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Re: FUNimation to put DBZ on Blu-Ray

Post by samuraix123 » Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:30 pm

Hey does anyone know if the level 1.1 trailer is on this Blu-Ray set?(I really like it) Also sad news while I was watching my season sets of Dragonball Z, The part were trunks start going Ultra Super Saiyan. Started skipping and glitching(there appears to be no scratches on the disc) :( Are Blu-Rays bad to skip and such?
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samuraix123 wrote:Hey does anyone know if the level 1.1 trailer is on this Blu-Ray set?(I really like it) Also sad news while I was watching my season sets of Dragonball Z, The part were trunks start going Ultra Super Saiyan. Started skipping and glitching(there appears to be no scratches on the disc) :( Are Blu-Rays bad to skip and such?
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Post by Kibito_Kai » Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:06 am

Anyone buying these even though they own the Dragon Boxes? and if so.... do you think it's worth the money (in terms of video quality anyways)?

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Post by penguintruth » Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:32 am

Just saw the ad on Cartoon Network.

"Original American series" my ass.
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Kibito_Kai wrote:Anyone buying these even though they own the Dragon Boxes? and if so.... do you think it's worth the money (in terms of video quality anyways)?
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Post by Metalwario64 » Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:37 am

penguintruth wrote:Just saw the ad on Cartoon Network.

"Original American series" my ass.
What?

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Post by Kendamu » Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:54 am

penguintruth wrote:Just saw the ad on Cartoon Network.

"Original American series" my ass.
I'd say they changed up enough story and characterization that I'll let something like this pass.
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Post by samuraix123 » Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:56 am

So is the level 1.1 trailer on the Blu-Ray set?
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Post by jpdbzrulz4sure » Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:49 am

penguintruth wrote:Just saw the ad on Cartoon Network.

"Original American series" my ass.
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Post by funrush » Fri Nov 11, 2011 7:31 am

DinoChow wrote:
samuraix123 wrote:Hey does anyone know if the level 1.1 trailer is on this Blu-Ray set?(I really like it) Also sad news while I was watching my season sets of Dragonball Z, The part were trunks start going Ultra Super Saiyan. Started skipping and glitching(there appears to be no scratches on the disc) :( Are Blu-Rays bad to skip and such?
Blu-Rays aren't quite indestructible, but they stand up to wear and tear FAR better than any other optical format. There was a lot of hype about Blu-Ray's being scratch-proof when they first came out; people did tests on YouTube rubbing steel wool on the disc to see if they could damage it, and the discs worked every time. If you heavily abuse a Blu-Ray you could probably destroy it, but other than that, Blu-Ray's will not give out on you. I have a pretty massive collection and I've only once ever had a problem. My copy of Inception came with some sort of goo on the back of the disc that stopped my PS3 from reading the data; but it was quickly fixed with a cleaning cloth. The high durability of Blu-Ray really is one of the best elements of the format.
Yep, back when I was researching the format, I saw a video where these guys had to scrape it with a knife multiple times to render it useless.

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Post by Daimo-Rukiri » Fri Nov 11, 2011 9:48 am

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After looking at all three images, level 1.1 wins fore me.
First image I believe was UUE or the season set as all have said is DVNRd to hell and the detail in Piccolo's neck is well gone.

Now the other two..

Dragon Box looks great regardless however thus far color wise I actually prefer 1.1 but that's just me and my opinions.

This may be a dub centric release and imo has just has better video than my Dbox. Just wish it came with I undo more extras than just Sabat's signature.. I kinda wish Funi did what toei did with their release.

At lease the remastering job's done well and well not F'd up like the season sets were,

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Post by Drayenko » Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:11 am

Kibito_Kai wrote:Anyone buying these even though they own the Dragon Boxes? and if so.... do you think it's worth the money (in terms of video quality anyways)?
Yes. I bought it, totally worth it. The picture quality is amazing.

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Post by Gonstead » Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:44 am

penguintruth wrote:Just saw the ad on Cartoon Network.

"Original American series" my ass.
Wow, that's just...gah!
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Post by Ani-Nation7 » Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:53 am

For people who don't want to download the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6bnj1jdJ8Q
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Post by Gozar » Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:05 pm

penguintruth wrote:Just saw the ad on Cartoon Network.

"Original American series" my ass.
I'm not sure why everyone's freaking out over this. I'm fairly certain that they just meant the "Original English Dub". As in not Kai. Kai seems to be getting a lot of backlash from the common fan who hates Freeza's new "gay" voice and misses "awesome hardc0re" Grandma Freeza. So they likely were trying to stress that it's NOT Kai.

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Post by dbboxkaifan » Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:50 pm

penguintruth wrote:Just saw the ad on Cartoon Network.

"Original American series" my ass.
Ew, they make it sound like Dragon Ball Z is an American produced cartoon show.

Gozar, how is Freeza's Kai voice "gay"? It fits Freeza perfectly and doesn't sound like a granny's talking.
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Post by Ani-Nation7 » Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:57 pm

He's saying that's how a lot of the American fans feel.

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Post by BlazingFiddlesticks » Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:41 pm

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penguintruth wrote:Just saw the ad on Cartoon Network.

"Original American series" my ass.
Ew, they make it sound like Dragon Ball Z is an American produced cartoon show.

Gozar, how is Freeza's Kai voice "gay"? It fits Freeza perfectly and doesn't sound like a granny's talking.
Don't ask Gozar to defend something he doesn't actually believe. Ask the dubbie masses on Youtube who still don't know what Kai is.

Interestingly, all I don't remember the video, believe I actually saw a post that defended Young's voice based on how the guy saw it expressing Freeza's character as opposed to that Ayres sounds gay. It was about as reasonable a defense of Young's voice as you could expect. Seeing as I, like Chris Sabat (Not puffing up my opinion, it's just he's expressed it as well), have a great deal of respect for Chambers/Young for doing a voice that forced for ten years and actually getting a little better at as she went along, that doesn't amount to nothing to me.

But yeah, they're trying to differentiate it from Kai. Which you have to do when a good portion of your casual fanbase doesn't know that Toei Animation- if they know it exists at all- is a very different beast.
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Post by Gozar » Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:49 pm

BlazingFiddlesticks wrote:Seeing as I, like Chris Sabat (Not puffing up my opinion, it's just he's expressed it as well), have a great deal of respect for Chambers/Young for doing a voice that forced for ten years and actually getting a little better at as she went along, that doesn't amount to nothing to me.
I whole heartily agree. As much as I loathe the way Freeza used to be portrayed and bow down to Ayres brilliance, I still respect Linda Young. Not to mention I feel bad that she was given the role in Kai and then had it taken away.

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Post by Daimo-Rukiri » Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:03 pm

Drayenko wrote:
Kibito_Kai wrote:Anyone buying these even though they own the Dragon Boxes? and if so.... do you think it's worth the money (in terms of video quality anyways)?
Yes. I bought it, totally worth it. The picture quality is amazing.
I'll say, I had 1.1 and the dragon box playing at the same time (two different TV's) I actually at least for this release prefer 1.1 to the Dbox.

Let's just hope level 2 isn't messed up like season 2 was.

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