Which Moody Blues DVD is better? (1 Viewer)

[Steve Meskell]

I have been "struggling" on which DVD to buy..
Moody Blues: A Night At Red Rocks With The Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Moody Blues, The: Hall Of Fame - Live From The Royal Albert Hall
The hall of fame DVD has dts, and from what I can tell the Red Rock DVD is just DD 2:0. I love dts...
But I love the song selection on Red Rocks show
Is the sound on the Hall of Fame show that great that it is the one to buy??

 

[Dave Ringkor]

Do what I did -- compromise and get them both! The concerts are completely different, with different set lists and orchestrations of the songs that are common. Also pick up "Legend of a Band." All three discs are worth it.

 

[David Lambert]

We got Red Rocks and Legend of a Band. My wife loves them both. As to the third disc...don't give her any ideas!

 

[Randy A Salas]

The surround sound on Hall of Fame is really something special, especially on a track such as English Sunset. That DVD received an honor as one of the best-sounding music-related titles last year.

 

[Cliff]

Hall of Fame sounds spectacular. It is one of the discs I use to demo my system for guests. Be aware that most of the bass is in the front left and right channels, and there is no 0.1 LFE channel. Not a problem if you have your speakers set up as small, or if bass from the front main channels is reduplicated to the sub ("both" setting on Yamaha receivers).

 

[Ian Such]

Yes, have to agree there - Hall of Fame sound is great (and that's just Dolby Digital, I don't have DTS :frowning. Pity it wasn't anamorphic tho.

 

[MattHR]

LIVE AT RED ROCKS indicates Dolby Digital (2.0) on the cover, but also includes a PCM track, which is unusual for Universal Music. It's switchable "on-the-fly", and renders the Dolby track useless upon comparison.

I have the RED ROCKS laserdisc (PCM), which I always thought sounded great, until I heard the HALL OF FAME dvd (DTS).

However, the RED ROCKS laserdisc's PCM is still superior to the DVD's PCM. Fuller sounding, with better detail in the orchestra's backing instruments.