brett

I was on the Acura site the other day and requested a brochure, which I received yesterday. It’s a nice piece, about 40 pages long, heavy paper stock, nice photography along with all kinds of information. The package I received also included a small brochure that lists all of the currently available DVD-As.

One curious thing I noticed about the brochure is it appears Acura doesn't want to draw attention to the fact that this is a front wheel drive car. The only place in the brochure I could find where it says the car is FWD was under the transmission section of the specifications on page 34. In my mind, Joe Average isn’t going to give a hoot over if it is RWD or FWD, while enthusiasts would already know it was FWD, so it makes me wonder why they buried this bit of information. I’m not trying to start another debate on FWD vs. RWD, just an observation.

Anyway, If you don't have the brochure, you might want to request one before they are all gone.

rets

The small brochure that lists all of the currently available DVD-As?

I already have two brochures, but never see that kind of list yet... should get one...


Actually, lots of cars will hide that FWD stuff... u're right. :o

brett

If you want, PM me your email address and I'll send you scans of the DVD-A brochure. Its in 6 parts, and the zip file is about 1.8 MB.

rets

Thanks brett for providing these files

brett

I should add that the DVD-A brochure states "For more up-to-date information, check out dvdinformation.com," However, it doesn't seem to be all that "up-to-date."

http://www.dvdinformation.com/Audio/titles.cfm

narnia

BAH! No Beatles! It's probably a contract thing.

GaleForce

Yeah, I'd love some Beatles, a lot, actually. I think its not only a contract thing but the fact that their music was recorded so long ago that they may not have 5 channels recorded. Just a guess.

If anyone wants a GREAT DVD-A to listen when you're just cruising or to enjoy the DVD-A system, I strongly suggest the Blue Man Group. And if you like rock, definitely get Led Zeppelin's "How the West was Won." Its a 2 disc live concert in 5.1. Very fun to listen to.

brett

So you know who to blame, M. Jackson and Sony still own the Beatles catalog. I don't think Sony is quite yet on the DVD-A bandwagon (or if they ever will be), since they push SACD. It's a VHS vs. Beta type of thing.

Eduardo

Actually, it does not matter when the album was recorded. A vast majority of recorded music was never recorded in a multi-channel format. Usually the music needs to converted to a multi-channel format (currently SACD and DVD-A). It depends upon the artist to approve of the multi-channel mix and then they hire an engineer (well unless you're someone like Trent Reznor who mixed into 5.1 channels his last DVD).

By the way, I'll say it to death but BUY the Flaming Lips DVD-A "Yoshimi battles the Pink robots"!

Liquid _Courage

The Blue Man Group is great. Also, if you like rock, get Linkin Park's Reanimation. It was mixed very well.