MindCandy Volume 3: PC Demos 2003-2010: MindCandy Video-DVD + Blu-ray: Volume 1 PC Demos | Volume 2 Amiga Demos

MindCandy Volume 3: PC Demos 2003-2010

box contains DVD + Blu-ray

menu screenshots

"pushing limits" not just a phrase:
highly dynamic bitrates,
extreme peaks of more than 60 Mbps

MindCandy 1 + 2 + 3

Awaken your mind! The 3rd and final installment of the MindCandy trilogy brings 40 of the greatest PC demos (real-time computer animated music videos) of the years 2003-2010 to your (HD)TV on both Blu-ray (1280×720, 60 fps) and DVD.

MindCandy 3 takes these poetic programs of the computer world to the next level: Each of the demos has been optimized scene by scene or even rewritten just for MindCandy (thanks to ryg, Haujobb, Satori, Cubic Team) in order to achieve perfectly smooth 60 frames per second in a mind-blowing "better-than-realtime" visual quality on HD video. It will push the limits of your Blu-ray player and TV with its spectacular audio-visual effects. MindCandy 3 is a best-of-the-best look at what imaginative amateur programmers, musicians and graphic artists can do with an off-the-shelf personal computer. The demos produced are often shown at parties throughout Europe, and are created to exploit all of the PCs technical possibilities to the max while impressing the audience.

Content

Each MindCandy 3 box contains both discs, DVD and Blu-ray. The main content is included on both of them:

Main feature in 16:9 widescreen and 60 frames/s, about 3.5 h runtime: 40 of the greatest PC demos of the years 2003-2010 polished to a high gloss
additional audio track: 1st hand background stories, spoken commentary from the demos’ creators and the MindCandy producer
multi-language subtitles for demo commentary: English, French, Spanish, German

The 12-page full color booklet introduces the included demos and what makes them special.

Difference DVD / Blu-ray

Both discs share the main feature, as mentioned before. Next to the brilliant HD video quality (1280x720 in 60 progressive frames/s) the Blu-ray contains more than 7 hours of extra footage, while the included cut-down DVD version allows playback on older systems as well.

Blu-ray

Video: 720p (1280x720, 60 progressive frames/s), MPEG-4 AVC
Dual Layer (50 GB)
about 11 hours total runtime: 3.5 h main feature + 7.5 h extras (content details below)

DVD

Video: 480i NTSC (720x480, 60 interlaced frames/s), MPEG-2
Dual Layer (9 GB), no CSS encryption
about 3.5 hours total runtime: main feature only

Both discs should be playable on any stardard player worldwide, please check the MindCandy 3 FAQ for details.

Trailer Video in 1080p Full-HD

The MindCandy 3 official trailer video requires an installed Flash Player to watch:

Included Demos (main feature)

#	Demo	Group	Country	Length	Year	Party	Place
1	The Popular Demo	Farbrausch	Germany	03:41	2003	Breakpoint 2003	1
2	Stargazer	Orb & Andromeda	Norway, France	04:49	2008	NVScene 2008	1
3	1995	Kewlers & mfx	Finland	05:21	2006	Assembly 2006	3
4	Wir Sind Einstein	United Force & Digital Dynamite	Hungary	03:54	2010	Breakpoint 2010	4
5	Iconoclast	ASD	Greece	07:50	2005	Assembly 2005	1
6	Masagin	Farbrausch & Neuro	Germany	08:01	2008	Breakpoint 2008	1
7	Ix	Moppi Productions	Finland	04:24	2003	Assembly 2003	2
8	Track One	Fairlight	Sweden, Finland, UK	05:28	2006	Assembly 2006	2
9	Lifeforce	ASD	Greece	08:18	2007	Assembly 2007	1
10	Final Audition	Plastic	Poland	03:46	2005	Evoke 2005	1
11	Size Antimatters	ASD	Greece	05:55	2008	Euskal 2008	1
12	Electric Kool-Aid	Synesthetics	Netherlands	03:31	2006	Breakpoint 2006	2
13	Theta	Farbrausch	Germany	04:20	2004	The Ultimate Meeting 2004	2
14	Deities	mfx	Finland	05:20	2006	Breakpoint 2006	1
15	Passing	Still	Germany	04:00	2008	Function 2008	1
16	Only One Wish	Fairlight & The Black Lotus	Sweden	04:07	2008	Intel Demo Competition 2008	2
17	Bombman	Matt Current	Finland	05:15	2006	Assembly 2006	4
18	Nazca	Cocoon	France	03:16	2008	Intel Demo Competition 2008	3
19	You Should	Haujobb	Germany	04:44	2010	Geeks Can Dance 2010	1
20	We Cell	Kewlers	Finland	05:06	2004	Assembly 2004	5
21	Faded Memories	Farbrausch	Finland, Netherlands, Germany	05:36	2003	Assembly 2003	12
22	Instant Zen	Synesthetics	Netherlands	04:52	2005	Assembly 2005	2
23	Onwards	Traction	Finland	02:59	2006	Stream 2006	1
24	Metamorphosis	ASD	Greece	03:56	2008	Breakpoint 2008	2
25	Midnight Run	ASD	Greece	04:21	2008	NVScene 2008	3
26	Route 1066	UKScene Allstars	UK	04:15	2007	Sundown 2007	1
27	Agenda Circling Forth	CNCD & Fairlight	UK, Finland	04:49	2010	Breakpoint 2010	1
28	Aether	mfx	Finland	03:56	2005	Breakpoint 2005	2
29	Ferner	Still	Germany	04:09	2007	The Ultimate Meeting 2007	1
30	The Beauty	Einklang.net & Extrawelt	Germany	05:52	2008	Breakpoint 2008	5
31	Inflorescence	mfx	Finland	04:05	2008	Intel Demo Competition 2008	4
32	Vokawardoai	Satori	Slovakia, Poland	05:50	2010	Breakpoint 2010	6
33	Chromosphere	SQNY	Finland	04:40	2007	Stream 2007	1
34	Debris	Farbrausch	Germany	07:10	2007	Breakpoint 2007	1
35	Rupture	ASD	Greece	06:41	2009	The Gathering 2009	1
36	Frameranger	CNCD, Fairlight, & Orange	Finland, UK	07:08	2009	Assembly 2009	1
37	Shad 3	Cocoon	France	04:49	2008	Breakpoint 2008	3
38	Into The Pink	Plastic	Poland	05:21	2008	NVScene 2008	2
39	Happiness Is Around The Bend	ASD	Greece	08:12	2010	Assembly 2010	1
40	Rove	Farbrausch	Germany	07:55	2010	Breakpoint 2010	2

Included Intros (Blu-ray only)

Intros are mini-demos with a self-imposed size limit of tiny 64 Kilobytes or less - a special challenge! The Blu-ray disc contains five examples:

#	Intro	Group	Length	Length	Year	Party	Place
1	Frameskool	Equinox	64 KB	03:04	2007	Breakpoint 2007	2
2	Heaven Seven (in HD)	Exceed	64 KB	02:47	2000	Mekka & Symposium 2000	1
3	Chaos Theory	Conspiracy	64 KB	04:08	2006	Assembly 2006	2
4	Panic Room	Fairlight	64 KB	04:15	2008	Assembly 2008	1
5	Elevated	RGBA & TBC	4 KB	03:35	2009	Breakpoint 2009	1

Included Extras (Blu-ray only)

Blu-ray only: NVScene seminars in HD - in total more than 7 hours of programming and demo talks:

The Other Side of Demo Programming
Raytracing on the GPU in 4096 Bytes
The History of the Demoscene
Procedural Content Creation Taken to Extremes
Deconstructing Demos: From Conception to Performance
Understanding Realtime as Design Potential
Exploring Chunks of Time: Interactive Elements in Linger in Shadows

Blu-ray only: RVScene - Americas biggest four-wheeled demoparty :-)
Blu-ray only: production notes or "How to produce a Blu-ray disc on a budget"

Technical Data

Region	All (region-free)	Video	16:9 Widescreen / Color
Year	2011	Audio	English, Dolby Digital 2.0
Genre	(Computer) Animation (no rating)	Runtime	main feature about 3.5 hours
Street Date	6 December 2011 (international)	UPC	7-59698-0005-94
Producer	Fusecon, Hornet	UPC	7-59698-0005-94
MSRP	$21.99 (USA), 19.80 € (Europe)	Format	Blu-ray BD-50 and DVD-9 (NTSC)
Subtitles	english, french, spanish, german	Package	Viva Elite Blu-ray Case

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