Get Your Sting & Blackout is presented with a horrible, artifact-ridden 1080p/MVC-encoded video transfer that just doesn't cut it, in 2D or 3D. Aside from the general haziness of the image, a complete lack of fine details and well-resolved textures, muted black levels, and a seemingly endless array of other shortcomings, the encode is plagued by ever-present macroblocking, garish banding, crush, thick edge halos, persistent aliasing and, if you can believe it, other eyesores of yesteryear like color bleeding, mosquito noise and pulldown anomalies. The concert never entirely descends to the depths of a standard DVD, but way too many shots -- way too many -- do just that. Sony Music's 3D experience is a bit better, if only because it adds some depth to the otherwise pancake-flat image and draws a bit of attention away from the more glaring problems on display. Dimensionality will leave you wanting, the concert footage is soft and blocky, and the image is prone to minor ghosting -- if, that is, your display is prone to crosstalk, as current Sony TVs ironically are -- but every other mishap should be laid at the feet of the technical encode, not the 3D effect it produces. Granted, it isn't all 2D doom and 3D gloom. Stage lights ignite with bold color and issues tend to come one at a time (rather than stacking on top of one another and bringing the entire encode crashing to the floor). But the highs end there. I wish I had better things to say about either presentation, I do. Sadly, though, Scorpions: Live in 3D is in dire need of a farewell tour of its own. Videophiles should approach with extreme caution.