Great news for every Sign 'O' the times lovers, the concert-movie has finally been officially released BUT only in Holland (region 2)

For more info look here: http://www.nl.bol.com

This is what the accompanied text says:
Voor het eerst op DVD en nu heel voordelig verkrijgbaar!!

De film is een registratie van een concert dat Prince in Rotterdam gaf in het kader van zijn Sign O The Times Tour en bevat elf van de dertien songs van zijn gelijknamige dubbelalbum. Alle songs behalve Nows The Time werden door hem zelf gecomponeerd. Zoals gebruikelijk bij Prince spelen verschillende dames een belangrijke rol in het festijn: Cat, Sheila E en Boni Boyer gooien alles wat ze hebben aan vocale en fysieke ritmiek in de strijd. Ook Sheena Easton komt aan bod: met een uitgebreide videoclip van U Got The Look. Deze tournee bracht Prince ook naar Galgewaard in Utrecht, waar de bezoekers een kaartje op hun stoelen aantroffen waarop de popster hen dringend verzocht om te blijven zitten tijdens het concert, omdat hij dat anders onmiddellijk en onverbiddelijk zou stoppen. Video/Film Express kreeg het materiaal voor de DVD aangeboden met monogeluid, maar is erin geslaagd om een geluidskanaal van hogere kwaliteit op te sporen. De anderhalf uur durende film wordt in Dolby Digital 5.1 en DTS op DVD uitgebracht. Sign O The Times Play in the Sunshine Little Red Corvette Housequake Slow Love I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man Hot Thing Now's The Time U Got The Look If I Was Your Girlfriend 4ever In My Life It¿s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night The Cross.

A lot of bla, bla.
The most interresting thing though is that the company which produced the DVD got the material with mono sound only, but they managed to find (? ) soundtracks of higher quality so that the DVD has Dolby Digital and DTS quality sound.

I have ordered it. Hopefully I will receive it within 3 days.
I'll keep y'all up to date

its region 0

Prince - Sign 'O' the Times



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Regio: 2 (Europa, Japan)
Releasedatum: 27.03.2004

I don't think this is official is it?

I thought it was the same as the Brazilian release, only it had better sound quality.

I read it is transfered from the laser disc release.

I caught the news on TV where a former representative from the dutch branch of BMG/Ariola (Henk Jan Smits, the chairman of the dutch Idols-jury) told it.

And since he is strongly against anything illegal concerning music, I guess it's an official release.

"official" is a matter of opinion (and local national licencing law).
Let's just say that that it's only slightly better than the Brazillian release.

BorisFishpaw said:

How do you know ?
I just ent an email to Warner Benelux by the way, to ask if it's an official release; they should know.

believe me, I know.

and I'll say one more thing...
It's mastered from the VIDEO version (complete with the odd sound line)
...but the sound quality is a lot better than on the Brazillian release.
I'm not saying it's not "official", cuz it is (in Holland)
(the Brazillian release is 'official' in Brazil too)
But it wouldn't be legit if it were released in the US or UK,
and I think that says something in itself.

OLD news...!!!

yes old news

its just another ripoff

vhs source..

FunkyStrange said:

does it have the widescreen version of the film?

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

No; no widescreen; image is too dark and it is taken from a VHS with several and regular tape-hick-ups. It's a disgrace that this was put into production.

How do U know? It's gonna be released tomorow..

TweetyV6 said:

Why? They don't have anything to do with the movie release... Check with Universal/MCA, they released it back then and gave the go ahead for this DVD release in Holland...

Neversin.

bso2001 said:

It's been available at various stores already since last friday...

Neversin.

Neversin said:

Indeed. People always forget that WB had nothing to do with the SOTT movie.