Cheap Trick-Silver (2001) |
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Cheap Trick-Silver (2001) |
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| General | Extras | ||
| Category | Music |
Main Menu Audio Featurette-Bonus Commentary Featurette-Behind The Scenes Gallery-Photo Discography Notes-Fan & Merchandise Information Web Links |
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| Year Of Production | 2001 | ||
| Running Time | 134:24 | ||
| RSDL / Flipper | RSDL (81:13) | Cast & Crew | |
| Start Up | Menu | ||
| Region Coding | 2,4 | Directed By | None Given |
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Studio
Distributor |
 Warner Vision |
Starring |
Robin Zander Tom Petersson Rick Nielsen Bun E. Carlos |
| Case | Click | ||
| RPI | $39.95 | Music | Cheap Trick |
| Video | Audio | ||
| Pan & Scan/Full Frame | Full Frame |
English Linear PCM 48/16 2.0 (1536Kb/s) English Dolby Digital 5.1 (448Kb/s) |
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| Widescreen Aspect Ratio | None | ||
| 16x9 Enhancement | No | ||
| Video Format | 576i (PAL) | ||
| Original Aspect Ratio | 1.33:1 | Miscellaneous | |
| Jacket Pictures | No | ||
| Subtitles | None | Smoking | No |
| Annoying Product Placement | No | ||
| Action In or After Credits | No | ||
Ever wanted to see 3 drummers, a 5 headed guitar, part of an orchestra, a choir, and a marching band all in the one concert experience? Well you can't go past this DVD and excellent concert performance. Cheap Trick really drive home all their hits, and not so hits, throughout the length of this concert.
Although this is not a technically brilliant DVD it in no way detracts from the excellent performance. In fact, in some weird way, it seems to enhance the performance as it really captures the gritty concert feel.
The 25th anniversary of Cheap Trick is a very impressive concert experience on a DVD that, while technically poor, provides that next-to-best concert experience.
| 1. Intro 2. Ain't That A Shame 3. I Want You To Want Me 4. Oh, Candy 5. In The Street 6. Voices 7. If You Want My Love 8. She's Tight 9. Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love 10. Gonna Raise Hell 11. I Can't Take It 12. Take Me To The Top 13. It All Comes Back To You 14. Tonight It's You 15. Time Will Let You Know | 16. World's Greatest Lover 17. The Flame 18. Stop This Game 19. Dream Police 20. I Know What I Want 21. Woke Up With A Moster 22. Never Had A Lot To Lose 23. You're All Talk 24. I'm Losin' You 25. Hard To Tell 26. Oh Claire 27. Surrender 28. Just Got Back 29. Day Tripper 30. Who D' King |
The concert is presented in the full-frame aspect ratio of 1.33:1. The transfer is not 16x9 enhanced.
Sharpness never exceeds adequacy throughout this transfer. In fact, it is often quite poor. All long shots of the stage are very soft, mostly due to the recording technique, but certainly are not helped by the transfer. An example of this can be seen at 7:06. Shadow detail is variable. Full stage shots are generally poor with the camera work not handling the strong lighting, while close-ups are generally fairly good. In general, the shadow detail and handling of the stage lights improves as the transfer progresses. There are numerous 8mm "behind the scenes" camera angles that exhibit very high levels of grain. Unfortunately, no matter how good the transfer was, these would still look bad. Overall grain levels reduce as the concert progresses.
Colour is also quite variable, never maintaining any kind of consistency. Being a live concert this is not very surprising as it is very difficult to cater for the constantly changing lighting conditions. This transfer fares worst than most. There is chroma noise evident in the deep reds of the backing curtain, most notable around 96:15, and 105:54, although this occurs throughout the transfer.
There are many instances of pixelization, usually associated with "behind the scenes" footage, crowd pans, and long shots of the stage. Some examples can be found at 12:43, 40:50, and 103:48, to name a few. Aliasing is also quite rampant occurring on many straight edges. 13:26 (stage), 31:32 (guitar neck), and 46:48 (guitar strings) are a few examples. There are no noticeable film artefacts, however.
This is an RSDL disc with the layer change occurring at 81:13. Taking into account the nature of a live performance this is quite well placed.
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This disc has two audio tracks, a Dolby Digital 5.1 track at 448kbps, and a Linear PCM 2.0 stereo track at 1536kbps. I listened to the Dolby Digital 5.1 track throughout, sampling the 2.0 track at intervals. The 5.1 track is superior, but not by a huge margin.
The audio mix improves quite markedly as the concert progresses. In the beginning, the bass is quite muddy without a lot of definition. Fortunately, this clears up quite quickly. The lead vocals also tend to be drowned out by the instruments towards the start. As stated previously, this is definitely a live concert performance.
Audio sync is never quite right. I found the sync to vary quite noticeably throughout, often with the video leading the audio by quite a significant margin. It just never felt quite right.
The surrounds and subwoofer were used quite sparingly. The surrounds were generally used to promote crowd noise and bring attention to some of the more unusual guitar riffs and reverb. The sub rumbled along effectively but was never really stressed.
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NOTE: To view non-R4 releases, your equipment needs to be multi-zone compatible and usually also NTSC compatible.
The video quality is somewhat disappointing.
The audio quality is average, but lends itself to the live concert performance
The extras are reasonable, if somewhat misleading.
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| Review Equipment | |
| DVD | Pioneer DV-535, using Component output |
| Display | Loewe Xelos 5381ZW. Calibrated with Video Essentials. This display device is 16x9 capable. |
| Audio Decoder | Built in to amplifier/receiver. Calibrated with Video Essentials. |
| Amplification | Onkyo TX-DS787, THX Select |
| Speakers | All matching Vifa Drivers: centre 2x6.5" + 1" tweeter (d'appolito); fronts and rears 6.5" + 1" tweeter; centre rear 5" + 1" tweeter; sub 10" (150WRMS) |