Paramore: The Final Riot! (Blu-ray)

[LoR*Evanescence]

I have just came across news that Paramore will be releasing their recent live concert on Blu-Ray Marched 3, 2009.

I'm really looking forward to this release since Paramore is one of my favorite bands and will be repurchasing this Concert ASAP once it comes out on Blu-Ray.

So far the information that I have come up with on the net is:

Title: Paramore Live, the Final Riot!
Studio: Summit Entertainment
UPC: 890039001419
Director: Michael Thelin
Year: 2008
Main Language: English
Video: 1.78:1
Audio: AC-3, Dolby
Release Date: Mar 03, 2009
Run Time: 120 min
List Price: $34.99

Does anyone here have any more information on this release. Such as will it be true 1080p?

Even though this release is already available for pre order on amazon and others there are many people calling it a haux or a crappy upscale release for the following reasons.

The concert was rumored to have been filmed on cheap PAL SD 16:9 576p Cams from fans who saw the cameras at the time of recording. In addition people are saying not to believe it yet since it hasn't been announced by the record label or the bands official site.


In addition, when I contacted the record label last October, a month before the dvd release about a possible blu-ray release I was told that it was impossible at this point in time. It was never budgeted in or planed for in the beginning. I have sent them in another email for conformation on this release, but have yet to hera anything back from them.


I'm really hoping this release pans out and will be top quality. Any new release especialy on blu-ray by summit (The dvd was done in house) would be of much better quality.

The dvd is 16:9 letter boxed to 4:3 (Not Anamorphic) and is only 480i. It also has occasional macro blocking. It also only had stereo audio and the whole onert was on the dvd twice (once for the complete play through with a behind the scence look of the band talking, and one that just plays the songs though with out scene of the band cut in here and there)