Dom Robinson reviews

Distributed by
Pinnacle Records

Cat.no: IX 5529 EAUKD

Cert: E

Running time: 99 minutes

Year: 1994

Pressing: 2000

Region(s): 2, PAL

Chapters: 22

Sound: DTS 5.1, Linear PCM Stereo

Languages: English

Subtitles: 9 languages available

Fullscreen: 4:3

16:9-enhanced: No

Macrovision: No

Disc Format: DVD 9

Price: £19.99

Extras : Scene index

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Director :

Beth McCarthy

Producer :

Carol Donovan

The concert features timeless classics (Hotel California, Desperado), selections from Don Henley's 1989 End of the Innocence masterpiece (The Heart of the Matter, New York Minute), a couple of tracks that hold special memories for me (Wasted Time, The Last Resort) plus some new material (Get Over It, Love Will Keep Us Alive).

Finally, Seven Bridges Road is listed as a "Bonus DTS Audio Track", so if, like me, you haven't got a DVD player capable of outputting DTS or an amp to play it through, you're stuffed. They should've put a Dolby Digital 5.1 option on there (same goes for the whole concert too). I might consider upgrading to DTS if I could count the number of discs available on more than two hands (!)

Their rather short singles chart history to mid-2000 is as follows :

Aug 75	No.23	One of these Nights
Nov 75	No.23	Lyin' Eyes
Mar 76	No.12	Take It To The Limit
Jan 77	No.20	New Kid in Town
Apr 77	No. 8	Hotel California
Dec 78	No.30	Please Come Home for Christmas
Oct 79	No.40	Heartache Tonight
Dec 79	No.66	The Long Run
Jul 96	No.52	Love Will Keep Us Alive

Of course, the Eagles were more of an album-selling band and only a fool would not have their Greatest Hits album in their collection.

The picture quality is very good with zero artifacts, but it loses a little in the way of sharpness by being converted from NTSC material. It's certainly very watchable and is what I expected. Presented in fullscreen, the average bitrate is a first-rate 9.6Mb/s.

The sound is top-notch with all the loud tracks bursting out of the speakers with flavour, while the softer tunes inspire a more relaxed atmosphere.