Dragon Ball Z "Seasons" On Blu-ray: News & Discussion

[Gonstead]

You can find HD TV's and Blu-Ray players cheap now.

You can also find a normal standard definition TV and DVD player for even cheaper.

[doomydoomydoom]

Yeah, I don't really buy all this about HDTVs being cheap (especially since I bought one for my mom as an Xmas present a couple years back). Especially if they're a good-sized one for the living room. Cheapest one I found on Amazon is about $80 for a 19''.

In other words, people (like me) don't have the money to upgrade their entire collection of film and TV, PLUS buy a brand new 40'' HDTV, PLUS a Blu-Ray player (which I admit are kind of cheap). BDs are still pretty damn astronomical, especially when comparing a 2-disc release to a similar one on DVD. You can find fantastic deals if you look, but they're mostly on older BDs.

[KingofWisdom]

I wouldn't terribly mind if these do poorly. If a proper remastering isn't in the cards, then they should just stop rereleasing DBZ for the time being.

[Big Momma]

If that survey is any indication, FUNi are just releasing what the majority of the fanbase wants...so if these do poorly, they probably would be more hesitant to take fan input later on.

[Gonstead]

They should have just not bothered creating a whole new remaster and instead just dump the Orange Bricks onto Blu-Ray.

Would have probably been cheaper.

[Fizzer]

They should have just not bothered creating a whole new remaster and instead just dump the Orange Bricks onto Blu-Ray.

Would have probably been cheaper.

That would have been less good, and this remaster only cost them $5 anyway.

[rereboy]

You can find HD TV's and Blu-Ray players cheap now.

You can also find a normal standard definition TV and DVD player for even cheaper.

Why would you want less quality if the higher quality is very affordable...? Unless money is tight, doesn't make much sense.

Yeah, I don't really buy all this about HDTVs being cheap (especially since I bought one for my mom as an Xmas present a couple years back). Especially if they're a good-sized one for the living room. Cheapest one I found on Amazon is about $80 for a 19''.

In other words, people (like me) don't have the money to upgrade their entire collection of film and TV, PLUS buy a brand new 40'' HDTV, PLUS a Blu-Ray player (which I admit are kind of cheap). BDs are still pretty damn astronomical, especially when comparing a 2-disc release to a similar one on DVD. You can find fantastic deals if you look, but they're mostly on older BDs.

HD TVs have the same price (if we take into account inflation over the years and such) that standard TVs had a while ago. Same thing with Blurays compared to DVDs.

You may not want to upgrade your TV and player because it ends up costing money when you already have a working TV and a working DVD player, but they are not really expensive. Hell, I live in a country that is practically broke and I don't consider them expensive.

[Ajay]

When massmarket consoles like the PS4 are releasing with HD only resolutions and a single HDMI port then you are incredibly behind the times with the general population.

HDTVs and Blu-Ray players aren't expensive at all and it's absurd to think they are. They cost as much as your normal SDTV used to cost back when they were a standard. It's like whining that DVDs aren't as cheap as your VHS tapes!

Old technology decreases in price when superior tech comes out, what on earth do you expect?!

Blu-Rays aren't expensive at all, that is such an archaic notion now. Life of Pi is £11 on Blu-Ray and the DVD is £7. Pacific Rim Blu-Ray - £12.99, DVD - £9.99.

If that's an issue for you then I don't know what to say. The difference in picture quality is far greater than the difference in price.

[sangofe]

If that survey is any indication, FUNi are just releasing what the majority of the fanbase wants...so if these do poorly, they probably would be more hesitant to take fan input later on.

Which one?

[Rukura]

If that survey is any indication, FUNi are just releasing what the majority of the fanbase wants...so if these do poorly, they probably would be more hesitant to take fan input later on.

By that logic, they'd stop doing crappy releases like this and invest in proper ones. Which would make this release doing poorly a good thing.

[dbboxkaifan]

Spoiler:

His skin isn't as lime green in other scenes.
http://imageshack.us/a/img818/9309/mijy.png

Using YouTube video which are compressed have never been a good idea for comparisons, but anything goes to bash DBZ Season One Blu-rays.

Cobra USB? Honestly though it does seem too good to be true.

Think Cobra USB is outdated and probably something better and free (downgrading will come at a cost though).

With a hacked PS3 you can play PSP games, region free BDs/DVDs, PS2-BC (even for the Slim models) and much more. I'd personally recommend to only play PS2 games on a PS3 60/80 or PCSX2 for HD quality and consistently good framerate.

Why would you want less quality if the higher quality is very affordable...? Unless money is tight, doesn't make much sense.

Bought a Samsung 23" FullHD LED a couple months back for £99 and it's ideal the picture quality is gorgeous and its size suits me as I can't have a huge TV right now, there's also the fact that the TV stand/shelf is stacked with consoles.

Blu-rays aren't expensive at all

They aren't. Though because I have NOWTV for four months £1 per each I get to watch all the films that they have on there in HD so I've been avoiding Blu-rays and DVDs because there's no point as it is.

They should have just not bothered creating a whole new remaster and instead just dump the Orange Bricks onto Blu-Ray.

Would have probably been cheaper.

This isn't Orange Bricks slapped on Blu-ray format, it's actually a new remaster. All's that FUNimation's doing is modernising Dragon Ball Z by making it widescreen, removing the grain and looking more alive and like a clean cartoon show.

Does it have detail loss? Yes everyone can see it does.

[kei17]

Why did you use the spoiler tag?

His skin isn't as lime green in other scenes.
http://imageshack.us/a/img818/9309/mijy.png

Using YouTube video which are compressed have never been a good idea for comparisons, but anything goes to bash DBZ Season One Blu-rays.

YouTube never alters colors, and all the complaints made on this thread seem legitimate.

They should have just not bothered creating a whole new remaster and instead just dump the Orange Bricks onto Blu-Ray.

Would have probably been cheaper.

This isn't Orange Bricks slapped on Blu-ray format, it's actually a new remaster. All's that FUNimation's doing is modernising Dragon Ball Z by making it widescreen, removing the grain and looking more alive and like a clean cartoon show.

Your reply makes no sense.

[Li'l Lemmy]

...you are incredibly behind the times with the general population.

Do you speak for the general population? It's not exactly fair to tell someone how "behind" they are based on an arbitrary standard that represents an undefined number of people.

HDTVs and Blu-Ray players aren't expexpensive at all and it's absurd to think they are.

The difference in picture quality is far greater than the difference in price.

These are highly subjective statements entering from a realm that we should probably avoid. What's inexpensive to you may be quite expensive to someone else. There's no way to know without knowing more about the person you're talking with. Matters of picture quality are also debatable and based mostly on opinion; Blu-ray and HD are superior, no one would question that, but by how much and what the difference is worth in terms of cost is completely up to the individual consumer.

I'm not picking on you directly. This is more just me indicating that we should all try to be sensitive. Just saiyan. o_o


~Da Lemmy

[Gyt Kaliba]

When massmarket consoles like the PS4 are releasing with HD only resolutions and a single HDMI port then you are incredibly behind the times with the general population.

HDTVs and Blu-Ray players aren't expensive at all and it's absurd to think they are. They cost as much as your normal SDTV used to cost back when they were a standard. It's like whining that DVDs aren't as cheap as your VHS tapes!

Old technology decreases in price when superior tech comes out, what on earth do you expect?!

This is the notion that I still just can't comprehend or understand at all. Yes, Bluray is cheaper now than it was, there's no denying that, so are HD TVs and the like - but not all of us feel this burning desire to rush out and buy a brand new TV just because it 'looks better', when our other ones are still working. Some of us don't exactly have that kind of cash to burn even if we did have that burning desire. This 'general population' you're speaking of is going to vary much more wildly than you think, especially in different areas of the country of the US, much less the world as a whole.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

Just been on Funimations Facebook and apparently DBZ Season 2 coming out in Feb.
"Dragon Ball Z: Season 2 Collection (Blu-ray) - $44.98 - 2/18/14"
This was discovered by PreviewsWorld (what ever that is)

[eledoremassis02]

Just been on Funimations Facebook and apparently DBZ Season 2 coming out in Feb.
"Dragon Ball Z: Season 2 Collection (Blu-ray) - $44.98 - 2/18/14"
This was discovered by PreviewsWorld (what ever that is)

Do they have an episode count? If I can get the episodes that make up Dbox 2 (roughly up to Ginyu goku fight) I might get it.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

Just been on Funimations Facebook and apparently DBZ Season 2 coming out in Feb.
"Dragon Ball Z: Season 2 Collection (Blu-ray) - $44.98 - 2/18/14"
This was discovered by PreviewsWorld (what ever that is)

Do they have an episode count? If I can get the episodes that make up Dbox 2 (roughly up to Ginyu goku fight) I might get it.

Unfortunately, that's all the info I found. But I'd Assume the episode count will be similar if not same as the Orange Bricks.

[doomydoomydoom]

If that's the case then MAYBE I'll spring for those, depending on how much of an "improvement" (in the loosest sense of the term) this is from the Bricks, which I currently have to make up for DBox 2. I know so far we've seen too much brightness and the like, but you never know until it's actually on your TV screen.

*SIGH* In any case this is another ball dropped by FUNimation...oh well, at least I've got my Dragon Boxes.

This isn't Orange Bricks slapped on Blu-ray format, it's actually a new remaster. All's that FUNimation's doing is modernising Dragon Ball Z by making it widescreen, removing the grain and looking more alive and like a clean cartoon show.

Um...wut? The Dragon Boxes make it look more alive and like a clean cartoon show. These are just FUNi's pitiful attempt to appeal to the arrogant people who MUST HAVE everything in 16x9 HD or at least upscaled, ignorant of the fact that Dragon Ball Z isn't even a 90s show, let alone 2000s or 2010s. What other show from the 80s are we going to do this with, cartoon or live action? How about The Golden Girls? Matlock? He-Man, Thundercats, Pirates of Dark Water, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? No, no one would buy them because they know it' s a cheap attempt to make a show that they know is from the 80s look "modern" and "high-tech".

[KingofWisdom]

Neon colors don't make it look alive.

[Roland_ELoG]

The cost between an entirely new Blu-ray HDTV setup and an entirely new SDTV setup may not be that great. I dunno, I'm not in the market for either right now.

But the point is, almost nobody is buying an entirely new SDTV setup. THEY ALREADY HAVE ONE. So the difference between continuing to use what you have, and buying an HDTV, a Blu-ray player (or PS3), and Blu-ray versions of movies and TV shows IS MASSIVE. A thousand dollars is way more dollars than zero.

As for FUNi's stated goal of making the show look more modern, I get it. Wait, I don't get it. But I almost get it. I'm sure there are folks who watch new anime and prefer the shiny CG look. I don't, and... don't. I still can't imagine that even with this group of modern anime fans there exists a demographic who want a shiny new version of Dragon Ball Z/