Dragonball Season 1 Discussion

bkev · Post by **bkev** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:40 pm

Akira, while I never agree with how godofchaos goes about his criticisms, he's right. Smart-mouthed? Yes. Kid who knows nothing, no. His site The Fanboy Review has an in-depth review of the set and includes screenshots. I doubt he'd doctor them all just to mess with us - in fact, I know that's impossible. The PS3 has an option to stretch, perhaps that's on rather than the TV's?

Freeza.exe · Post by **Freeza.exe** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:40 pm

omegacwa wrote:ANYWAY........

I have had this set for a week now, I think, and I have a few questions.

Did anyone's set freeze on the episode "Oolong the Terrible"?

Also, On one of the 21st Budokai Episodes the video gets stuck on the Budokai Sign for a few seconds but the sound is of people fighting, it's during a last episode recap. I'm not sure of the episode number.

Toss your disc once through a cleaner. Or rewind on the spot it freezes at. That usually works for me and makes the issue never happen again (yeah I know it's weird.)

Akira · Post by **Akira** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:52 pm

It may well be the PS3 then, as I am not very fond of it. I've had issues with my DVD player freezing on me, so I was using it instead. I have everything set up properly, and know how to use the television correctly. So, the PS3 doing something different may well be the explanation here. I'll try it on another player and see if I get other results.

Nonetheless, his remarks are uncalled for and childish. He should expect nothing more than a harsh response when he acts like that. Regardless weither he runs a decent website or not has no bearing on his behavior and should not be used as a crutch or an excuse for poor choices.

nathantheguitarist · Post by **nathantheguitarist** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:53 pm

Wait, is this out already?

Anyone have pics of the box inside and out and stuff?

Not that I want one of these, but it's still nice to see!

Bussani · Post by **Bussani** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:56 pm

nathantheguitarist wrote:Wait, is this out already?

Anyone have pics of the box inside and out and stuff?

Not that I want one of these, but it's still nice to see!

It shouldn't be officially shipping for another few days yet, but some people have it. Check out godofchaos' review for a lot of info, but no pictures of the inside of the box I'm afraid.

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:57 pm

I'm wondering how these guys got them early. Went to Best Buy to get it, and it wasn't in at all. Not even any signs of new release.

Big Momma · Post by **Big Momma** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:58 pm

Okay, so besides the early shipments, this officially hits store shelves this Tuesday, right?

Bussani · Post by **Bussani** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 11:00 pm

Big Momma wrote:Okay, so besides the early shipments, this officially hits store shelves this Tuesday, right?

Right. Tuesday 15th September, according to most places.

MarcFBR · Post by **MarcFBR** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 11:02 pm

Akira wrote:It may well be the PS3 then, as I am not very fond of it.

So the PS3 isn't set up correctly.

And you are using it as a DVD player....

so I was right.

'holds up balloon to celebrate'

PS- To show I am a nice guy, I wont even go into detail on you claiming you know what you are doing, the bragging about having a '120hz HDMI cable'.... beyond mentioning it here

ShinRogafuken · Post by **ShinRogafuken** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 11:05 pm

Oh yeah, a question.

Is Dragon Ball Season 2's Trailer included in the Extras of this set?

FuniYamcha · Post by **FuniYamcha** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 11:13 pm

Super Sonic wrote:I'm wondering how these guys got them early. Went to Best Buy to get it, and it wasn't in at all. Not even any signs of new release.

Well, in my case, I ordered it from righstuf and got it a few days ago. They usually ship stuff out a bit early.

Oh, as for the PS3 thing Akira, I watched some Season 1 on mine and it was in the correct aspect ratio, so it is capable of displaying it correctly. Perhaps you accidentally changed something while messing around in the XMB at some point?

Hao_Kaiser · Post by **Hao_Kaiser** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 11:20 pm

nathantheguitarist wrote:Wait, is this out already?

Anyone have pics of the box inside and out and stuff?

Not that I want one of these, but it's still nice to see!

FUNi posted this video on their YouTube, if that works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEqWAEpx-TM

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:11 am

ShinRogafuken wrote:Oh yeah, a question.

Is Dragon Ball Season 2's Trailer included in the Extras of this set?

It's the same trailer as before, only with "Season 2 Coming Soon" at the end.

ShinRogafuken · Post by **ShinRogafuken** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:34 am

Raki wrote:
ShinRogafuken wrote:Oh yeah, a question.

Is Dragon Ball Season 2's Trailer included in the Extras of this set?
It's the same trailer as before, only with "Season 2 Coming Soon" at the end.

Haha

Akira · Post by **Akira** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:11 pm

I had the Upscaler set to "Full Screen" when it needed to be set to "Normal". I honestly think that is an honest mistake, considering 4:3 is often referred to as "Full Screen Mode". I'm glad that my error allowed a recluse to slam someone online and feel better about themselves.

MarcFBR · Post by **MarcFBR** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:28 pm

Akira wrote:I had the Upscaler set to "Full Screen" when it needed to be set to "Normal". I honestly think that is an honest mistake, considering 4:3 is often referred to as "Full Screen Mode". I'm glad that my error allowed a recluse to slam someone online and feel better about themselves.

I'm glad that you make assumptions that I'm a recluse or that you know anything about me at all (or that sending rude little private messages to me veiled as a mock apology mean anything to me, especially when you prove how much you mean it with your snotty little comment above.) I don't "slam" people at all to make myself feel better. I "slam" people in the hopes that they will spend the time to learn shit before they spout their misinformation.

But as I said, your equipment was not set up right, I'm glad that my advice was listened to and you checked the settings and fixed them (you really do need to look into your 120hz cables though, cause you got scammed.)

One thing I've since noticed about the set, the dub audio is quite a bit richer than I remember it being on the old set (I knew they had redone it as 5.1, but this seems better quality also, not just remixed to channels.) Might just be memory playing a trick on me though.

SSVegetto · Post by **SSVegetto** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:53 pm

I was very skeptical with people in this thread saying Funimation's remastered DB season 1 was better than the Dragonbox. At first I didn't really care, because I'm more focused on DBZ. But then I was talking to someone today about Funimation's Dragonball Season 1 remastered release. And I just wanted to inform you guys of his opinion through his extensive experience in quality checking(anime mostly). So you are aware of what you are potentially buying.

Again, he does a lot of quality checking on animes with comparing R2J to Region 1 releases. So what he did was compare the Dragonball Season 1 remastered sets with the Dragonball R2J sets(also R4 too) by watching both eps in motion. Rather than just compare pictures.

Here are some points he made:

-The color on Funi's is faded and there is tons of awful dot-crawl through every ep (better seen when you watch the video in motion)
-The real remastered (R2J) has almost no dot-crawl, much more detail, and the colors are bright, rich and unfaded.
-The old funi DVD9 release is faded like the new, but has less dot-crawl.
-Funimation's old release is better than the remastered one even.

You can take this with a grain of salt if you want (I have known him for a while and this is what he does is quality check anime, and he is being very honest). And I'm not going to jam this down your throat. But If I were you, I would wait to see what else Funimation puts out(Like Dragonboxes). Or settle with Funimation's older release rather than Funimation's remastered sets.

Again, the main thing he is saying is the remastered is no better (or barely any better) than the original release.

Shiyonasan · Post by **Shiyonasan** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:05 am

Freeza.exe wrote:
omegacwa wrote:ANYWAY........

I have had this set for a week now, I think, and I have a few questions.

Did anyone's set freeze on the episode "Oolong the Terrible"?

Also, On one of the 21st Budokai Episodes the video gets stuck on the Budokai Sign for a few seconds but the sound is of people fighting, it's during a last episode recap. I'm not sure of the episode number.
Toss your disc once through a cleaner. Or rewind on the spot it freezes at. That usually works for me and makes the issue never happen again (yeah I know it's weird.)

It's kind of like what happened with my Mystical Adventure disc that came with the Dragon Ball Movie Box. It was, and still is, very scratched. When I first put it in my DVD player, it wouldn't play without freezing a bunch of times. After about 3 or 4 uses, it started playing normally even with scratches. I did try to clean off the scratches, but only a few of them came off.

That is still very odd to me.

On topic, this comes out in two days. I'll probably get it on Wednesday. This'll just tide me over until the DB Dragon Boxes....

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:56 am

SSVegetto wrote:Again, the main thing he is saying is the remastered is no better (or barely any better) than the original release.

I own the season sets and the original release for Dragonball. I like Dragonball's season sets over the previous release. Looks way better IMO.

theoriginalbilis · Post by **theoriginalbilis** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:31 am

The video isn't perfect (due to the source material), and it's zoomed in slightly as well (probably to cover up some cel glue/damage), but it's fullscreen 4:3 DB, and it looks better than the 2-Disc and the Madman sets, the Japanese track has no problems, so this is a quality release in my book. I'm happy with this & my GT Season Sets, and the upcoming Dragon Boxes for Z.

I personally don't feel the need to triple-dip on DB again for the Dragon Boxes. The only reason I'm doing so for Z is because I want that series in 4:3, and to be done with the widescreen issue.