On this DVD, Lee and the guys redo "I ...
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On this DVD, Lee and the guys redo "I Can't Give Up". I promise you that when you listen to his passion on that song you would know why he's "Living On The Lord's Side".
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No offense to anybody, but the Otis-Melvin-Ron-Richard-Dennis lineup is my favorite one(yes, even more than the original 5!); Ron and Richard are SO great, and this is one of the best DvDs ever! I watch this DvD at least once a day ;) a MUST-buy!
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I had previously purchased TD's "Live at the Tempodrome in Berlin" (Original Recording) and had barely finished viewing it when I logged back in to Amazon and ordered the Orange Odyssey DVD. Although the cinematography isn't quite as good as the first DVD, it is still quite good; I think the requirements of the laser lighting effects may have required a bit less than the degree of lighting needed for the best filming. Iris Camaa was her usual smiling animated self as she displayed her mastery of percussion, and the band just showed how much they enjoy performing in front of an audience. This is another "Must Have" concert video from TD! The concert started out with my favorite song "Girl on the Stairs" and just kept getting better, and when they did Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" for an encore the talent of the guitarists really showed (the audience didn't quite know how to react, at first, I don't think they were quite expecting to hear a Jimi Hendrix tune!).
  I hope they tour North America sometime soon, I will definitely be buying tickets to see them.
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Being that I saw this concert tour...this was especially great to see it all again on DVD
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If you are like me you want to make sure that the double blur line from the original dvd set is fixed. If thats what you are worried about, they fixed it.
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I previously owned the DVD collection of Avatar: The Last Airbender and with the first volume in particular it was quite an eye sore. All the edges had what I would call ghosting and it obscured most details, but the show itself is one of the best cartoons of all time so I still watched it and did my best to enjoy it.

Now years later they announce the blu-ray and I excitedly pre-order it thinking they are going to remaster it! I know it will still be 4:3 aspect ratio, that is how cartoons at that time were made, but they could get the original footage and possibly even mix the audio in 5.1? Nope. I've seen pirated and streamed copies of this show that look better. I do need to preface this saying that since I just got this today I have so far only watched the first disc, as it was the one I was most concerned about.

Sure they mostly fixed the ghosting issue, but that is about it. Still in stereo. The video is still quite pixelated on an HD screen, possibly moreso since it isn't as blurry. This looks like they found a 480p rip and just upsampled it to 1080p and applied an unsharp mask. Most of the edges suffer from obvious unsharpening where every line goes white, then black, then white again before continuing with the correct color. Many of the shapes that should be solid color instead have a texture to them that is created by lossy compression and will change from frame to frame. Also some frames seem to be smeared during action scenes or with lip movements while talking that leads me to believe the framerate was artificially changed at some point, which makes it seem sometimes out of sync with the dialogue or like the timing is slightly off or hard to follow.

I don't have the ability to take screen captures from blu-ray at this time, but I found a screenshot online and used some photoshop to try to recreate what I'm talking about. One is what the DVD looked like, another what the bluray looked like, and another is a close up of the unsharp mask, low res, and compression effects I have been discussing.

Overall I still give this a 3/5 because it is one of the best cartoons of all time, and the blu-ray version is better than the DVD version I had, it just still isn't the ideal version I hoped it would be. So far the best quality seems to be streaming on Amazon video? Why couldn't the Blu-ray get those files? Can we get them later? A true remaster? Is 5.1 audio too much to ask?
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This concert first aired on Showtime in the Fall of 1982 and this dvd is the complete concert as shown on that program (except for the additional songs added as bonuses).
The only reason I was interested in this show was the return of Tom Johnston to the Doobie lineup, and he doesn't disappoint - although he sings only one of his signature songs with the band.
I can only add, here, that his permanent return to the band (in 1987) marked one of the happiest days of my life.
This DVD will really please Michael McDonald fans.  It marks the end of his "top dog" status with the band.  He plays once in awhile with the band these days, but the original incarnation of the band can't be beat in my opinin.
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I thought the two discs were the entire show but they're not  The second disc starts out just like the first one does.
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It was wonderful to sit down with this DVD and re-live some of the great music created by The Band.  This DVD captures the feelings and the music of one of the most influential groups to come out of the 60's.  They had a unique and special sound and, as such, hearing about how they came up with that sound was very interesting.  They are a magical group of highly talented musicians and this DVD offers insights into their creative process that only the ones that were there would know.
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The discs could do more remastering to give better picture and sound.
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It's hard to capture an era.  My only complaint with this dvd (and it's a minor complaint really), is that people might miss how important david lee roth was to Van Halen's success.  For those of us who were there when Van Halen first came out, it really was David Lee Roth who *seriously* helped push them to the top - his flamboyancy and vocalizations helped provide that "entertainment value" which makes nobody groups into somebody groups.  As the phrase goes, it's a heck of a lot harder to break into the big time than it is to stay in the big time, and david lee roth is part of why they made it into the big time (could've they with sammy?  I seriously doubt it).  This is a decent dvd, but don't trivialize how important david lee roth was wrt them reaching the big time.
Nonetheless, it is nice to have at least some of those old-time van halen sights/sounds still available for our viewing pleasure.
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Do not buy the DVD by itself.  This video is incomplete and does not contain the best song from the concert...a wonderful 12 minuter version of California.  There are versions of the DVD and Blu-Ray that have a bonus CD that contains the 3 songs that left off video.

There are some big audio problems with this DVD.  There are times when you can't hear some of the instruments, such as Clapton's guitar or Barber's trombone.

The DVD has an abrupt beginning, starting up at the end of song by the Blues Breakers.

This is a typical Eagle video product, but the video is a little better than most of their products.  It has all the zoom in and zoom out and pan and scan typical of cheap videos.  But, this video uses it less often then others.  The camera does focus on the right people at the right time more than most videos do today.
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Actually, it's been 12 years and not ten for this tenth anniversary issue, not that that matters much.  This is a rehash of old material and a little bit of new.  Repackaged in a new clear plastic case with color inserts, it's a bit better and brighter looking.  But what's inside?

The song set is the same as any of the previous versions.  The DVD arrangement is different.  The sound quality is actually just as good with the options of Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS Surround; maybe better.  On my surround system, they all sounded good. There is a new segment of "An Audience with the Bee Gees" in a more intimate setting where they perform five good songs to an appreciative audience.  This is in stereo only.  There is a larger concert of this version available if you search.

The extras include a live segment (audience with the Bee Gees) that have the songs, "Heartbreaker", "Guilty", a rousing "Chain Reaction", "How Deep Is Your Love" and "Jive Talkin'".  The interview is interesting including previously seen segments and several new ones that were pulled from the vaults.  It lasts a satisfying 19 minutes.  For an Anniversary issue, it's not bad.

However, if you really want a bargain deal and ALL that the Bee Gees can offer, I highly suggest buying the&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Bee-Gees-One-Night-Only-The-Official-Story/dp/B0000EMYC2/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Bee Gees - One Night Only / The Official Story</a>&nbsp;(Collector's Edition).  This has the entire concert on one disc and a 2-hour interview on a second.  There are plenty of extras as well.  Sit down and have a great time in your living room.

Can I brag?  At 18:43 minutes into the interview, I can see myself sitting in the 3rd row of the MGM Grand bleachers.  That is such a thrill for me.
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It's a DVD. Simple! It's great if you love the guys.  I recommend it! And I'd recommend going to their show if you ever could! It doesn't have anything else besides the DVD, but that's okay.
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Watched it twice... Not a favorite DVD- but gave it a chance
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As of December 2005, I've now had more than a year to live with this DVD set, and as a longtime "Star Wars" fan-even if not a rabid one-I find that I'm less forgiving toward the changes George Lucas made to the original trilogy than I was at first. Arguably, it's Lucas' prerogative as the emperor of this particular movie universe to revise his work, although whether he also has the prerogative of basically thumbing his nose at the purists is another matter. But it's not the fact that changes per se were made that bothers me; it's that too many of the revisions are so clumsily managed. The new material is visibly, and sometimes audibly, spliced in, and the seams show-whether it's cluttered and overlong new CGI effects shots that don't match up with what was filmed in 1977, small but nagging changes in the storyline, or additional dialogue that doesn't enhance our understanding of the story. A few of the emendations do represent minor improvements: e.g., the more turbulent motions of the Rebel and Imperial spacecraft in the Death Star shootout that concludes what is now known as "Episode IV," and the substitution of the Imperial alphabet in any signage appearing throughout the trilogy. But from the viewpoint of an old-timer, Lucas apparently didn't know when to leave well enough alone, and the movies' rhythms are usually disrupted when either the circa-1997 "Special Edition" or the circa-2004 DVD changes are incorporated. The thought that Lucas has vetoed the idea of releasing the original versions on disc, and that we'll have to live with these "rewrites," does leave a sour aftertaste.

With that said, I don't believe in throwing out the baby with the bathwater: Lucas' fiddling has marred the original trilogy, not ruined it.  On the plus side, the movies look and sound terrific, thanks to painstaking digital remastering (one or two anomalies on the soundtrack of "Episode 4" notwithstanding). The disc-length documentary on the making of the original trilogy is a major bonus. And after all, we've been waiting years for this trilogy to be issued on DVD. Whether it's the original movies as first seen in theatres 25 years ago or the slightly compromised versions that comprise this DVD set, these remain touchstones of pop culture-and they're a blast to watch. Still, the original "Star Wars" fan base can be excused for wanting the option of seeing the trilogy as they first encountered it, and excused for thinking Mr. Star Wars is a wee bit arrogant in telling them, "No, you can't have it."
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I would need to compare this new Director's cut DVD with the originally released version, but it seems as if the fat has been reapplied to a lean steak.  I found my attention wandering often, and imagined I saw the seams where unnecessary elements were reinstated, to the viewer's detriment.
Having said that, the film is still enjoyable, and the humor often works well when it appears.  Large scale production and well-filmed miniatures combine for a spectacular visual feast.  A fun film to watch with a group, so you can chat up the slow parts and magnify your laughter when the slapstick hits the fan.