Candide and Sweeney Blu Ray
Candide and Sweeney Blu Ray
davidbrian81
Chorus Member Joined: 8/29/13
#1Candide and Sweeney Blu Ray
Posted: 11/8/16 at 5:40pm
Hey, just a quick question.
Has anyone gotten the new blu rays of Candide and Sweeney with Patti Lupone? Is the image and sound any better than the dvd's or is it the same quality as the DVD's? I'm wondering if they are worth the repurchase. They still look kind of fuzzy to me on the youtube clips, with edging artifacts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQe1pJtfdB8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz8J9EEixPo
Thanks,
Dave
#2Candide and Sweeney Blu Ray
Posted: 11/8/16 at 6:21pm
The blu-ray cover artwork for both titles alone is enough to get me to stick with my DVDs. What the hell?
Whateverjsays
Featured Actor Joined: 7/12/16
#3Candide and Sweeney Blu Ray
Posted: 11/8/16 at 7:59pm
I always wished they had made an album for the Candide performance. Kristin and Patti were great together
#4Candide and Sweeney Blu Ray
Posted: 11/8/16 at 8:11pm
Is it possible Sweeney was not recorded in HD and that's why it looks so meh?
Keeping BroadwayWorld Illustrated
#5Candide and Sweeney Blu Ray
Posted: 11/8/16 at 9:14pm
Both look like downgrades to me. The Sweeney picture looks terrible and didn't get high marks from the Bluray.com review I linked below . I'll stick with my dvds.
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Candide-Blu-ray/166374/
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Sweeney-Todd-The-Demon-Barber-of-Fleet-Street-in-Concert-Blu-ray/161468/
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
Updated On: 11/8/16 at 09:14 PM
davidbrian81
Chorus Member Joined: 8/29/13
#6Candide and Sweeney Blu Ray
Posted: 11/9/16 at 5:42pm
Thank you so much for the reviews. I looked last week on blu-ray.com and they didn't have them up yet. Sad to see they also went with 2.0 sound on both. The dvd's both have 5.1. Guess I'll be sticking with those.
https://www.amazon.com/Leonard-Bernsteins-Candide-Great-Performances/dp/B0007WFXZI
https://www.amazon.com/Sweeney-Todd-Concert-George-Hearn/dp/B0000648Y0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1478730881&sr=8-2&keywords=sweeney+todd+in+concert
looks like the dvd of Sweeney is out of print now. Thank goodness I already have it,
p.s. it's not too hard to make an audio cd from a dvd. Easily searchable on google and free software. Just watch out for malware. (I believe handbrake does this)
