What's a good DVD-A title for driving?

 

Depends on your type of driving I guess?

 

Something like trance, techno or house music. Music you cruise to like the Transporter soundtrack from Europe.

 

The Best of R.E.M. is good.

I also have Crowded House, Sting, Blue Man Group, Flaming Lips -- all good.

 

I have got the following

Beck - good
The Flaming Lips - great
Everclear - good
The Foo Fighters - OK
Missy Elliot - good

I just picked up the Flaming lips and listened to it on the drive home and must say

 

Where can I pick up the Flaming lips at?

 

May have been TLover who pointed this out, but if you're looking somewhere that sells DVD-A's and CDs, look for it in the CD section. It comes packaged with both and is most likely there.

 

By eating your Baked Alaska too soon??? :toothless
:tflamer:

 

Lol

 

how do you know if a cd is dvd-a

 

I got the Flaming Lips DVD-A at Best Buy, it also has the normal CD in it so you get both for the price of the DVD-A.

Tower carries it as well but the one by me was sold out.

 

For quite driving with a laid back clean sound I like the Steve Stevens DVD-A, there is a track from it on the sample DVD-A that came with the car. For ass kicking bass I like Blue Man Group - Audio. When they releace their Complex DVD-A soon that should be awesome, it really kicks on CD.

 

if the case is shaped bigger than a normal CD and is annoyingly hard to store if you have more than a few discs.

 

Acura sells a nice CD/DVD-A holder. I bought one for my TSX, and it does the trick for DVD-As too.

 

I can vouch for the Crowded House DVD-A of their debut album (self-titled). That is a killer disc.

Also, the Queensryche stuff is awesome if you like their style.

 

anyone seen the movie orgasmo, done by the south park guys?

it brings a new meaning to DVDA

 

I picked up the Santana DVD-A. It was the only one that's good that circuitcity had. I also ordered Linkin Park from deep discount dvd.

 

overstock.com sometimes has good deals on DVD-A's as well

 

I picked up the Lips yesterday and really like it!

They did an experimental thing a couple of years ago (I don't recall the name of it), where they released one "album" on four different discs that were meant to be played simultaneously on 4 different boom boxes at the same time. How cool would that be mixed in 5.1?

I also really like the Beck disc...

 

I bought a few discs and will be taking some of your recommenations for Blue Man Group (if I can find it), Missy Elliot and The Flaming Lips.

I have:
Metallica - sounds is very clear/crisp, but doesn't really have much 5.1 that I noticed. Not sure it is worth buying if you have the CD, though I haven't A/B'ed them
Stone Temple Pilots - Core - similar sound quality to Metallica. Still love this album so I'm not disappointed
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People - Sounds good with some cool 5.1 stuff.
R.E.M. - Reveal - Haven't listened to it yet
Beck - Sea Change - Incredible sound quality with good use of 5.1 (good meaning well done, not over done), though I'm not sure I actually like the album itself

 

I agree with you there. Certainly not his finest, but there are some highlights nonetheless. My complaint about that album mixing stems from one song. "Paper Tiger" is probably my favorite track on the CD, but in 5.1 they've really fouled up the mix. They overemphasize the violins. There are some moments in that song that really stand out on the CD, but are buried here. Some nice bass lines, guitar lines, and a waterfall chime at a particular moment are sadly pushed to the back.

 

I have the BLUE MAN DVD-A and it is totally awesome compared to the CD.

However, get somebody else's input on whether it plays well in the TL or not.

*counts days till FORD lease is over*

 

Blue Man Group sounds great in my house, but it won't play in my TL. It just spits it out. Any others have this issue?

 

The Blue Man Group DVD is not a DVD-A and therefore will not play in our cars.

 

Isn't Blue Man Group a flipper? (My copy is out in my car in the parking lot - will check it later when I head home). My recollection is that this is the one disk I have that is two sided. One side is DVD-A.

When I put the right side in, nice surround sound comes out of the speakers - sweeping in obvious 3D effects. I would say it does work in our cars.

I have never tried to put it in the other way and see if it spits out or not.

 

Where did you find the Queensryche stuff? I have only found some Metallica
but would love some Ryche.

 

DVDplanet actually my local used cd store sells all there titles for 10 bucks the guy behind the counter asked me what the difference is so I guess they just dont care.. picked up the metalica and the stone temple and they have some nice effects nothing mind blowing. But im definately going to be looking into the blue man group

 

I recently bought the 3 Doors Down DVD-A and I have to crank up the volume pretty high to even be able to hear the disc. I was wondering if this was just a problem with the sampling on the 3 Doors Down album, or is this something that is done by the audio system?

 

Blue Man Group is a flipper. The DVD-A side works fine, the only thing is (mine at least) is labelled "DVD-A" on the side that is DVD-A, so you have to put that side down instead of up like you would expect.

Mike

 

I happened into Best Buy on Sunday, looking for a couple of new releases, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John and Tommy, the Who. Found 'em both. They are both so good that they blew me away. Do not want to leave the TL!!

 

MC,

Both Waterloo Records and Best Buy in Austin have these DVD-A's. I bought the Tribe album - I thought the 5.1 mix was very well done. Good luck!

 

Was the Elton John a DTS disk or a DVD-A? The only Elton John "GBYBR" disk I've seen was SACD!

 

GBYBR came out in SACD some time ago. It just arrived in stores in DVD-A. In fact, I pulled it and Tommy from a Best Buy cart that was that was used for stocking. The only reason I saw them was because they were in bigger cases than regular CDs. Check out the following link for upcoming releases, including Roam by the B-52s. If only they would issue Dark Side of the Moon on DVD-A...
http://www.highfidelityreview.com/ne...umber=18894947

On a related note, this same sight reports that DVD-As are outselling SACDs 5:1, which is good news for TL owners:
http://www.highfidelityreview.com/ne...umber=18483611

 

Quite correct KPH. After reading your post I dug up my copy and indeed, it is a DVD-A and is double sided.