Do you prefer to watch Dragon Ball on Blu-ray or DVD?

[samuraix123]

Yup everything is up to date on my 360 something pops up and says attempting to read disc then it just keeps saying disc unreadable. That's the only disc that it will do that too but when I put that same disc into my BR player. It works like a charm

[dbboxkaifan]

Yup everything is up to date on my 360 something pops up and says attempting to read disc then it just keeps saying disc unreadable. That's the only disc that it will do that too but when I put that same disc into my BR player. It works like a charm

BDP = Blu-ray Player
BD = Blu-ray Disc (or just Blu-ray)

BR = Brazil

Your Xbox 360's disc laser may be the issue, my Xbox 360 S 250GB Gloss Black runs perfectly with everything, and so do others I've used.

People sure do hate to get owned on Xbox LIVE and then go on about how much better they are than me on X video game, oh, today it was an American not a Spanian, or a French.

[Sshadow5001]

I don't have a blueray player and I'm in no rush to get one. I do have a region free DVD player with HDMI upscaling capabilities though and DVD's still look great.

[dprez]

DVD for DBZ. DBZ was never meant to be on HD Blu-ray.

This is what I think. DBZ is just fine on DVD.

[kei17]

DVD for DBZ. DBZ was never meant to be on HD Blu-ray.

This is what I think. DBZ is just fine on DVD.

So how about movies? They were meant to be seen on a quite big screen.

[dbboxkaifan]

This is what I think. DBZ is just fine on DVD.

So how about movies? They were meant to be seen on a quite big screen.[/quote]

I was told the Dragon Box the Films (erm... "The Movies") looked fantastic on a 40"-something LCD.

Dragon Box Z series looks terrific, I really hope FUNi gets to release the films box next, or the original Dragon Ball series.

[NitroEX]

I don't have a blueray player and I'm in no rush to get one.

I was the same until I saw the anime film Redline in bluray and now I'm really rempted to get a bluray player.

[Aoi]

I have a question about DBZ on DVD.

Why is it that you can hear the music a lot better in Mono? Every time I play the dub in Stereo, you can never hear the music as well because the voices are usually drowning it out. I find that a bit odd.


The main reason I'm waiting for a proper Blu Ray release is so I can listen to the Japanese original, with the correct music/voice match on 5.1 digital. If not for that, I'd probably not care about the picture quality.

[VegettoEX]

In that case, it has nothing to do with it being on Blu-ray or DVD (or even VHS) -- it's all about the actual mixing that went on in the authoring studio.

That's always been a complaint about FUNimation's English dub track with the Japanese music. For whatever reason, the mixing job isn't as thorough as it should have been, I guess.

[Aoi]

In that case, it has nothing to do with it being on Blu-ray or DVD (or even VHS) -- it's all about the actual mixing that went on in the authoring studio.

That's always been a complaint about FUNimation's English dub track with the Japanese music. For whatever reason, the mixing job isn't as thorough as it should have been, I guess.

Interesting; so it seems that the Blu Rays present us with a high quality version of this correct "mix" that I just wrote about?

[CyberpunkCentral]

Some people here have the wrong idea about Blu-ray. Blu-ray is not about making things look new, it's about bringing a more faithful presentation to the film. That's exactly what the Level sets did. Just because you grew up watching Dragon Ball in SD doesn't mean that's how it suppose to look. Also correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the later episodes of Dragon Ball Z, movies, and GT shot in 35mm? They should be perfectly capable for Blu-ray.

[Pokewhiz7]

Also correct me I'm wrong, but isn't the later episodes of Dragon Ball Z, movies, and GT shot in 35mm? They should be perfectly capable for Blu-ray.

Just the movies. Supposedly 35mm negatives exist for a few Freeza episodes but that's debatable.

[MarcFBR]

Some people here have the wrong idea about Blu-ray. Blu-ray is not about making things look new, it's about bringing a more faithful presentation to the film. That's exactly what the Level sets did. Just because you grew up watching Dragon Ball in SD doesn't mean that's how it suppose to look. Also correct me I'm wrong, but isn't the later episodes of Dragon Ball Z, movies, and GT shot in 35mm? They should be perfectly capable for Blu-ray.

Blu-ray isn't necessarily about bringing a more faithful presentation. That is in THEORY the goal, but often the goal isn't what it actually ends up being 'about'.


And most animation from that era was drawn, then the cels were shot onto film, not out of a specific quality concern, but because it was a necessity of how animation was made.

35mm was what used because that was what was considered professional grade. DBZ was a cheaply made show. The fact it was mastered onto 35mm doesn't change this (and I believe most of DBZ was actually done on 16mm, but I'm not sure about that.) Dragon Ball as a show was basically meant to be watched on a small (compared to modern TVs) SD color CRT screen, with a decent portion of the edges cropped off.


Generally the arguments we make are based around wanting 'as close to the master' as possible, but frankly, that isn't to the intention of what was made, nor is demanding as close to aired, because we have no idea if any given station had their machines set up correctly.

So the generality becomes- Do as good as a disk as you can, with the best masters you have, without tweaking them whenever possible.

[TheNamekGio]

I personally would prefer the dvd. Well for the simple fact that the show is from the mid 80s to the 90s. It was never supposed to be eye popping quality.( Well I guess for its time it was). But think about it, what if your favorite 80's show.. Mine was He-Man, was in blue ray?
I still like the old grainyness of the show and the old school feel. Now thats just me personally.

[dprez]

Well since I have never actually watched the blu-ray discs, and only seen screen shots, I can't say for certain, but even if I had the two to compare, I know I would prefer my Dragon Box discs.

I prefer the colors of the Dragon Box and all the Japenese elements of watching it that way. The blu-ray screen shots look incredibly clear and clean, but I am a big fan of grain like many others here. I prefer to watch the show the way it was seen back in the day, with that old school feel to it, and the blu-ray's give it a new age look that doesn't really appeal to me.

[dbboxkaifan]

Well since I have never actually watched the blu-ray discs, and only seen screen shots, I can't say for certain, but even if I had the two to compare, I know I would prefer my Dragon Box discs.

I prefer the colors of the Dragon Box and all the Japenese elements of watching it that way. The blu-ray screen shots look incredibly clear and clean, but I am a big fan of grain like many others here. I prefer to watch the show the way it was seen back in the day, with that old school feel to it, and the blu-ray's give it a new age look that doesn't really appeal to me.

Blu-ray only shines if you own an HDTV (FullHD is better) from 32" and above.

I love watching the DBZ Kai episodes on BD, but each part ends so quick I just want more but gotta wait.

Pinocchio is incredibly detailed and beautiful to watch in pure 1080p HD on Blu-ray.

[dprez]

^ Yea that makes sense. Haha Pinocchio ehh? Awesome film. Never seen it in Blu-ray though.

[dbboxkaifan]

^ Yea that makes sense. Haha Pinocchio ehh? Awesome film. Never seen it in Blu-ray though.

Glad I got it, it went from £9 to £40+, crazy then again Disney likes to vault their stuff (turning into rarities).

If you do get an HDTV FullHD + BDP pick up DBZ Kai on Blu-ray and watch it, you'll love the quality.

Bought TLK (The Lion King) US Blu-ray but haven't yet seen it all.

/semi-offtopic

[dprez]

^ Yea that makes sense. Haha Pinocchio ehh? Awesome film. Never seen it in Blu-ray though.

Glad I got it, it went from £9 to £40+, crazy then again Disney likes to vault their stuff (turning into rarities).

If you do get an HDTV FullHD + BDP pick up DBZ Kai on Blu-ray and watch it, you'll love the quality.

Bought TLK (The Lion King) US Blu-ray but haven't yet seen it all.

/semi-offtopic

So Kai on Blu-ray with a badass HDTV really looks awesome huh? I heard that the Japanese cast were better back in the day. Do you watch Blu-ray Kai in English or Japanese? Is is edited out the ass like it is on tv for the home releases?

[MarcFBR]

Is is edited out the ass like it is on tv for the home releases?

Do you read the forum at all? Or any DBZ news?

Bought TLK (The Lion King) US Blu-ray but haven't yet seen it all.

I won't speak for everyone, but just because we use shorthand for some stuff like 'DBZ', we don't have to shorthand for EVERYTHING (especially if you have to post out right after what the shorthand stands for.)