Funimation has seriously outdone itself with the new, digitally remasterd Dragonball Z box sets! Collectors have certainly heard that one before, but this time there're doing it right, by putting a full 35 episodes into a box set the size of two regular DVD cases. And for a series that has 270 episodes (not to mention the 150 plus Dragonball series) saving space on your DVD shelf is a welcome concept.
The new bright orange sets not only look nice, they'll go easy on your wallet, costing less then 50 bucks and providing 830 minutes of action (we did the math for you) - Granted many people have seen a good chunk of it on television - but still, for those who've missed episodes or want to introduce the series to a friend who may have missed it, this is a good deal. Plus it comes broken up by saga, so you can stick to your favorites if you choose to.
Not only are the box sets a good deal, they are remasterd in high definition, and letterboxed. The obvious question would be how can you letterbox something that was made to be shown on regular television in the first place? We asked. According to FUNimation, when the show was first broadcast on TV, all four sides were cropped to avoid showing the edges of the actuall frames, as they were often damaged or imperfect. A total of 10 percent is taken off the image in total by a process called "overscan". What FUNimation has done is restore as much of the image as possible by doing away with the right and left cropping, and making it letterboxed.
Note: I just updated the post with a transcript cause I have no life and also changed the title of the post. During this time Mike actually responded to this and his first line was "Oh, they're not lying..." wich was referring to my original title of "FUNimation's Season Box Set Lies Continue..." or somthing like that. I changed it cause I felt like such a nerdy little fan-boy who hates FUNimation and that I was pointing a finger at them and telling everyone "look at what they are doing now".
I didn't mean to come off like that. 
