U2//Vertigo//2005//Live From New York//08-10-05//Madison Square Garden (DVD)
Vertigo New York, New York
08 October 2005
Format: NTSC (720 x 480)
Bitrate: 8.000 Mbps
Audio: PCM Stereo and Dolby Digital 5.1
Source: Master digital video
Converted to DVD by: Catwalk
DVD Authored by: Gustavo Guevara
Interactive Menu: Yes
Chapter Divisions: Between songs
(87:41)
(38:09)
Video = 7
Audio = 9

Disc 1:
1. Credits
2. City of Blinding Lights
3. Vertigo
4. Elevation
5. I Will Follow
6. All I Want Is You
7. Beautiful Day
8. Miracle Drug
9. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
10. Love and Peace or Else
11. Sunday Bloody Sunday
12. Bullet the Blue Sky
13. Miss Sarajevo
14. Pride (In the Name of Love)
15. Where the Streets Have No Name
16. One

Disc 2:
1. Credits
2. The First Time
4. Wh'o Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
5. With or Without you
6. All Because Of You
7. Fast Cars
8. Original Of The Species
9. 40

Source: Sony Handycam DVD 203, Camécope MiniDVD 1Mpix Zoom X 12/X40
Taper: Pspa
 

NOTE: This DVD features the same video footage that is included on the U2 In His Garden: You'll Never Be Alone DVD, but it has been converted to NTSC by Gustavo Guevara.  In addition, Gustavo dubbed the audio from a different recording over the video.  He had downloaded the audio recording from the www.joeahorro.com in mp3 format.  However, since almost all DVDs contain audio that is in a lossy format (AC3, MPEG, etc.), the fact that the "source" audio for this DVD was lossy doesn't make much of a difference.  The audio on this DVD is a definite upgrade over the audio on the PAL version.  Gustavo also created different menus for these discs, which contain the rather generic title for this bootleg.

Here are my notes for the PAL version:

The taper was located in the stands on the left side (The Edge's side) of the arena at an approximately 60 degree angle from the stage.  The footage includes both relative closeups and wide-angle shots.  The clarity of the video is good but not great.  This is due largely to the distance between the taper and the stage.  Because of this distance, no true closeups are provided.  The taper occasionally has some difficulty keeping the camera steady and there every once in a while there is a minor obstruction (heads, arms, etc. in front of the camera).  The audio is clear but a tad bit distant and a few screamers near the taper are audible on occasion.  There are brief edits between some of tracks, a couple of which sacrifice the beginnings of songs (i.e. "Beautiful Day").