Best of Both Worlds Concert: The 3-D Movie: Extended Edition

MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / High Profile 4.1 / Region A
Running time: 1:22:24
Movie size: 20,341,469,184 bytes
Disc size: 48,833,115,022 bytes
Average video bit rate: 21.74 Mbps

DTS-HD Master Audio English 5476 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 5476kbps (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 1536kbps)
Dolby Digital Audio Portuguese 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps
LPCM Audio English 1536 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 1536kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Portuguese 192 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 192kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 192 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 192kbps

Subtitles: English / English SDH / French / Portuguese / Spanish
Number of chapters: 17

Those of us who grew up with phenomenon of The Monkees can smile with recognition at the Tiger Beat-fueled frenzy surrounding today tween sensations. Not long ago it was Lizzie McGuire. Now a young girl barely knows who that is. Most recently it's been the powerhouse that is Hannah Montana, a franchise very much like The Monkees in that the records and the TV series nurture each other.

Miley Cyrus is remarkably talented and self-assured in her performances. Despite some bumps in the road in the last year, we can only hope she can weather the challenges ahead. She's maturing as a "product" and is approaching a crossroads. According to my daughter and her tween crowd, she's being eclipsed by the Jonas Brothers (or just "Jonas Brothers" as they are insistently called in official and scripted material).

These two DVD packages capture both entities at two very different career points. Miley "Hannah" period seems to have reached its fever pitch with the theatrical 3-D Best of Both Worlds Concert. Tickets sold out and histrionics ensued, both around her live concert tour and the movie. The whole thing was brilliantly orchestrated from a marketing point of view.



The second DVD disc in the "2-Disc Extended Edition" package contains the 3-D version of the movie. Four sets of 3-D glasses are included along with a way to order more if necessary (I usually keep all my various 3-D glasses for handy re-use). The effect on TV is not nearly as impressive as in the film because the polarization technique cannot be done on TV, as far as I know, so this uses the old red-and-blue lens trick. It's still fun.

The first disc has the concert film in 2-D and some extra features like a sing-along, extra Jonas songs and a nice little "Ultimate Personal Tour" similar to the backstage footage in the film, and perhaps culled from the same footage. It's interesting to see Miley talk about shoes and shopping like a typical teen rather than a corporate entity.

The Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus Best of Both Worlds concert usually sold out in minutes that it was announced. Disney is use to capitalize on a trend (like High School Musical, The Concert - Extreme Access Pass). They recorded the concert and did it in Disney 3-d DVD format, so making it an extra special event for even those who saw this concert in tour or in the movie theater

This version has the concert in 2-d (normal viewing) and 3-d. It has four pair of 3-d glasses, so the family can watch the concert together. I wish Disney did that for Spy Kids 3-D Game Over (Two-Disc Collector's Series)

Like most concert tours, it shows the behind the scenes look at the concert. Some very cute for the Disney Tweens who love the Montana show. Some of the behind the scenes look like childish pranks, but then I remember Miley is only fifteen herself.

The concert is entertaining and lively. The Jonas Brothers on the bill, this concert film cant miss

However, the intercutting between the concert and the rehearsal/behind the scenes gets on my nerves. I would rather the full concert, without the behind the scenes footage.

I can not wait until November when Disney releases The whole first season of Hannah Montana. I know my niece Julia will love it for Christmas (like she loves this DVD) and I will again her a GREAT uncle in her eyes for a few more minutes

Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD

In answer to those who are questioning why they didn't use the same technology they used in the theaters for the 3D effect... you can't reproduce it on TV.

The latest 3D effects requires two separate lights (wavelengths) to be emitted toward you. The black 3D glasses used in theaters are actually polarizing filters that allow only one of the images(wavelenths) to enter each individual eye.

Televisions only emit one wavelenth light, and thus, cannot be separated with the use of polarizing filters (black 3D glasses). Currently, the only way to achieve any kind of 3D effect on TV is using the old-school red-blue (anaglyph) glasses to filter out the respective red-blue images of Miley.

Im a big fan of Hannah and Miley and the Jonas Brothers are awesome too i got 3 d glasses with my dvd .