Dragon Ball Z 4:3 Steelbooks

[ArmenianPepsi]

So much for the 30th anniversary version being a "once in a lifetime opportunity" buy lol. Oh Funi, after all these years you still haven't change.

Just wait, for the 40th anniversary we're gonna get the 4k HDR release of DBZ and it will for realsies be "The definitive way to watch Dragon Ball Z" (tm)

[Kendamu]

So much for the 30th anniversary version being a "once in a lifetime opportunity" buy lol. Oh Funi, after all these years you still haven't change.

I think the once in a lifetime opportunity was like the packagina dn the book and the statue and all that other crap.

[eledoremassis02]

So much for the 30th anniversary version being a "once in a lifetime opportunity" buy lol. Oh Funi, after all these years you still haven't change.

I think the once in a lifetime opportunity was like the packagina dn the book and the statue and all that other crap.

I think so too, the fact it's a 4:3 release that anyone can get makes me happy, even if it could be better.

Infact the only way I'd be mad is if it was actually better

[JustAlex1997]

So much for the 30th anniversary version being a "once in a lifetime opportunity" buy lol. Oh Funi, after all these years you still haven't change.

I think the once in a lifetime opportunity was like the packagina dn the book and the statue and all that other crap.

I think so too, the fact it's a 4:3 release that anyone can get makes me happy, even if it could be better.

Infact the only way I'd be mad is if it was actually better

I've been watching a lot of clips, and I have to say that this is a perfectly acceptable release. I'm very happy that it'll finally be available in Canada (and elsewhere). I've already put my Orange Bricks up for sale as I'm looking forward to never having to look at them again.

[Matches Malone]

I've already put my Orange Bricks up for sale as I'm looking forward to never having to look at them again.

Yet you have no problem allowing another fellow fan to look at them ? If you were a true fan, you'd burn them with fire.

[MasenkoHA]

I've already put my Orange Bricks up for sale as I'm looking forward to never having to look at them again.

Yet you have no problem allowing another fellow fan to look at them ? If you were a true fan, you'd burn them with fire.

Hey one man’s trash, can also be that man’s cash.

[eledoremassis02]

I've been on an Ultimate Uncut kick now (don't know why as I don't even have nostalgia for them lol) but I did this comparison because I thought the colors were brighter, but I guess I was wrong? (these were captured using the prtsc..still can't get my discs to work with Virtual dub (I cant seem to do anything with blurays ) so I hope colors are much more accurate than VLC screenshots



Also had some fun on some potential what ifs

30th with Level Colors


level with 30th colors


Also noticed this werid moment. I guess when they did a second cleaning pass, they is a weird moment where it looks like it "replaced" shading that wasnt there
http://www.framecompare.com/image-compa ... n/7YWWGNNX#
Video:
30th https://streamable.com/58c572
level https://streamable.com/1jneu1

[JEFFMAN219]

They're finally up for pre-order on Amazon.ca! They'll be $52.33 (CAD).

https://www.amazon.ca/Dragon-Ball-Blu-r ... dvd&sr=1-4

Ya those prices are way to damn high lol. Hopefully the prices drops like they did in the US.

[JustAlex1997]

I've already put my Orange Bricks up for sale as I'm looking forward to never having to look at them again.

Yet you have no problem allowing another fellow fan to look at them ? If you were a true fan, you'd burn them with fire.

I actually considered that, but the four I have were all gifts. Had it been my money, I may have.

[JustAlex1997]

They're finally up for pre-order on Amazon.ca! They'll be $52.33 (CAD).

https://www.amazon.ca/Dragon-Ball-Blu-r ... dvd&sr=1-4

Ya those prices are way to damn high lol. Hopefully the prices drops like they did in the US.

Considering my only other option for years was the Dragon Boxes, I'll take it. I just want to support them so Funimation is less likely to cancel them halfway through or something.

[SSJGAffleck]

They're finally up for pre-order on Amazon.ca! They'll be $52.33 (CAD).

https://www.amazon.ca/Dragon-Ball-Blu-r ... dvd&sr=1-4

Ya those prices are way to damn high lol. Hopefully the prices drops like they did in the US.

Considering my only other option for years was the Dragon Boxes, I'll take it. I just want to support them so Funimation is less likely to cancel them halfway through or something.

I live in Canada and I purchased them from Crunchy Roll with a promo code and got them for cheaper than this. Just thought I'd let you know before spending this much.

[Catsenti]

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I just want to support them so Funimation is less likely to cancel them halfway through or something.

Exactly why I've already ordered all three. I don't have Z physically, so I'm really hoping they follow through with this run.

[jjgp1112]

I've been on an Ultimate Uncut kick now (don't know why as I don't even have nostalgia for them lol) but I did this comparison because I thought the colors were brighter, but I guess I was wrong? (these were captured using the prtsc..still can't get my discs to work with Virtual dub (I cant seem to do anything with blurays ) so I hope colors are much more accurate than VLC screenshots



Also had some fun on some potential what ifs

30th with Level Colors

level with 30th colors

Also noticed this werid moment. I guess when they did a second cleaning pass, they is a weird moment where it looks like it "replaced" shading that wasnt there
http://www.framecompare.com/image-compa ... n/7YWWGNNX#
Video:
30th https://streamable.com/58c572
level https://streamable.com/1jneu1

Honesty time: I think I prefer the 30th colors here. The Level set colors are kinda bland. It seems like the Namek saga onward are when the colors get better for those original masters.

[PremiumSalt]

I've been on an Ultimate Uncut kick now (don't know why as I don't even have nostalgia for them lol) but I did this comparison because I thought the colors were brighter, but I guess I was wrong? (these were captured using the prtsc..still can't get my discs to work with Virtual dub (I cant seem to do anything with blurays ) so I hope colors are much more accurate than VLC screenshots



Also had some fun on some potential what ifs

30th with Level Colors

level with 30th colors

Also noticed this werid moment. I guess when they did a second cleaning pass, they is a weird moment where it looks like it "replaced" shading that wasnt there
http://www.framecompare.com/image-compa ... n/7YWWGNNX#
Video:
30th https://streamable.com/58c572
level https://streamable.com/1jneu1

Honesty time: I think I prefer the 30th colors here. The Level set colors are kinda bland. It seems like the Namek saga onward are when the colors get better for those original masters.

I prefer the 30th colors in some areas, like the color of the gi, but the skintones look much better to me on the levels.

[ArmenianPepsi]

I've been on an Ultimate Uncut kick now (don't know why as I don't even have nostalgia for them lol) but I did this comparison because I thought the colors were brighter, but I guess I was wrong? (these were captured using the prtsc..still can't get my discs to work with Virtual dub (I cant seem to do anything with blurays ) so I hope colors are much more accurate than VLC screenshots



Also had some fun on some potential what ifs

30th with Level Colors

level with 30th colors

Also noticed this werid moment. I guess when they did a second cleaning pass, they is a weird moment where it looks like it "replaced" shading that wasnt there
http://www.framecompare.com/image-compa ... n/7YWWGNNX#
Video:
30th https://streamable.com/58c572
level https://streamable.com/1jneu1

Honesty time: I think I prefer the 30th colors here. The Level set colors are kinda bland. It seems like the Namek saga onward are when the colors get better for those original masters.

I prefer the 30th colors in some areas, like the color of the gi, but the skintones look much better to me on the levels.

Yeah, in the level sets the skin tones seem more natural, or perhaps "Under control" could describe how I see it better. In the 30th, people either come out ghostly white, or pinkish lobster tan

[CuppaKofe]

Ya those prices are way to damn high lol. Hopefully the prices drops like they did in the US.

Considering my only other option for years was the Dragon Boxes, I'll take it. I just want to support them so Funimation is less likely to cancel them halfway through or something.

I live in Canada and I purchased them from Crunchy Roll with a promo code and got them for cheaper than this. Just thought I'd let you know before spending this much.

I tried this too (Premium membership trial, 15% off discount code.) and the total came to... 3 dollars less than amazon.ca.
Dunno if you did anything different, but hardly a deal.

[Zeon_Grunt]

While it'd be nice to get Dragon Box blurays at a reasonable price, I've never understood the claims that any of the DBZ remasters are "unwatchable." Sure, they aren't 1:1 representative of what you'd have seen on a TV screen in Japan back in the 90s, but having the vibrancy of the colors increased and cropping out a bit of the edge of the shot hardly make it "unwatchable." You can still follow the story, the images are still framed in a way that you can tell what you're looking at (the worst that seems to be cropped out is the occasional arm or top of a head).

It makes me wonder how some of you older fans ever managed to cope back when VHS and DVD releases had Widescreen and Fullscreen versions available. Like, if your parents had gotten you Batman or Star Wars in Fullscreen instead of Widescreen, did you or would you have thrown a fit?

All that said, I'm definitely picking these up solely on the basis that they're steelbooks (and I collect both steelbooks and DBZ media, so this is a slam dunk regardless of whether it was an Orange Box re-release) and I HIGHLY doubt Funimation is ever going to release another set of seasonal steelbooks, especially if this run fails to sell well.

[KPike87]

I guess if you can put up with the Blue Bricks like me, maybe it's not so bad, but it still looks worse than that I'd say. But I think I'm going to cave and get the first two sets, I hate to say. I just need 1-67 uncut, since those were never completed on the singles.While I have Dragon Box 1, the price of DB2 is just not worth it to me over this in terms of price to performance/content difference.

[G1GACANN0N]

It makes me wonder how some of you older fans ever managed to cope back when VHS and DVD releases had Widescreen and Fullscreen versions available. Like, if your parents had gotten you Batman or Star Wars in Fullscreen instead of Widescreen, did you or would you have thrown a fit?

Except DBZ was created in 4:3 whereas 99% of "full screen" dvd's are pan and scan or cropped.

And this new set seems to be a crop of a crop so idk wtf FUNimation is even doing anymore.

[VanceRefrigeration]

The cropping is fine for this set besides the first episode or so. The colors aren't great. But what really makes it unwatchable is the filter they used which makes the lines smeary and gives everything an artificially razor sharp look. Anyone who hated that look on the Season Blu-rays instantly saw that something was very wrong when the first trailer for this dropped.

http://www.framecompare.com/image-compa ... n/910CJNNU

I get that the source material isn't always sharp, but the lines shouldn't be turning into fat smeary blobs. Some people don't notice this or even mind it, but I can't stand watching anything with this sort of filter. People talk about "DNR" and "cropping" a lot, but this right here is the real deal breaker for me.