Dido Video:

		List Price: $21.98		Label: Arista Salesrank: 23119 Released: June 7, 2005
		Our Price: $11.76
		Used Price: $9.99
		MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
Recorded at London's Brixton Academy in 2004, Dido Live draws on material from 1999 debut No Angel and 2003 follow-up Life for Rent. As she notes early in the show, "It's very nice to be in a place where I've seen hundreds and thousands of gigs." Dido and five-piece band--including two percussionists--proceed to execute a tight 14-song set, touching on favorites like "Thank You" (famously sampled by Eminem for "Stan") and "White Flag," followed by a three-song encore. In David Barnard’s soft focus film, the singer/songwriter mostly swings and sways to the music, joining in on keyboards for "Do You Have a Little Time" and acoustic guitar for "Mary's in India" and "See the Sun." Highlights include the driving "See You When You're 40" and trip-hop rave-up "Honestly OK." The DVD is packaged with a CD featuring 12 tracks from the same three-night engagement (in slightly altered sequence). --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Dido Live (DVD/CD Set) Reviews:
Good performance - Good sound quality
2008-08-28 - If you like Dido, you need this DVD/CD. The band is excellent. Dido's voice is smooth and soothing as usual, and the more you watch the concert, the more you will like the music. The addition of back-up singers would be a real plus in my opinion, but all in all, a great performance.

Fantastic Performance! Great Sound! Buy this DVD!
2008-07-07 - What can I say? This is possibly the best live recording I've seen! On par with Kasey Chambers' Behind the Barricades PAL DVD and Fleetwood Mac - The Dance, which are also outstanding.

I didn't notice the alleged spyware on the CD, since I have a Mac. Ripped both the DVD and the CD and put them on the AppleTV. Quality is pretty good for such a dark concert. Mostly, this sounds like an improved version of the actual studio recordings, with quite a bit more energy (after the first two songs).

A good choice
2008-04-22 - Excellent product, for the DVD as well as for the CD. Good quality, for the sound as well as for the images. All the good songs are there and of course, Dido is gorgeous.

LIVE MUSIC
2008-02-20 - Absolutely nothing is better. This is the best DVD I ever watched. What a show. Buy it without any hesitation and listen to it over and over. Will never get boring.

One of the better concert DVDs I own
2008-02-11 - For those of you who value both high quality video and audio, this DVD delivers as much as one can ask from a non-HiDef video source. I was very surprised at the production quality. It appears the producer of this disc knew what he/she was doing.

The concert is filmed in 1.78:1 anamorphic, not 4:3 pan & scan as Amazon's site incorrectly states. For those of you with a newer 16:9 TV, this means no black bars. The video completely fills the screen without requiring the use of your TV's horrible Stretch, Zoom, or Squeeze modes that end up distorting the picture and detracting from the overall viewing experience. And unlike many concert videos that I own, Dido's concert is filmed entirely in the same aspect ratio. So there isn't a crazy mixture of 4:3 video cameras and crappy Hi-8 hand-held cam footage being spliced into the main video. The video bit-rate seems very high, making this standard definition disc (480p) look incredible even when upconverted for viewing on my 1080p plasma set. I don't even own an upconverting DVD player. I'm just using a 7-yr old, standard def progressive scan DVD player and allowing my TV's internal scaler to upconvert the video. There are no artifacts or motion blur typically associated with poorly encoded DVDs, especially concert DVDs where it appears the level of professionalism is extremely low. If you've ever seen "Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill, Live" then you know what I'm talking about.

There are no dvd Extras or Special features on this disc. Those omissions provided more disc space for the HQ video and also allowed the producer to include 3 separate audio tracks: 2-ch PCM Stereo, 5.1 Dolby Digital, & 5.1 DTS. Most "normal" people probably don't care about DTS or even know what it is, but many geeks and audiophiles prefer a DTS audio track over DD when available. (note for DTS audio, you need DTS capable equipment)

As for the the performance itself, it's just a great show. The songs are generally sung in at a faster tempo and with more energy than Dido's studio tracks. The little narrations Dido provides between sets help explain the songs and provide her fans with some added insight into her personality.... i was kinda surprised to learn she really isn't the "quiet, stay-at-home" type I've always pictured her to be. Instead she sounds kinda wild and I like it :)

I really liked the concert's simple and elegant lighting without the distracting strobes and lasers typical of the industry. For the most part, Dido is lit with a soft blue or violet spotlight against a dark background that makes her skin luminous. It's just very pretty and easy on the eyes. Also the video cuts, pans and zoom are kept to a minimum here thank god. NO STUPID MTV like editing here where everything is limited to 2 seconds per shot before panning and zooming and swooping and shaking to the next out-of-focus 2-second shot!

I highly recommend this DVD. Unlike motion picture DVDs which I've stopped purchasing altogether, I'll enjoy this concert again and again. A must buy for Dido fans.