Dragon Ball Movie 1 Dvd Dissection/Discussion

[skatezeppelin]

I just read Mikes review of movie one and listened to the sample between the new release and the dragon box audio and it is disgusting. Is the audio of the R1 dragon box that much different than the R2's? I have all four but haven't got around to watching them yet. What about the 2 disc Dragonball episodes releases and the blue bricks?

The release from FUNimation isn't a 'Dragon Box' release.

I know the movie one release isn't a 'Dragon Box' release, I'm talking about the release of the Z series.

[VegettoEX]

The FUNimation Dragon Box sets' audio is essentially identical to their Japanese counterparts, with the only exception being that they're encoded at a lower bitrate (96 kbps mono versus a redundant 448 kbps stereo).

That's the Z TV series, though, and pretty irrelevant to this product -- this is a totally separate master, and thus the giant discrepancy between it and the Dragon Box version. The movies also have a significantly more awesome mix than the TV series, since they had a much higher quality master to work with (much like the movies' video transfer, too).

Yes. It really is that different of "quality". Amazing, huh?