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I don't even understand this post. I wasn't posing an argument, there really isn't anything to debunk in my complaint. I think unboxing videos are stupid, there really isn't anything substantive to consider under 'scrutiny'.
What I was getting at is that unboxing videos are par for the course for new releases as known as this one. Considering this release was limited to 6,000 copies at max & won't get a reprinting, I'd say unboxings to show off the packaging makes sense to have in a thread like this. And, from what I saw, the packaging is really good, though the episode spacings on the discs are clearly indicative of an upscale over an actual HD remaster & are heavily based on the season BRs. But, anyways, unboxing videos are easy to make & easy to watch. Doesn't matter if you hate them, it helps in cases like this.Captain Awesome wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 3:16 amI don't even understand this post. I wasn't posing an argument, there really isn't anything to debunk in my complaint. I think unboxing videos are stupid, there really isn't anything substantive to consider under 'scrutiny'.
But sure let me know in a few days whether my post survives whatever forensic analysis you think it merits.
I was surprised how small the BluRay box was. I thought it was going to be massive, which is one of the reasons I canceled it.Dragon Ball Ireland wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 9:57 am The packaging is good, but its a lot of shelf space for what will not be the definitive DBZ home release.
The artbook was better than I expected. If it pops up on eBay I might buy it.
They did this with Cowboy Bebop, de-graining/DNRing it to "clean it up" and then adding back artificial grain to try to make it look as if they hadn't / still have it resemble actual film.Scsigs wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 3:27 am Also, separate from this, someone in the comments of that video told me that someone said to them that FUNi might've added fake grain to the images, or that they noticed grain & suspected it was that. We'll know once people start reviewing it &/or start posting clips for sure on that one.
Film grain doesn't mean it hasn't been DNR'd really badly. If you watch Kai from a Blu-ray, there's definitely grain, but the picture's still so blurry it's practically standard-def.Char Aznable wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 2:40 pm The video quality seems okay to me. There’s definitely film grain.
Here are a couple of screenshots of the Levels from episode 2, and one from episode 17.Char Aznable wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 2:40 pm I don’t have the Level sets to compare the two. It doesn’t really appear all that washed out.
Almost certainly the same audio as the Season BD; Funi did some filtering to try to counteract the shittiness of the sound, and... General reception to this tends to be positive.Char Aznable wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 2:40 pm The audio quality (Japanese audio, I don’t really care about the dub except for Toonami nostalgia) seems better than I remember. It’s absolutely not broadcast audio but it sounds...I don’t know, clearer? When I have time I pop in one of my Dragon Box discs to compare, it may just be in my head.
True, the only widescreen Dragon Ball anything i own is the Z movies for at least there it actually makes sense to have it that way because the intention was even though the films were animated at 4:3 they made them open matte to be shown in widescreen for theatrical presentation.Char Aznable wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 3:08 pm That first Piccolo shot looks like it’s from Episode 4 which is the one I checked out quickly before having to get back to work. In my not-at-all-expert analysis, the Level set beats it out but the 30th set doesn’t look all that bad. I’ve discovered I’m probably easier to please though then a lot of other people on the forum. Truth be told I don’t have any of the season sets because I refused to buy widescreen Dragon Ball, so for all I know they look the same.
Hence not knowing about the audio either, they did a pretty decent job with it then.
The sleeves are definitely the most disappointing part of this set to me. I didn’t have time to check them all but the first disc did indeed have a light scratch on it, which is why I spot checked it.SqueakyBoots wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 3:54 pm So the 37 disc set that we paid $350 for and is limited to 6,000 copies comes in cardboard sleeves?
Yeah no. What were they thinking there? I find that even more unacceptable than how the remaster looks. You are inevitably going to have a situation where somebody gets a scratched disc or three and doesn't find out until months down the line because of the time it would take to watch through the whole series.
Yeah, those releases where the discs are in sleeves are the worst. It's very easy for them to fall out and get scratched. I definitely prefer the packaging with slipcases on thin packs and general DVD cases.Scsigs wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 4:31 pm I hate cardboard sleeves & digipacks. I think the worst releases I've had with digipacks were the Doctor Who series 5 & 6 sets because every time I would take a disc out of the cases, they felt like, because the discs are kinda flimsy, that they'd snap in half because the disc holders are too sturdy. But with cardboard sleeves, even with the better scratch resistance on Blu-Rays, those shits are gonna scratch at some point if the cardboard isn't slick enough for continual removal & put back of the discs.
Oh wow that looks really bad, it's easy to see this looks no better than the Season BD's minus the 4:3 rather than fake widescreen.
