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Category | Music | Main Menu Audio and Animation
DTS Trailer - Piano |
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Year Released | 2000 | ||
Running Time | 96:35 minutes | ||
RSDL/Flipper | No/No |
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Start Up | Movie | ||
Region | 2,3,4,5,6 | Director | David Mallet |
Distributor |
Warner Vision Australia |
Starring | Luis Miguel |
Case | Transparent Amaray | ||
RPI | $39.95 | Music | Various |
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Pan & Scan/Full Frame | No | Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1, 448
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Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0, 192 Kb/s) Spanish (DTS 5.1) |
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Widescreen Aspect Ratio | 1.78:1 | ||
16x9 Enhancement |
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Original Aspect Ratio | 1.78:1 |
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Macrovision | Yes | Smoking | No |
Subtitles | None | Annoying Product Placement | No |
Action In or After Credits | No |
The songs on offer on the DVD are as follows:
1. | Intro | 8. | Segundo Romance: | |
2. | Quiero | El Dia Que Me Quieras | ||
3. | Tu Solo Tu | Solamente Una Vez | ||
4. | J.C. Calderon Medley: | Somos Novios | ||
Entrégate | Todo y Nada | |||
Tengo Todo Excepto A Ti | Nosotros | |||
La Incondicional | 9. | O Tu O Ninguna | ||
5. | Up-Tempo Medley: | 10. | Sol, Arena y Mar | |
Un Hombre Busca A Una Mujer | 11. | Romances: | ||
Cuestion De Piel | Voy A Apagar La Luz/Contigo Aprendi | |||
Oro De Ley | Por Debajo De La Mesa | |||
6. | Romance: | El Reloj | ||
No Me Platiques Más | Sabor A Mi | |||
No Sé Tu | La Gloria Eres Tu | |||
La Puerta | Bésame Mucho | |||
La Barca | 12. | Y | ||
Inolvidable | 13. | La Bikina | ||
7. | Suave | 14. | Como Es Posible Que A Mi Lado | |
15. | Sera Que No Me Amas | |||
16. | Te Propongo Esta Noche |
Okay, the song titles may mean very little to anyone other than our Spanish-speaking friends, but music is a universal language and so you don't need to speak the lingo in order to enjoy the music. Whilst it is true there is stuff here that is eminently avoidable, it is equally true that there is some stuff here to enjoy. Mind you, if you happen to fall within the target demographic, this is far more likely to appeal! Certainly there is little here to deter our Spanish-speaking friends from indulging in this little effort.
Heck, this release may bring Luis Miguel to the attention of a larger, non-Spanish, audience! It certainly worked for Ricky Martin, so there is no reason why it cannot work for Luis Miguel, except perhaps that Ricky Martin is better-looking than Luis Miguel (at least that is what I am told).
Whatever problems are in this transfer are clearly source-related and as such this is an excellent transfer of that material. Sharpness leaves a little to be desired, especially when those intense stage lights really start going. As a result, definition is not exactly what you would call great, but that is certainly nothing unexpected in a live recording. This is a generally clear transfer with little in the way of grain affecting the video. Shadow detail is of course a non-issue since the intense stage lighting pretty well ensures that there are no shadows. There did not appear to be any low level noise in the transfer.
Since we have those ever-present intense stage lights, the colours here are as usual all over the place. When the lighting permits it, the colours appear to be quite decent and quite vibrant. In general, though, everything is washed out by the intense stage lighting. There is some degree of variance in the skin tones, with the gentleman suffering from a whole range of skin tones from pale to looking like he has gone twelve continuous hours in a sun bed. The black tones seemed in general to lack depth. There are some issues with oversaturation in the transfer as a result of the intense blue stage lights as well as some indication of colour flare and bleed for the same reason. Overall though, this is a fairly typical sort of transfer for a live concert.
There did not appear to be any significant MPEG artefacts in the transfer. There did not seem to be any real problems with film-to-video artefacts. There were a few instances of shimmer in the transfer but these were effectively hidden to some extent by the intense lighting. It should be noted that the intense stage lighting does create something of a ghostly aura at times around the players. There are no problems with film artefacts in the transfer.
As mentioned, there are no subtitles on the DVD and
this seems a curious omission - especially when considering that other
DVDs from this source have English subtitle/lyric options even though the
songs are in English. I certainly missed the subtitles as I have no idea
what the song titles really mean (a few educated guesses really do not
suffice) and this would have been nice to know.
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The vocals come up well in the transfer and there should be no problems understanding them if you speak Spanish. For all I know he was singing in an Icelandic/Swahili mix - I could not understand a word of it! There did not appear to be any problems with audio sync in the transfer.
As usual, the Dolby Digital 2.0 soundtrack is so
wimpish in sound it might as well not even be included on the DVD! Whilst
there is nothing really wrong with it per se, the format simply lacks any
sort of body to the sound with the result that there is absolutely no emotion
conveyed in the music. It really is a very, very wimpish soundtrack. If
this is the only soundtrack you can play, I really feel sorry for you as
it in no way conveys the sound of Luis Miguel - not even when cranked
all the way up. This lack of body is immediately apparent when you switch
to the Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack (which I might add you cannot do on
the fly - you have to return to the menu to do so, a serious problem in
my view). The soundtrack is a good example of the 5.1 sound format except
in one respect - there is almost no action through the rear channels other
than weakish sounding audience noises after songs. This is highlighted
by the fact that the channels go very silent, very quickly after the start
of each song. I really feel that there should have been more ambient sound
coming through the rear channels. The bass channel gets a fair workout,
but nothing too over-the-top other than in the first couple of songs. Not
demonstration standard, but if you like to crank your music DVDs up loud,
this will surely please. Funnily enough, the DTS soundtrack is extremely
similar to the Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack in form - little action out
of the rear channels and plenty of action out of the front surround and
centre channels. The funny thing here though is the fact that most of the
bass action seems to come form those three channels - there does not seem
to be much out of the bass channel itself. Whilst the sound is still broadly-speaking
that encompassing sound we expect from a DTS soundtrack, it does lack a
degree of body that is a tad unusual. Overall, I would stick with the Dolby
Digital 5.1 soundtrack here.
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© Ian Morris (have
a laugh, check out the bio)
7th March, 2001.
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DVD | Pioneer DV-515; S-video output |
Display | Sony Trinitron Wega 80cm. Calibrated with the NTSC DVD version of Video Essentials. |
Audio Decoder | Built in |
Amplification | Yamaha RXV-795. Calibrated with the NTSC DVD version of Video Essentials. |
Speakers | Energy Speakers: centre EXLC; left and right C-2; rears EXLR; and subwoofer ES-12XL |