Live At Budokan Blu-Ray -- NO CONFIRMATION FROM ANY OFFICIAL SOURCE

[Lowdz]

Play.com has a pre-order up for the Budokan gig on Blu Ray. About time. Certainly had the best picture quality.

Release date of October 17th.

If this has been mentioned elsewhere and I missed it, sorry and please lock it/remove it.

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

FUCK

YES, BITCHES

[VincentMDO]

FUCK YEAH

[Zydar]

I'm happy for all you blu-ray owners out there.

[Dcrupi]

I knew there was a reason I was waiting to buy Budokan.

[slycordinator]

Was it actually shot in at at least 1080P? Because if the original footage is all actually DVD quality... I'll stick with what I've already got.

[Lynxo]

Was it actually shot in at at least 1080P? Because if the original footage is all actually DVD quality... I'll stick with what I've already got.

That's a good question...however, being the collector I am, I will probably get it either way.

[ReaPsTA]

I think Budokan was actually shot on film.

[Nick]

I assume this was shot in high def, otherwise there would be no sense to this.

In any case I am very excited and will certainly be buying this.

[bobs23]

I don't know where that came from. I have been working with the label for the better part of 2 years trying to get this and Score released on Bluray. For informational purposes, Budokan was shot 1080I and converted to 1080p to give it more of a film look. Score was shot 1080p. All the processing for both shows was done in hidef, including menus. All that needs to happen is for the label to pull the trigger (it hasn't happened yet, as I spoke with them just last week). The only thing that needs to be done is to author both shows. I'm a little foogy in this fact, but I also seem to think that there is 5.1 audio for these also.

[Loser1]

Budokan was shot in hi-def. In a commentary Portnoy mentions this fact. So Fuck YES I am getting it!

[Jarlaxle]

Hopefully Score gets the same treatment. 

[Nick]

I don't know where that came from. I have been working with the label for the better part of 2 years trying to get this and Score released on Bluray. For informational purposes, Budokan was shot 1080I and converted to 1080p to give it more of a film look. Score was shot 1080p. All the processing for both shows was done in hidef, including menus. All that needs to happen is for the label to pull the trigger (it hasn't happened yet, as I spoke with them just last week). The only thing that needs to be done is to author both shows. I'm a little foogy in this fact, but I also seem to think that there is 5.1 audio for these also.

Well I would *like* to assume that for Blu-Ray hi-res 5.1 is practically expected. I would be rather disappointed if I get a Blu-Ray and the audio sees absolutely no improvement.

[Riceball]

Sweet, setting up my home theater over the next couple of months; might have just found something to christen it with

[TL]

Sweet! I actually have a setup I can listen to this on now. Here's hoping Score gets a BluRay release as well (I'd be shocked if it didn't following Budokan).

[Orbert]

Great news.  I never picked up the Budokan DVD, but I'll grab it on Blu-ray.

[darkshot]

Any other websites have this?  I've never heard of play.com but it looks like a UK site.

I'm so glad they are finally releasing something like this, now we just need Score, and maybe a new one for the ADTOE tour on blu ray and life is complete. 

[Jarlaxle]

This tour BETTER have a DVD or I will die.

[darkshade]

UGH, I just re-bought Budokan recently because my old copy was severely scratched!  

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

This tour BETTER have a DVD or I will die.

[Jarlaxle]

 

[cramx3]

Great news, JLB said he thought this might happen in a recent interview, didn't expect it to happen so soon though.  I got a blu ray home theater system so this is going to rock, I also got my blu ray player in my computer with 7.1 headphones so this is going to rock either by myself or with the neighbors listening.  If they do this, I would expect Score to get the same treatment.

[tri.ad]

Sounds great! I won't get a Blu-Ray version of the concert, though.

[BlobVanDam]

Budokan is by far the best looking DT concert even on DVD, so I can only imagine how amazing it would look if it were released on Bluray. Shame I don't have a player yet, because I'd get this.

[Ħ]

I've never actually seen something in Blu-ray.

[Jarlaxle]

I've never actually seen something in Blu-ray.

[Sketchy]

UGH, I just re-bought Budokan recently because my old copy was severely scratched!  

You're tearing him apart, Dream Theater!

I would buy this if I primarily listened  to stuff over a DVD player, but I don't, so... CD it is for me.

[Pettor]

Yeeeeeeeees!

I will not hesitate to buy this

[MajorMatt]

Awesome!

Probably only a matter of time until Score too! 

Matt

[petrucci07]

FUCK YES

This WILL be awesome

[Nick]

Score and Budokan are on separate labels, so while I hope Score follows soon, I don't think Budokan going to Blu-Ray means anything directly for Score.

[ACID_FOX]

UGH, I just re-bought Budokan recently because my old copy was severely scratched!  

[bosk1]

Not sure why people are glossing over Bob's quote, but I will repost it again:

I don't know where that came from. I have been working with the label for the better part of 2 years trying to get this and Score released on Bluray. For informational purposes, Budokan was shot 1080I and converted to 1080p to give it more of a film look. Score was shot 1080p. All the processing for both shows was done in hidef, including menus. All that needs to happen is for the label to pull the trigger (it hasn't happened yet, as I spoke with them just last week). The only thing that needs to be done is to author both shows. I'm a little foogy in this fact, but I also seem to think that there is 5.1 audio for these also.

In other words, this has not been approved yet, so either (1) the label is still deciding and has been in communication with distributors like play.com, but nothing is decided yet, or (2) play.com simply made a mistake.  Either way, I wouldn't get excited about this just yet.

[darkshot]

It's exciting to know that its at least being worked on, and play.com wouldn't just randomly put Live at Budokan Blu ray up on their site unless they knew something.  Even if they jumped the gun before its approved, that probably means it is getting close.  And that makes me excited.

[Orbert]

Not sure why people are glossing over Bob's quote, but I will repost it again:

I don't know where that came from. I have been working with the label for the better part of 2 years trying to get this and Score released on Bluray. For informational purposes, Budokan was shot 1080I and converted to 1080p to give it more of a film look. Score was shot 1080p. All the processing for both shows was done in hidef, including menus. All that needs to happen is for the label to pull the trigger (it hasn't happened yet, as I spoke with them just last week). The only thing that needs to be done is to author both shows. I'm a little foogy in this fact, but I also seem to think that there is 5.1 audio for these also.

In other words, this has not been approved yet, so either (1) the label is still deciding and has been in communication with distributors like play.com, but nothing is decided yet, or (2) play.com simply made a mistake.  Either way, I wouldn't get excited about this just yet.

Well, shit.

But I've waited this long, and like many people, I actually got my fill of the Budokan DVD at Best Buy when it first came out (I sat in the Home Theater area and watched it a few times) so I'm good for now.  I'm a sucker for a good high-def concert vid, though, so I know I'll eventually pick it up.