, as well as being a musician, he's gonna listen to it differently, than us general public guys. As I said before........ I like the dvd-a a lot too. I have probably listened to it more than I have listened to the sacd, with trying to pick up on the differences, and playing it for friends. I think it is a must have for any Pink Floyd fan.

 

[supervij]

so dvd-a can carry some video footage.The high res. sound though can only be heard via the 5.1 analog direct route and not from coax and regular dvd's DO NOT carry high res sound anyways?
PS:Well I 'm buying it anyway next month (thought it was this month)

That's right, my Markham friend. Regular DVDs don't carry hi-res sound.

You can get the hi-res sound to be carried over a single cable, but that's generally in more expensive equipment. For example, Denon has a proprietary thing called Denon-Link, or D-Link, that is a single cable between their high end players and receivers.

cheers,
supervij (your York friend)

 

[Rob Babcock]

The beauty of HD-DVD & BluRay is that they have the technical capability to carry the full video while also carrying DVD-A-level sound. If they ever choose to do it is another matter.