Dragonbox Question

ssj2Chrono · Post by **ssj2Chrono** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:53 pm

How hard is it to find Dragonboxes? How much do they cost?

Post by **Herms** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:59 pm

Nowadays you can pretty much only get them used, and they're fairly hard to find. Your best bet is to use something like Celga.com, and a single box usually goes for $1000 or so. Frankly, at this point I think collecting the singles release is the better way to go.

Forgotten Hero · Post by **Forgotten Hero** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:27 pm

You can also buy the individual "R2" dvds, the ones with the neat covers.
Here is a DragonBox link.

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:23 pm

Herms wrote:Nowadays you can pretty much only get them used, and they're fairly hard to find. Your best bet is to use something like Celga.com, and a single box usually goes for $1000 or so. Frankly, at this point I think collecting the singles release is the better way to go.

Agreed. Hell, I own the boxes and wouldn't pay what they go for these days myself. The only sad part is that it appears the singles won't have the television specials.

-Corey

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:38 pm

MajinVejitaXV wrote:
Herms wrote:Nowadays you can pretty much only get them used, and they're fairly hard to find. Your best bet is to use something like Celga.com, and a single box usually goes for $1000 or so. Frankly, at this point I think collecting the singles release is the better way to go.
Agreed. Hell, I own the boxes and wouldn't pay what they go for these days myself. The only sad part is that it appears the singles won't have the television specials.

-Corey

Which is a great pity. I really want to see the Bardock TV special in Dragonbox quality.

ssj2Chrono · Post by **ssj2Chrono** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:51 pm

How much do the singles go for?

Captain Awesome · Post by **Captain Awesome** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:43 pm

I'm actually considering grabbing the Dragonbox singles to replace the two season sets I had to grab to finish my collection, I find myself wanting to watch the Goku and Vegeta fight, but then being pissed off about the orange bricks.

If I had the time and expertise I would love to time Steve Simmon's subs just for those releases.

Post by **Herms** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:46 pm

ssj2Chrono wrote:How much do the singles go for?

Generally between $20-35.

Forgotten Hero · Post by **Forgotten Hero** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:48 pm

Captain Awesome wrote:I'm actually considering grabbing the Dragonbox singles to replace the two season sets I had to grab to finish my collection, I find myself wanting to watch the Goku and Vegeta fight, but then being pissed off about the orange bricks.

If I had the time and expertise I would love to time Steve Simmon's subs just for those releases.

There was a thread while back that told you how to add all of Steve's subs. I don't think it is legal, but you could just check it out.

Captain Awesome · Post by **Captain Awesome** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:17 am

Forgotten Hero wrote: There was a thread while back that told you how to add all of Steve's subs. I don't think it is legal, but you could just check it out.

I know the basics of it, but timing is a problem, as is the way chaptering cuts things up, and makes it very laborious if you want to keep the structure of the dvd identical to the original.

I do own the first two season sets with Steve's subtitles (Hell thats how I justified the purchase to myself) so as long as I own the Dbox singles it's perfectly legal.

Forgotten Hero · Post by **Forgotten Hero** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:42 am

I mean, you are copying someones work and using them for your own means. But ehhh, I probably wrong. I'm no lawyer.

It is very difficult to add all the sub-titles. Obtaining them is difficult as well.
It is a tough situation to be in. It always feels like there is a no win situation with Funimation's handling of the DBZ property.

SSJ2bardock · Post by **SSJ2bardock** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:47 am

Forgotten Hero wrote: It always feels like there is a no win situation with Funimation's handling of the DBZ property.

I like the orange bricks...

Forgotten Hero · Post by **Forgotten Hero** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:50 am

I don't like them, but they are cheap!

SSJ2bardock · Post by **SSJ2bardock** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:55 am

What's not to like? You can watch however you want- English with Faulconer, English with Original BGM, or full out Japanese with good subtitles.

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:02 am

SSJ2bardock wrote:What's not to like? You can watch however you want- English with Faulconer, English with Original BGM, or full out Japanese with good subtitles.

How can I watch them uncropped and with non-retina melting contrast tweaks? I didn't see that in the menus

-Corey

SSJ2bardock · Post by **SSJ2bardock** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:19 am

Ok ok, I'll give you that, the over saturation is a bit annoying but I wouldn't go as far as saying it's "retina melting" even in jest. And about the cropping, honestly unless your looking for it you don't even notice and it's better than widescreen.

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:28 am

SSJ2bardock wrote:And about the cropping, honestly unless your looking for it you don't even notice and it's better than widescreen.

Disagree, I showed the first box to my girlfriend at the time and she had never seen the series...she laughed about how Chiaotzu's head was always cut off, as well as other numerous cropping related screw-ups.

And yes, though I don't think its what you meant, the original format is better than widescreen ;p

-Corey

SSJ2bardock · Post by **SSJ2bardock** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:30 am

That's actually........Exactly what I meant

Captain Awesome · Post by **Captain Awesome** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:35 am

Forgotten Hero wrote:I mean, you are copying someones work and using them for your own means. But ehhh, I probably wrong. I'm no lawyer.

But I OWN a copy of the two season sets in question, if I'm mashing together two products that I paid for, for my own personal use, no selling, no distributing , just me and my lounge room, then it is perfectly legal.

Kid Trunks · Post by **Kid Trunks** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:29 am

Captain Awesome wrote:
I know the basics of it, but timing is a problem, as is the way chaptering cuts things up, and makes it very laborious if you want to keep the structure of the dvd identical to the original.

When you guys say you "add subtitles", do you mean you put the subtitles directly onto the Dragonbox dvd? Or burn the footage onto a blank dvd, and add the subtitles onto that? Just curious.