Elton John 60 at Madison Square (Universal BD!)

[Neo65]

This is a Universal Music BD disk. When the same Universal logo came out, it felt... right. But then the title underneath said Universal Music. Perhaps some day .

If you're a fan of Elton John, you will like this disk. The concert is his 60th in Madison Square Garden, held on his 60th birthday. Lasting over 3 hours, it started with a few lesser known songs, but most of his major hits were there.

Encoded in AVC, the master looks very clean --- understandable since the concert was from March 2007! This is the concert with the best consistent PQ so far.

The audio comes in 2.0 PCM or 5.1 PCM. Hooked up to my Onkyo 605, it sounds incredible. EJ's voice is no longer young, but the concert had the right energy level for a BD performance. If you crank up the volume while the wife is out, it almost felt like you were there.

One of the fun parts of this disk is that the camera cuts out to view the audience members, and it was almost as much fun to see Bill Clinton, the Osbornes, Anne Hathaway, Rosie (ok, maybe not Rosie) standing up and enjoying themselves. Anne was luminous (in an Ella Enchanted way).

This is quickly turning out to be my favorite music concert disk.

... And the onkyo with 5.1 PCM over HDMI sounds incredible...

Amazon has it cheap.