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The Blu-ray of this film is very good. Plus, one can have a greater appreciation for the humor of the rock parody "Spinal Tap".watch one before or after the other.see how sophisticated we are in 2009.not. Ok.it is 2009 as I am writing this review.the Song Remains The Same was produced in 1973 and was released in 1976.so the critics noting the "bombastic", "excessives", or "egos" associated with this piece.(or the Jimmy Page guitar solo).take a deep breath, and keep your perspective. We are all fortunate that this movie was made because we have a record/time capsule of the rock scene circa 1973. (People will be laughing at 2009 in 30 years too.). Yes, there is an ample supply of fodder for "Spinal Tap" parody in this film, but this is also part of the intrinsic magic of this film.In spite of the excesses, and the silly (but entertaining) excursions into the short "fantasy sequences".this film ROCKS. Yeah, it was 1973, and there is some rock n' roll bloat, but there is also greatness, and sheer joy at the quality of the performances.
When I try to set up audio I do not have the option for Dolby HD. Also their isn't any track listings. I already had the standard DVD and wanted to expand. There isn't any option for audio other then delay and filter. It is recorded in 24P that is good but I am not happy with the options. I have a Sony 550 blue ray player and a Denon 2309 receiver. Both are quite capable for the newest blue ray format.
Well I've been rocking out to it ever since loading the MP3 tracks on my iPod. I'm not sure how many other people have overlooked this live album as something to be ignored. Definitely a winner. I heard "Rain Song" on the radio yesterday in my car and ended up sitting in the driveway for quite a while till it was done. Where had this Zep track I'd never heard come from.
Definitely a good purchase. The sound and video on this disc is incredible in hi-def.
As far as I can see the version I picked up today is the same 2007 release, but rather than a Blu-ray player I am using a Buffalo Technology BR-816SU2 External MediaStation 8x USB 2.0 Blu-ray Writer (Black), with video processed through a Lenovo 3000 N500 15.4" 1GB 160GB HDD HDMI laptop, and audio through a Creative Labs 70SB049000000 USB SoundBlaster Live 24-Bit External Sound Card processor. There are multiple different versions of the Lenovo 3000 N 500 - this is the 4233-52U version, with a Celeron 2.0 Ghz processor, and an HDMI port, expanded to 4 Gb of RAM and using a Microsoft Windows Vista Business with SP1 Upgrade. I purchased a (March '09) Blu-ray version of "The song remains the same" that does not seem to have a dropout at timecode 1:40:45, as reported by others. This setup is dedicated to Blu-ray - you don't want to read your email while playing a disk, the data throughput is massive. The Lenovo needs a Esata II Expresscard Raid (or similar) interface card to talk to the Buffalo Blu-ray writer - the USB interface is NOT fast enough. The quality is exemplary - while I have no comparison with CD / DVD versions, I am very impressed with the (1080p) video as well as the (Dolby 5.1) audio quality. It is possible - I can't say this with any degree of certainty, but I recall these "mishaps" from the early days of both CD and DVD) - that the dropout is related to the chipset in use in the Blu-ray player.
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