You will notice also about that second Earl's Court auction that the format has now changed from PAL to NTSC. Stuff like that concerns me. I really want to avoid NTSC like the plague. Thanks everyone for the advice.
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"Good deal! (nevertheless a few disappointed about quality)"
That's from one of the feedbackers on the Earl's Court DVD. The Queenzone download is probably superior. I am going to give Earl's Court a miss for a while. Stung too many times. Anyone recommend the best Houston DVD on ebay?
That's from one of the feedbackers on the Earl's Court DVD. The Queenzone download is probably superior. I am going to give Earl's Court a miss for a while. Stung too many times. Anyone recommend the best Houston DVD on ebay?
I'm wondering though, Earls Court is in London, so chances are it was recorded in PAL anyway.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]pcgenius9 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I'm wondering though, Earls Court is in London, so chances are it was recorded in PAL anyway.[/QUOTE]
I don't think it matters what it was recorded in. The official DVDs which are available from the States are NTSC, and they were recorded in the UK (Wembley, Milton Keynes, etc...)
I don't think it matters what it was recorded in. The official DVDs which are available from the States are NTSC, and they were recorded in the UK (Wembley, Milton Keynes, etc...)
Lol. I think theres a difference between converting a video on your PC and converting it in a professional studio.
"I'm wondering though, Earls Court is in London, so chances are it was recorded in PAL anyway."
Earl's Court was def recorded in PAL but as Lord Fickle states that's not really the issue. Trancer for example sells this DVD on ebay, however his version is an NTSC formatted disc. Earlier video copies were transferred from a forth generation PAL tape and then subsequently transferred to NTSC. There are dozens of these discs now on the net so it's extremely difficult to know what you are trading/buying. I obviously am not looking a first generation PAL disc but am looking for a decent quality generation copy that has never been transferred to NTSC.
Earl's Court was def recorded in PAL but as Lord Fickle states that's not really the issue. Trancer for example sells this DVD on ebay, however his version is an NTSC formatted disc. Earlier video copies were transferred from a forth generation PAL tape and then subsequently transferred to NTSC. There are dozens of these discs now on the net so it's extremely difficult to know what you are trading/buying. I obviously am not looking a first generation PAL disc but am looking for a decent quality generation copy that has never been transferred to NTSC.
I just think that the "home-made" discs like the ones on ebay are likely to be in worse quality because the PC cannot convert PAL/NTSC as good as a professional can.
I thought this was pretty good for a fiver
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/QUEEN-LIVE-1977-HOUSTON-EARLS-COURT-2-DVDS-5_W0QQitemZ6467628441QQcategoryZ59009QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Quality is probably crap but for a fiver you could spend that down the pub on one drink. Pretty reasonable since I don't have Houston anyway.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/QUEEN-LIVE-1977-HOUSTON-EARLS-COURT-2-DVDS-5_W0QQitemZ6467628441QQcategoryZ59009QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Quality is probably crap but for a fiver you could spend that down the pub on one drink. Pretty reasonable since I don't have Houston anyway.
Unlike the other listings mentioned here, that does seem fairly priced, and at least the seller is honest about the quality.
I just bought Earls Court 77 on Dvd on ebay. The NTSC version. Now I wasnt expecting this to be perfect anyhow considering the fact that I had already had this on mpeg-cd rom format. But I now wish i would have never purchased it other than the fact that I can now watch it without having to go to the computer. This particular version I bought totally sucks. Its missing one song, and the video quality fucking sucks. I have the missing song on my cd-rom mpeg that i had once downloaded. I noticed at the end to there were some credits and just below some japanese writing of some sort. I wish they would find some kinda way to either repair the audio and release this shit or just release it anyhow because the video quality they have of it is absolutly superb. Just watching bits and pieces of ANATO 30th anniversery dvd shows what kinda quality they have of most of the 70s shows including hyde park. Its foolish, to think that they were saying they cant do much with much of that material but im begining to think who ever made that comment is talking from his ass. If they wanted to release this concert and many others they would have done so by now fix or not because there is a market out there for it. Otherwise these copies with missing songs would not exist.
I decided to go ahead and get that disc of Earl's Court and Houston 77' for a fiver. Decided to take a chance with the hammersmith concerts as well. My hope is that the seller downloaded the 4 part mpeg svcd of earl's court from here because I know it was in PAL and the video quality was pretty good.
OrgeBattle that DVD version you have sounds like the terrible NTSC video version I got a few years ago. The quality totally sucks and the colour keeps changing repeatedly. I also downloaded a 2 part mpeg of the concert from here and the quality was vastly superior although it had a strange film look about it.
OrgeBattle that DVD version you have sounds like the terrible NTSC video version I got a few years ago. The quality totally sucks and the colour keeps changing repeatedly. I also downloaded a 2 part mpeg of the concert from here and the quality was vastly superior although it had a strange film look about it.
Just to update
I got the DVDs from the UK guy who was selling them for fiver (2 set each). I won't be able to watch them until Sunday but from his ebay feedback the quality of the DVDs is suppose to be pretty good (good reports on Houston). One guy said he should have been charging a lot more but he obviously isn't greedy. This guy sounds like a real fan!
I got the DVDs from the UK guy who was selling them for fiver (2 set each). I won't be able to watch them until Sunday but from his ebay feedback the quality of the DVDs is suppose to be pretty good (good reports on Houston). One guy said he should have been charging a lot more but he obviously isn't greedy. This guy sounds like a real fan!
Oh well thats good. Keep us updated!