I have both the boot CD and the boot DVD, both being from the japanese laserdisc i guess (the CD has a better sound quality actually) and the sound quality is terrible in comparison to the Beautiful Strange, Rave 2000 or Aladdin live shows!

It's a shame that such an amazing concert isn't available in perfect sound quality

The video wasn't released by WB, obviously Prince owns the rights to this, so WHEN WILL WE HAVE A DVD rerelease???!!!

DVD?

Ain't that like a Blu-Ray but in worse quality?

PANDURITO said:

Sorry i forgot about the existence of Blue-Ray

databank said:

Since Lovesexy is one of my favorite two Prince albums of all time, I couldn't agree with you more.

I'd take it a step further and say I think it's a shame that one of the most important musicians of all time doesn't have a full blown, great quality two and a half hour live DVD of just Prince material, hits, album tracks, bonus cuts etc...

Almost every other artist under the sun has multuple live DVDs out there. It's time for our main man to get one out there too!

Yes. I was think about that the other day.

PANDURITO said:

Nope.
a BD is merely a DVD with even more DRM on it.
(DVD had at least three layers...)
Was the material ever shot in HD in the first place?

udo said:

You would think that; but I bought Highlander on Blu-Ray and watched it recently... damn It wasn't shot in HD but it looked pretty fine to me, you could even spot a cigarette on the ground!!!

+ they can put a freaking awesome audio track on a Blu-Ray! And that's what's it all about for a Concert Film.


Prince; I really hope you release 'something' on Blu-Ray or even DVD! We have been patience for quite some time now... do what's best... make some money and show the non-fans what you sound like LIVE!

Could you imagine some faces in your local media store, when they see something like LOVESEXY on a big ass tv screen!

Release it!

udo said:

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databank said:

My Dortmund Lovesexy DVD is fantastic quality, both picture and audio. This was the one that was professionally shot 4 release. Sounds like you're referring 2 the same one, but mine sounds and looks great!

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There isn't enough demand for Prince music, dvd's or anything else to justify a release. We've already got everything worth having and the rest of the world isn't interested and won't buy it. Theoretically, Prince should be capable of whipping up demand, but it doesn't seem to be in him to make it happen.

funksterr said:

I disagree.The demand is there.Prince still has a sizable fanbase around the world who would rush out to buy these things.

Reissue is kind of misnomer in this instance, no?

Giovanni777 said:

Mine too! Love it!

TikiColadas said:

We might have different versions, i can't say really

SoulAlive said:

They haven't come out in force to buy anything really in 20 years.

Prince doesn't "do" reissues.

udo said:

Well, it was certainly not shot in HD.
And as it was shot on video (not film) it could only be blown up in size, but not really quality. (although they do a good job on some things)

Lets face it, we're not going to get a DVD release, never mind a Blu Ray!

MartyMcFly said:

He kinda did by putting "The undertaker" and "The Sacrifice Of Victor" on Lotuscam.com

lotusflower said:

Highlander was shot on 35mm film which has higher resolution than 1920x1080 HD (on a blu-ray). As a matter of fact most distributed movies since the 1920's were shot on 35mm film and are all sharper than HD if you find an original print. That's why you can get Gone With The Wind or the Casablanca on blu-ray. They are better than blu-ray on the original film print.

The Prince Lovesexy concert was shot on PAL video... so it was never at HD quality. The Rave concert or Alladin could get HD transfers... SOTT already has an HD transfer from the 35mm print. It showed on the Encore HD channel years ago.

udo said:

ntsc DVD is 720 x 480 pixels big

HD blu-ray is 1920 x 1080 pixels big.

Giovanni777 said:

Ok, actually it's not the sound quality as in bootlegs that i meant, it's really -i think- a matter of mastering. The sound is clean on my copy, too, but with a very poor mastering (high sounds and low sounds aren't balenced correctly in the mix IMO)

ufoclub said:

PAL is 720x576.
If the material was shot in PAL, what would a DRM-ridden BD yield us?
Better give us a PAL DVD, unencrypted, zone 0 and macrovision off.

ufoclub said:

If SOTT in true HD quality is `somehere` why is it not available as a b00t or legit release?

udo said:

Why is the regular DVD not available in the biggest market of them all.... the U.S. ?

because they don't see a demand worthy of publishing it?

I'm actually surprised myself that someone didn't TIVO that shit and post a file.... at the time I did not subscribe to HD Encore or I would have recorded it just like I have Star Wars in HD right now.

udo said:

Yep, the PAL laserdisc is the best source right now.

I own the Lovesexy laserdisc but have never been able to watch it - where to get a laserdisc player these days?

Just get a b00tleg DVD with the LD transfer.
Yes, I can do that. I own the LD, so I have paid a `license` for that content.
(that is the rationale from the **AA)

PANDURITO said:

Look, there's no point in taking a video-recorded show and attempt to upgrade it to BD. You'll only expose flaws.

databank said:

Blu-ray. No "e", and the "r" isn't a capital.

udo said:

Nonsense. Plenty of BDs are region free.

udo said:

DVDs have MAXIMUM 2 layers. DVD-5 vs DVD-9 (single-sided, of course). DVD-10, DVD-14 and DVD-18 are simply dual-sided DVDs.