Product Details

• Producers: Rayna Morrison, Craig Colby
• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Studio: High Fidelity HDTV Media Inc
• DVD Release Date: September 11, 2009
• Run Time: 250 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002OSWU5E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,880 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok content but terrible video quality, January 28, 2010

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This review is from: Backstage Secrets: On the Road with the Rock Band RUSH (Home Use) (DVD)

Having watched the first two episodes, it is clear that the concept this video is trying to show has a lot of merit. Showing some of what goes on behind the scenes setting up for shows in several arenas, and brief bits of the actual performance during the shows.

What is also clear is that this is a very cheaply made video. It's potentially better than home video quality, but in many places it's really hard to even give it that level of quality. There are considerable compression artifacts in the video, to the point of distraction. This becomes very obvious in the lighting episode, but others have similar problems. If you're thinking "How it's made" or similar History Channel or Science Channel serial documentary, it's nowhere close quality wise.

The videos are also a bit of a tease. They start going into detail on one of the roles, then jump back to high level fluff like "waiting for points". If you're interested in what they're actually using to produce the show, you'll be disappointed, very little of that information made it into the final video. If you know what various bits which could be in the rig look like already, the video gets you close enough to pick out what the various items actually are, but again you have to know what you are looking at first.

The idea, done right would be great, but as is, this video is often painful to watch.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Re-Authored with Much Better Video, April 28, 2010

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LTDN - See all my reviews

This review is from: Backstage Secrets: On the Road with the Rock Band RUSH (Home Use) (DVD)

Dear Friends of RUSH and others,
My firm, the Longtail Distribution Network has re-authored and re-published Backstage Secrets: On the Road with the Rock Band RUSH. The video quality is significantly better with virtually no digital artifacts. These DVDs have also now been 'replicated' to DVD5 media and the 'home use' version is no longer available as 'duplicated' DVDs on DVD-R media.

The entire watching experience is significantly improved.

You can purchase this re-authored version here or at: Backstage Secrets: On The Road With The Rock Band Rush

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Content, Lousy Quality, January 4, 2010

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Brian Harrison (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Backstage Secrets: On the Road with the Rock Band RUSH (Home Use) (DVD)

As others have mentioned, the content of this video is amazing! You will not be disappointed by the amount of detail this documentary has in it. However, the supposed "HD" quality of the video is terrible. Bright lights and fast movements cause lines and blocks to appear on the screen. At first, I thought it was my TV, but after reading other reviews, it's definitely the way they made the DVDs. It's still watchable, but it can get annoying, especially during the Lighting section. It's still worth buying just for the content.