FUNimation Dragon Box Z #1 (In-Hands) Discussion

DMaarten · Post by **DMaarten** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:17 am

Pfew, that's a relief, thank you

Brad Redfield · Post by **Brad Redfield** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:17 pm

Anyone else see the sales ranking for the set after Amazon's sale?

Its ranked #373 in Movies & TV.

Suffice to say, its selling pretty damn well.

sangofe · Post by **sangofe** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:03 pm

Brad Redfield wrote:Anyone else see the sales ranking for the set after Amazon's sale?

Its ranked #373 in Movies & TV.

Suffice to say, its selling pretty damn well.

To compare, how did the season sets?

Brad Redfield · Post by **Brad Redfield** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:19 pm

Well, lets see...

Dragon Box Z 1 is at #280 which makes it the number one selling Funimation and box set anime title on Amazon at the moment.

Season One is at #1, 936. Its the fourth best-selling Funimation title and seventh for best-selling box set anime.

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:57 am

Curses!!

I'm supposed to recieve my order in the upcoming days and I finally replaced my DVD-ROM with a new one and finally got a non-trial region free software for it...

And when I tried it with my old regions 1 and 4 DVDs, I get Media Read Error in WinDVD, Media Player Classic, and VLC Player?!!

Will I ever be able to watch it or not?!!

Kingdom Heartless · Post by **Kingdom Heartless** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:53 am

Looks like sets beyond Z may be a possibility after all!

DemonRin · Post by **DemonRin** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:32 am

SHINOBI-03 wrote:Curses!!

I'm supposed to recieve my order in the upcoming days and I finally replaced my DVD-ROM with a new one and finally got a non-trial region free software for it...

And when I tried it with my old regions 1 and 4 DVDs, I get Media Read Error in WinDVD, Media Player Classic, and VLC Player?!!

Will I ever be able to watch it or not?!!

Download VLC player, it breaks Regions

Khalid Shahin · Post by **Khalid Shahin** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:36 am

DemonRin wrote:
SHINOBI-03 wrote:Curses!!

I'm supposed to recieve my order in the upcoming days and I finally replaced my DVD-ROM with a new one and finally got a non-trial region free software for it...

And when I tried it with my old regions 1 and 4 DVDs, I get Media Read Error in WinDVD, Media Player Classic, and VLC Player?!!

Will I ever be able to watch it or not?!!
Download VLC player, it breaks Regions

He said VLC player in his post.

DemonRin · Post by **DemonRin** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:39 am

Oh Whoops... Damnit, I didn't realize, now I feel stupid.

Get a Region Free DVD player?

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:58 am

DemonRin wrote:Oh Whoops... Damnit, I didn't realize, now I feel stupid.

Get a Region Free DVD player?

Ok, but how will I be able to take screen caps or rip videos for AMVs or any other fan-made things?

DemonRin · Post by **DemonRin** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 12:10 pm

Oh, use DVD Decrypter for that. It should break the Regions no problem and rip you HQ VoB files.

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 12:58 pm

*Sigh*

Looks like MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-841S is the worst DVD-RAM Drive anyone could get.

Nothing works on it...

NOTHING!!!

Looks like I'm stuck with these options:

1- Change the region code to either 1 or 4 and leave it that way and use the main house PC for region 2 DVDs.
2- Buy two more computers and mark each one with it's code.
3- The Orange Bricks.
4- The dreaded one............ the "D" word.

Greenman · Post by **Greenman** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:57 pm

First, try DVD Decrypter. If that doesn't work:

I don't know how many, but you're allowed to change the region of your DVD drive a certain amount of times before it becomes permanent. Assuming you haven't changed it too many times before, you can temporarily change your DVD region to 1 and then use DVD Decrypter again.

You can also buy a second DVD drive (perhaps an external USB one for convenience) and permanently set that drive to Region 1.

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:02 pm

You can buy a Region 1 DVD player.

Captain Awesome · Post by **Captain Awesome** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:09 pm

There are pieces of software out there that bypass region coding without the dangerous exercise of flashing the firmware on your DVD drive.

Some of them cost money though.

Shadow-Link · Post by **Shadow-Link** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:37 pm

SHINOBI-03 wrote:*Sigh*

Looks like MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-841S is the worst DVD-RAM Drive anyone could get.

Nothing works on it...

NOTHING!!!

Looks like I'm stuck with these options:

1- Change the region code to either 1 or 4 and leave it that way and use the main house PC for region 2 DVDs.
2- Buy two more computers and mark each one with it's code.
3- The Orange Bricks.
4- The dreaded one............ the "D" word.

Download DVDfab 5 or 6 and copy the whole thing to your HDD. For me it was the only program that was able to get around the copy protection and remove the region code. After that you can just play it on your PC or burn it on a dvdr-dl. I did it myself and i can finally enjoy my Dragon Box upscaled to 1080p at my R2 PS3

DragonBalllKaiHD · Post by **DragonBalllKaiHD** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:32 am

I just use VLC player. It still works fine. I usually use it when I'm watching Dragon Box (either Japanese or English). I dont't really use it with Season sets cuz there are garins all blurred out. I have grown fond with grains now

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 6:51 am

IT'S HERE!!! IT'S FINALLY HERE!!!

And I bought an external DVD-ROM...

AND IT WORKS!!!

Wow...Unreal... My Gosh...

THIS IS AMAZING!!!

I FEEL INCREDIBLE!!!

YES - YES - YES - YES

I HAVE GOT IT!!!

I FEAL GREAT!!!

I - CAN - WATCH - IT - UGH!!!

YES!!!

IT'S HOME!!!

IT'S ALIVE!!!

THIS IS ALL A MIRACLE!!!

ITS' AWAKE!!!

ITS WIDE AWAKE!!!

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And now to a question... are there no intros or trailers in the discs?

Kingdom Heartless · Post by **Kingdom Heartless** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:27 am

And now to a question... are there no intros or trailers in the discs?

On the discs I watched, there was one trailer on each, I think. Just before the Main Menu.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:55 am

For everyone having region problems, I've noticed recently that VLC Player plays Region 2 DVDs just fine and I live in the USA with my DVD-ROM set to Region 1. I dunno why I never picked up on this before. Hopefully it helps.