'Keali'i Reichel - Live' -- pre-release buzz

[PeterB]

I'll admit I've never heard of Alternative Distribution Alliance before, but apparently they're an indie music label owned by Warner Records, and they're debuting their first HD DVD with a music title called 'Keali'i Reichel - Live in Concert':

http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/1154/...chel_live.html

The disc itself is a two hour live concert from popular Hawaiian music artist Keali'i Reichel.

Tech specs include 1080i/MPEG-2 video, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround audio (448kbps), and there are two bonus featurettes.

Street date is October 23.

[Liqwid]

Originally Posted by PeterB

Tech specs include 1080i/MPEG-2 video, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround audio (448kbps)

Wow... Talk about half-assing. And this is supposed to be honoring some one's career. Sad...

[Blurry]

Originally Posted by Liqwid

Wow... Talk about half-assing. And this is supposed to be honoring some one's career. Sad...

Well, this seems like a very low-profile release, so it is cool that they found it worthwhile to publish on either HD format at all, so I am not going to pick on them about specs. I am more concerned about the 1080i encode, though if it looks good, then I guess we won't be able to complain.

[Josh Z]

I'm going to assume that it was probably shot on 1080i video. The studio may not have a master any better than 448 kb/s either.

[Philnerd]

Originally Posted by Josh Z

I'm going to assume that it was probably shot on 1080i video. The studio may not have a master any better than 448 kb/s either.

A lot of HD fans have gotten used to seeing 1080P as the top-of-the-line format for TVs, HD Players and discs. What folks often forget (and TV manufacturers don't remind us of) is that 720P and 1080i are the video broadcast standards