View Full Version : Got a DVD-A player - Best demo disc?
My new SDI DVD player, a Denon 1600 happens to have DVD-A support. What is a really good demo disc to try out?
Jeff
steve1056
12-06-2002, 6:12 PM
Depends on your taste in music, but the following are good
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
The Doors - LA Woman
Metallica - Metallica (The Black Album)
Deep Purple - Machine Head
One the the best sites to get them from is www.ezydvd.com.au
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Steve
Cheers Steve I'll have a look, I'd love to see some Dire Straits or Pink Floyd on DVD-A but I guess that I might have to wait a while. ;)
Jeff
PaulBoy
22-06-2002, 9:50 PM
Jeff - I agree that the dvd-a's listed are good but if you really want to get your system warmed up try the following ...
Hotel California - Eagles
Night at The Opera - Queen
Just got the latter from Future Entertainment (futureent.com) & I cant stop playing it - Bohemian Rhapsody is awesome but there's stuff that equally gobsmacking :eek:
Paul & BTW my favourite dvd-a is still ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
PennyLane
26-06-2002, 10:36 AM
PaulBoy - I agree with you. "Hotel California" has a superb mix !!Much better than "Rumours", which, IMO, has too much of the instruments in the rear speakers, and not enough in the front. I got the feeling that there is an empty gap between the front and the rear speakers. This is mainly true of the first 5 or 6 songs; the rest is better.
I'm glad to hear the "A Night at the Opera" is as good as I'm expecting it to be :) :) . Still waiting for it to be delivered ...
steve1056
18-02-2003, 11:48 PM
On the Eagles Hotel California disc, have any of you noticed that at the end of track 7, the sound drops out for a second or so at the final fade just before track 8 begins?
Happens to me on both the DD5.1 and DTS tracks.
Cheers,
Steve
gringottsdirect
19-02-2003, 1:26 AM
Originally posted by steve1056
On the Eagles Hotel California disc, have any of you noticed that at the end of track 7, the sound drops out for a second or so at the final fade just before track 8 begins?
Happens to me on both the DD5.1 and DTS tracks.
Weird, my Denon DVD-3800 plays this disc perfectly.
My Philips DVD-963SA missed the first second or two at the beginning of each track, and had the drop out you mention when playing both DD and DTS, but now after a good few discs have played through perfectly, it now plays this disc fine repeatedly with none of the drop-outs.
Try these too :
Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper
The Captain And Me by The Doobie Brothers
Automatic For The People by REM
Sick Note
19-02-2003, 9:06 PM
As I mentioned in a previous thread:
Alannis Morissette-Under rug swept
Blue Man Group-Audio(best multichannel mix ever!!:smashin: )
REM- Reveal+Automatic for the people
CJROSS
20-02-2003, 3:08 PM
dudes are you the right dudesters to ask this ? :
http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=68865
Cheers for any input.
infomatique
08-03-2003, 12:39 AM
Originally posted by steve1056
Depends on your taste in music, but the following are good
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
The Doors - LA Woman
Metallica - Metallica (The Black Album)
Deep Purple - Machine Head
One the the best sites to get them from is www.ezydvd.com.au
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Steve
Yes I must agree with your recommendations.
I find www.ezydvd.com to be a good source but I would also suggest www.redtrumpet.com in the US.
infomatique
08-03-2003, 12:41 AM
Originally posted by Jeff
Cheers Steve I'll have a look, I'd love to see some Dire Straits or Pink Floyd on DVD-A but I guess that I might have to wait a while. ;)
Jeff
Dark Side Of The Moon is being released on SACD rather than DVD-A as was originally planned ... (it is rumoured that Sony paid EMI to do this)
steve1056
08-03-2003, 1:42 PM
I can now also vouch for the following:
Eagles - Hotel California
Queen - Night At The Opera
R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
All are superb. DVD-A is definitely getting better.
Steve