U2 Rattle & Hum [HD DVD] :: Education by Design Store

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U2 at it's best pre-mega pop show up!

2007-09-16
Good film showing the Joshua Tree tour around USA and The Rattle & Hum recording sessions. Magnificent visual performing of Where the Streets Have No Name, With or Withuot U also it's great. U2 were some kind folky peasants riding the way out to mega success and global recognition stablishing their social/politic points of view while writing some of the best 80's rock songs. It's sorrow that have not included New Year's Day and Hawkmoon 269 on the sound track that are personal faves. I just buy it at a very low price promotion. Good Stuff!

Get It Quick...

2007-09-03
Paramount foolishly pulled out of Blu-Ray. If you want this, get it quick, once it's gone, it's gone. (Until Paramount come back when HD DVD dies).

rattle and hum review

2007-08-09
Good songs but not a spectacular cd. I recently bought it as I seemed to have missed buying this cd years ago. There are only some songs that are real good.

Back in the day

2007-08-02
I realize the band has expressed self-consciousness criticism of their involvement on the scene at that time in their career. Still, it's a great snapshot of who they were, what they were doing, and what they became capable of.

Just get the DVD

2007-07-14
This is old video that looks like old video. There are some good quality tracks worthy of Blu-ray but all in all, I was quite dissapointed. Hey, it's not the music that is poor it's the quality of the videos, if you got it on DVD, don't waste your money to upgrade.

"This song Charles Manson stole from the Beatles, now were steeling it back".

2008-02-18
"This song Charles Manson stole from the Beatles, now were steeling it back".

Bono "singing" Helter-Skelter sounds incredibly unprofessional, he can't seem to get the timing or the lyrics right. Check it out if you get a chance it is ridiculous!
In my opinion remaking a Beatles song is a sin!
The pompous moron who calls himself Bono is the last person who should be remaking Beatles songs. Bono has always compared his inept, politically motivated band, U2 to the Beatles. If U2 were going to be the next Beatles they missed their window back in the Eighties! The Beatles did it in 7 Years; U2 has had 28 years to do it! Compare the two bands total Number 1 singles. U2, 4 UK and 2 US Billboard Hot 100. Yet the Beatles have released a 79 minute album called Beatles 1. This album contains 27 Number One Hits from a band that released their first studio album in 1963, Please Please Me, and their last studio album in 1970, Let it be. The Beatles had 7 years total time releasing original studio recorded music!

Disappointed

2007-12-29
I recently purchased this for my Toshiba A2 HD DVD player. Although I have not seen the entire disc-what I have seen so far is disappointing-too grainy. I realize it was filmed in a dark concert hall. My 2 biggest complaints are:
1-angels of harlem-is in a small studio-not the concert footage (which I thought it would be.)
2-all I want is you-the last song on the DVD-is played while the credits are running!!

Review of the HD DVD version only

2007-12-17
Almost everybody knows how great this video is. Some versions of the songs are extraordinary. But as I said, everybody knows that.
I'm here to talk about exclusively of the HD DVD version which in my opinion is quite bad. I own the regular DVD and they both have the same video quality, which is not great. One should expect great video from an HD DVD, but this is not the case, so if you own the DVD don't bother. If you own the VHS, just buy the regular DVD. Oh, by the way I just have a 720p HDTV, so I haven't watch it on a 1080p HDTV, but I don't think it would make any difference.

Absolute must have

2007-12-06
Every fan of the irish band U2 must have this Blu-Ray Disc. The picture and sound quality is amazing.
This is Barbara from Vienna, Austira.

Video Quality is LOUSY!!

2007-10-08
The video is awful! Grainy, and dark. Blu Ray ought to be about pristine HiDef video, but this disc looks worse than most standard def DVDs. Although the audio quality is reasonably good, it should be PCM lossless instead of DTS 6.1. After all, the whole point of buying this disc in Blu Ray format is about superior sound quality and video quality. Neither were particularly impressive to me. I guess die hard U2 fans will happily shell out for the BD version, but I wish I had passed on this one. Oh well, hopefully Bon will use his cut for a worthwhile cause!