In Reply to: Re: Levine/Met's Ring Cycle on DVD posted by John C. - Aussie on November 29, 2002 at 13:25:28:
In a direct comparison (playing simultaneously and switching back and forth) it was no contest--the DVDs were far cleaner, albeit a tad darker than the LDs, which looked terribly fuzzy, grainy, and washed out by comparison. But then, these are NTSC laser discs; perhaps the PAL ones are better? (Your Boulez DVDs are NTSC, right?) Sound-wise, they were identical, at least when employing the PCM track on the DVDs. (And thank goodness that Universal gives us PCM tracks on most of their DVDs.)Russell
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Follow Ups
- Hmmm...I found the Boulez DVDs far superior to the LDs video-wise... - Russell 01:51:28 11/30/02 (4)
- Interesting - John C. - Aussie 14:36:27 11/30/02 (3)
- Re: Interesting - Russell 01:49:39 12/01/02 (2)
- Thanks for the "Rigoletto" tip - I'll follow it up. Have you .... - John C. - Aussie 15:53:34 12/01/02 (1)
- Not yet, but I've got her "Live in Italy" DVD on Decca... - Russell 22:56:04 12/01/02 (0)