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When I try to set up audio I do not have the option for Dolby HD. I already had the standard DVD and wanted to expand. There isn't any option for audio other then delay and filter. I have a Sony 550 blue ray player and a Denon 2309 receiver. Both are quite capable for the newest blue ray format. Also their isn't any track listings. It is recorded in 24P that is good but I am not happy with the options.
I'm not sure how many other people have overlooked this live album as something to be ignored. 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. Well I've been rocking out to it ever since loading the MP3 tracks on my iPod. Definitely a winner.
The sound and video on this disc is incredible in hi-def. Definitely a good purchase.
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. 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 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. 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. 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.
I guess the owner of the film told them they could clean up the sound and image but couldn't recut. So the song outtake have to "remains the same." And it's shot in 73 so don't expect it to look like the Matrix even if the HD does look better. It's still a very cool show and worth the $15 I paid for it.
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