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Posted by Metralla (A) on May 27, 2007 at 09:19:46

In Reply to: RE: Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight , available on MVI with Hi-Rez PCM , debuts at #1 on Billboard Top 200 .... posted by ZS KEKL on May 23, 2007 at 11:00:17

Reuters says:

With an opening week large enough to remind us of the good old days, Linkin Park steps into the future. Its "Minutes to Midnight" is not only the first album to be sold in the new Music Video Interactive configuration, it becomes the first MVI-available title to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Certainly a big seller, but 90% of the 623,000 are not the special edition, which includes the BONUS disc in MVI.

The Warner Bros. label estimates that 60,000 of Linkin Park's U.S. units (almost 10 percent) were sold in the MVI format, which plays on DVD players but unbundles such goodies as ringtones, wallpaper and other bonus features when popped into a computer.

Note that digital downloads accounted for 13 percent of the album's U.S. opener, which is impressive.

Linkin Park's peak week was with "Meteora", which fetched 810,000 in 2003.

Regarding the BONUS disc in MVI format, from shop.mtv:

The Special Edition of Minutes to Midnight includes an MVI -- Music Video Interactive -- disc that's playable in DVD players and computers. The MVI includes downloadable MP3s for all tracks; the “What I’ve Done” video; “Making Of” videos of Minutes To Midnight and “What I’ve Done”; a “What I’ve Done” ringtone; a photo gallery, booklet in PDF, screensavers, lyrics, and more.

Just what we need: ring tones and MP3s. This quote fails to mention the inclusion of music in higher than CD resolution, so you can see what the basic pitch is.

Is there a higher resolution stereo audio version on the MVI? Apparently so. Is it 96 kHz/24 bit?

Is there also a 5.1 surround mix on the MVI? I don't think so.


Regards,
Geoff

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