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by MarcFBR » Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:27 pm
I've largely stayed out of the argument recently due to computer issues, but I decided to go ahead and log in because some people need a few things explained (and apparently didn't listen to my explanation on the podcast, but I'll be adding a few new things here.)
1- Double sided disks are not an option. That nearly doubles production time, production cost, etc. So instead of 6 disks, they are making 12.
2- This specific issue would not be fixed by making the set 7 disks. In the cast of audio tracks, while most people are concerned about 'total' size on the disk, the real concern is that DVD has a limited amount of data it can have on a track. More audio tracks means less bitrate the video can use, regardless of how many episodes are on a set. As I said months ago on the podcast, I always expected 2 audio tracks, and in general was not worried about quality with the disk numbers, and was far more concerned if they decided to add a 3rd track.
3- Back to the 'oh noes, Dragon Ball was cropped'. Always knew it'd be this way, anyone who didn't needs to pay better attention to what we all know about the masters Funimation has gotten for DB/Z in the past. The issue has never been the 'raw' issue of cropping, but rather if cropping is necessary, to do it correctly (up until the digital animation era EVERYTHING was cropped to some degree, it was known by the animators of the era, and they planned the animation as such in regards to that by default due to overscan on TVs of that era that there would be a degree of visual cropping, different from TV to TV. This is part of why Funimation's nonsensical ramblings about the 16:9 cropping never made sense to fans with technical knowledge on the subject.)
4- And I've mentioned this on twitter... First I'll go ahead and ignore and not state any of my opinions on the dub music here (do I like it, do I hate it? WHO KNOWS?!)
Dragon Ball Z, as it aired on American television is fully available as aired, at the proper aspect ratio, with the video and audio as fans of that version remember.
Especially in regards to the early episodes of DBZ, there was never going to be a Dbox version of those episodes.
Original Dub Music- Saban
Funi moves to in house, further music- Faulconer
Early episodes done with new dub music, generally based on Faulconer's music/style, which is what is on the bricks as the 'broadcast music', even though it wasn't
So this first set, 100%, if all you care about is video quality, you are 2 generations away from that original dub music.
For those who don't care about the English music at all, this makes it 3rd generation 'I don't give a shit'
