Thoughts on COUNTDOWN LIVE 2007-2008 Anniversary II - DVD out

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Now that the DVD is out, what are your thoughts?

Visually I think it's (obviously) much better than the TV version. It really looks awesome and it's nicely edited, I noticed a lot more details than in the TV version. They also use the flying camera a lot, which gives cool effects.

On the audio part, it sounds great, everything has been balanced, like the audience, band and back up singers. Luckily they turned the audio on Peco and Princess down, so they're now what they're supposed to be - back up singers. Songs like decision now sound good, because it's not made into a horrible trio. Ayu's vocals have been slightly touched up, yet it still sounds like the TV version. It's hard to explain, but bringing out ayu's vocal from Peco/Princess hell made her sound a whole lot better. She is, however, still kinda off in some parts of songs like Together When, decision (the ne-eh parts), SURREAL, B&D and so on.

In the end, it feels a lot more polished, but not to the point of perfection like AT07 was. It has a more raw feel IMO.

One major difference was that they chose to completely mute Peco's dancer introductions during the Ladies Night into. In one shot, you can see her say something into the microphone, but you can't hear her. THANK YOU GOD! Now you can fully enjoy the extended Ladies Night intro without her destroying it.

(For those who haven't seen it, it's on it's way in the download section)