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Actor: Bad Company
Brand: Image Entertainment
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2010-02-09
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT

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Blu-ray Review: Much better than I feared...
Summary: 4 Stars

...after reading the other reviews. Don't get me wrong, it's not the greatest concert disc ever but it is very good. That being said, some of the comments about the audio and video are essentially correct (with some caveats).

The picture is grainy and black levels leave something to be desired, but it is sharp and the colors are nice. I didn't see any added edge enhancement and there are no encoding artifacts. Overall, not bad at all but not reference quality either.

The DTS-MA track has exellent resolution and is very clear. However, it is lacking any real bass and sounds too bright as a result. Also the mix suffers from (as others have mentioned) Ralphs' guitar being too loud in the mix and Rodgers' vocals being spread out to the rear channels too much. The stereo track lacked the bite of the DTS-MA track so after much fiddling I came up with a nice compromise. Because my Blu-ray player does the sound decoding internally (and passes the lossless sound to the receiver via analog cables) I was able to pass the core-only 5.1 DTS track over the digital optical cable to my receiver and play a bit with my usual settings. By increasing the crossover on the receiver from 60 Hz to 110Hz and increasing the subwoofer level a bit (about 3 dB), I was able to get a nice bass sound that wasn't boomy and had some definition to it. The other advantage of this method is that it allows you to use the 5.1 track and (surprisingly) Rodgers' vocals are not all spread out but are nicely locked up front with only reverb in the rear channels. Ralphs' guitar also seems less prominent.

Finally, after listening to it twice, I paid more attention to the music and really liked it a lot. The first time through I thought the concert got better as it progressed but listening to the first few tracks again, it really was good right from the beginning. I don't think Ralphs was that bad at all but the added guitarist does help. Rodgers and Kirke are excellent IMO and the added bassist moves things along. Overall a great collection of songs played very well by the three remaining members of Bad Co.

Definitely recommended

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