English Dragon Box Release

EE_Bob · Post by **EE_Bob** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:02 pm

Dvd region free playback software exists. Depending on your drive you may also be able to update your pc's dvd drive firmware to a region free version.

If you live in a NTSC region dvd playback on your television will not be an issue. You need to have a region free player or have a player that allows you to set the region via special controller codes.

Many philips players are are NTSC and PAL compatible and can be set up to be region free. My dvd player was originally locked into region one. With two seconds of online research I found this website http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks I was able to set the player to region 0 "plays all regions" and it has played many european dvd releases for me without problem.

I found my player listed on the site and followed the easy instructions. All you need to do is dial in a sequence of numbers on your controller and dial in the region code you want.

There is no reason why you shouldn't be able to enjoy the new dragonbox releases because of the region encoding. If you need more help or a better explanation just send a pm.

Ramoro-san · Post by **Ramoro-san** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:58 pm

SHINOBI-03 wrote: It would be funny if they left the Japanese menus as they were...!! Another way to keep the casual fans away

I for one think that would be kind of awesome, haha. It would help me work on my Japanese. But it's not likely.

Char Aznable · Post by **Char Aznable** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:37 pm

Ramoro-san wrote:
SHINOBI-03 wrote: It would be funny if they left the Japanese menus as they were...!! Another way to keep the casual fans away
I for one think that would be kind of awesome, haha. It would help me work on my Japanese. But it's not likely.

I'm actually inclined to agree, so long as it isn't UUE's fake Japanese. I still laugh at those promos, all you need is a simple understanding of katakana to be able to find them hilarious.

The scouter menus look cool, though I haven't seen them first hand on a television screen. They're not unnecessarily intense graphically, but they still have a nifty look to them. FUNimation's probably going to keep them.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:14 pm

I would expect them to be in English, but I would love to see the Scouter menus!

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:44 pm

I'm in agreement on the scouter menus. While we are on the subject of menus, what music will Funimation use? Maybe I will be able to listen to it instead of the season set menu noise.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 10:25 pm

Raki wrote:I'm in agreement on the scouter menus. While we are on the subject of menus, what music will Funimation use? Maybe I will be able to listen to it instead of the season set menu noise.

When the Scouter Menus came into the equation, I was thinking maybe the music from the Scouter menus would be used, too.

sumpter360 · Post by **sumpter360** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:22 pm

Kendamu wrote:
Raki wrote:I'm in agreement on the scouter menus. While we are on the subject of menus, what music will Funimation use? Maybe I will be able to listen to it instead of the season set menu noise.
When the Scouter Menus came into the equation, I was thinking maybe the music from the Scouter menus would be used, too.

hmm, yes, that sounds logical. XD

The Time Traveller · Post by **The Time Traveller** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:25 pm

I thought they had fight scenes playing and not music....

linkdude20002001 · Post by **linkdude20002001** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 12:58 am

Yes, but the fight scenes had music I believe.

G1Ravage · Post by **G1Ravage** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 1:19 am

The menus had the audio from the scene being played behind the scouter, a la the DVD menu for Pioneer's release of DBZ Movie 3.

Rory · Post by **Rory** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 7:56 am

Is it true that the Dragon Box contains a "Story Mode" option, which is the equivelent of Marathon Mode? Please tell me this is true! If it is, does this also skip the eyecatchers?

Post by **Herms** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 8:46 am

Rory wrote:Is it true that the Dragon Box contains a "Story Mode" option, which is the equivelent of Marathon Mode? Please tell me this is true! If it is, does this also skip the eyecatchers?

Well, I don't know about the eye-catches, but they do have a marathon mode type function.

linkdude20002001 · Post by **linkdude20002001** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 9:45 am

I wouldn't think it would skip the eye catches, because that would be too awkward. Scenes sometimes are repeated after the eye catch, so having the eye catches is important.

Budokai23 · Post by **Budokai23** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:54 am

I wonder if Japanese fans are happy for this release. If I'm correct FUNI's DVDs play in region 4 which would be Japan.

russ869 · Post by **russ869** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 11:47 am

EE_Bob wrote:Dvd region free playback software exists. Depending on your drive you may also be able to update your pc's dvd drive firmware to a region free version.

If you live in a NTSC region dvd playback on your television will not be an issue. You need to have a region free player or have a player that allows you to set the region via special controller codes.

Many philips players are are NTSC and PAL compatible and can be set up to be region free. My dvd player was originally locked into region one. With two seconds of online research I found this website http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks I was able to set the player to region 0 "plays all regions" and it has played many european dvd releases for me without problem.

I have 2 DVD drives in my computer; one set to R1 and one set to R2. I've bought several Japanese R2 DVDs (none of them Dragonball though...), and what I've done with them is copy them to my computer with my R2 DVD drive possibly edit them to add my own subtitles or even English audio track and then reburn a region free DVD that I can play on my TV.

jjgp1112 · Post by **jjgp1112** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 12:04 pm

I guess it's only appropriate that the only working SSJ2 Gohan avatar I could find is from the Dragon Box

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 12:12 pm

Budokai23 wrote:I wonder if Japanese fans are happy for this release. If I'm correct FUNI's DVDs play in region 4 which would be Japan.

Region 2 is Japan. If there are Japanese fans that keep up with US releases, they probably are happy. They get more for their yen with Funi's releases. Shit if I were them, I'd import from the US for all my anime needs.

Freeza Heika · Post by **Freeza Heika** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 12:15 pm

Raki wrote:
Budokai23 wrote:I wonder if Japanese fans are happy for this release. If I'm correct FUNI's DVDs play in region 4 which would be Japan.
Region 2 is Japan. If there are Japanese fans that keep up with US releases, they probably are happy. They get more for their yen with Funi's releases. Shit if I were them, I'd import from the US for all my anime needs.

Funimation hasn't been doing everything in regions 1,2,4 like the season sets. Especially with this, I think that it will be region 1 exclusive. Japan has been keeping the Dragon Box masters guarded, and I don't think that they would let Funimation go and distribute them to a majority of the world market.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 12:30 pm

Raki wrote:
Budokai23 wrote:I wonder if Japanese fans are happy for this release. If I'm correct FUNI's DVDs play in region 4 which would be Japan.
Region 2 is Japan. If there are Japanese fans that keep up with US releases, they probably are happy. They get more for their yen with Funi's releases. Shit if I were them, I'd import from the US for all my anime needs.

Japanese fans had to resort to getting FUNi's releases way before the Dbox came out there. If you check yahoo japan auctions, a fair share of FUNi DB products are being sold there.

Chances are that Japanese fans who couldn't afford the Dbox release or the singles will import the US Dbox.

shenron002 · Post by **shenron002** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 1:50 pm

When I first heard of FUNimation releasing the Dragon Box's I thought it was some sick joke, but it's legit, talk about a love hate relationship for FUNi.

Fucken eh, what a great summer for DVD releases. First the G1 Transformers, and now the D-box's. It's to bad tho FUNi won't give us the option to buy the complete series all in one bang like the "Matrix of Leadership" for G1 Transformers. I sorta like it this way, since I hate waiting for seasons to be released, and that I have money to burn.