RAINBOW DVD Audio Release (Updated DVD-Audio Info)

[matt]

CDJapan have up for preorder a new Ayu DVD.

The only info they have up is the title they have listed for it:

RAINBOW [DVD AUDIO]
Catalog No.: AVAD-91200
Media: DVD
Number of discs (or other units): 1
Release Date: 2003/07/09
Price: 3800 Yen(US$ 32.01)

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVAD-91200

Anyone heard anything about this? I want to preorder it, but I'm a little hesitant because I have no idea what it is @_@

[rainbow_momiji™]

its a video n music on a dvd..

[destiny_ayu]

Thnx for the info... its new to me

[a_yu_volution]

yeah...an A-DVD....but have to consider your soundcard...if u r running it on PC....hope there r some special stuff with it,...

thncxz for the info...

[nmskalmn]

DVD AUDIO is like a CD that you play with your DVD player. The sound quality is supposed to be far better than CD. There probably isn't any video on this disc.

Thanks for the link and info.

[matt]

What a strange thing to release, especially since it's so long after the initial release of 'Rainbow'. Everyone who wanted to own Rainbow would have it already, and I wouldn't think the demand for DVD Audio would be particularly great?

Maybe it's something else? @_@

[a_yu_volution]

no...i think it's because it's targeted for higher quality listening...since the advances in technologies...cuz with the higher storage capacity on a DVD simply means higher music rate...and if your soundcard doesn't hav the capability to encode it...u could try WinDVD...anyway lotsa bands and artist hav released A-DVD...such as eric clapton and metallica...

[rainbow_momiji™]

i am going to get it! play it on my dads expensive hi fi if he lets me use it

[xiaohui]

thanx for the info

[Grantith]

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVAD-91200

RAINBOW [DVD AUDIO]
Catalog No.: AVAD-91200
Media: DVD
Number of discs (or other units): 1
Release Date: 2003/07/09
Price: 3800 Yen(US$ 32.01)

So this is an Audio DVD release of "RAINBOW." More info on Audio DVD's here. thanks to HCE for this DVD-Audio info.

What is DVD-Audio?

DVD-Audio is a format specifically designed to provide the highest possible audio fidelity capable on DVD. The audio fidelity of DVD-Audio far exceeds the quality of conventional CD's and audio on DVD-Video.

DVD-Audio takes advantage of the large storage capacity, speed and flexibility possible with DVD. DVD-Audio provides for audio in stereo and in multi-channel surround in a wide range of specifications. In addition to audio, a DVD-Audio disk can contain a limited amount of video, which can be used to display text, such as lyrics or notes; or stills such as a photo album. Up to 16 graphic stills can be associated with each track and on-screen displays can be used for lyrics and disc navigation. As an option, a DVD-Audio disc can also include audio tracks recorded in the DVD-Video specification (Dolby Digital and DTS) for compatibility with DVD-Video players.

DVD-Audio discs won't play in standard CD players, and won't work in all DVD players.

[kawai]

It should works if your DVD is purchased within these 1.5 years. Read the manuals to comfirm on this.

Easy way for Avex to earn more revenue through, use back the same master tape and encode it in DVD-Audio for higher quality and a bit of extra...


Hold on.....It's July 9th, if Yesasia and others can't order for you, I might be able to help over in Tokyo in preordering, got to be early through.

[shinjite]

wow. i'd relaly like to purchase this! *goes to read dvd manual!*

[mimika]

a new RAINBOW DVD AUDIO would be released on July 9, itz the RAINBOW album plus the song RAINBOW released in a dvd audio format cd, which means much better quality than normal cd

source: http://www.neowing.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVAD-91200


i personally think this is kinda a rip-off....itz just release an album with all the songs in the RAINBOW album and the song RAINBOW itself in a dvd format...yea i might have better quality..but..is it really worth it???

[Unimatrix Prime™]

Not totally OT, but regarding DVD-audio ... it's a relatively new DVD format, which can have loads of songs and some vids (kinda like those Enhanced CDs today), but I'm not sure if all DVD players can play DVD audio, so unless you've got a DVD player in your car or elsewhere, it's not too practical to get, and in the end, you won't really hear much (if any) difference in audio perception from these discs.

[Cientifik]

i dont think its worth it. i probably wouldnt notice the difference in quality anyway. cd quality is just fine for me.

[ayu_ready78]

The DVD-Audio version of RAINBOW may be worthwhile to those ppl that A)don't have the album yet and have the DVD-A player or B)collects everything Ayu-related. Even tho I have a DVD-Audio player, IMO the technology hasn't been that sucessful as of lately. Now, if companies started putting out DVD-Audio players for car stereos and the new format really caught on, then this would be something to consider. Otherwise, me not wasting my money on this version no matter what the extras are included on it.

[Piccolo]

32 dollars? Uh... isn't that a bit pricy?

[sunny]

another shocking product....
if it also contain the RAINBOW pv it's ok...
seems like avex's just too cheapskate to pleased ayu's fans

and... question... about mettalica and eric clapton also released audio dvd... how many tracks are there in the dvd?

AVEX should at least give us the RAINBOW instrumental, not only 1 track in one DVD

[shinjite]

i would really enjoy this, but i don't think that my dvd player plays dvd-audio plus, it dosen't even play other region codes other than american ones. my dvd player on my computer can play all region codes , though. how do i figure out if my dvd player on my computer supports dvd-audio????

[nmskalmn]

sunny, I think this DVD-Audio will contain all the songs from the RAINBOW album. Btw, here's a link to one of those Eric Clapton DVD-Audio releases:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...7307?vi=glance

It has 12 songs.