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

russ869 · Post by **russ869** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:27 am

mikezilla2 wrote:Vegetto is right. The old bricks weren't muiti-region, were they?

Yeah, they were. R1, R2, and R4.

I assume the DragonBox removed the R2 because then people would be importing it to Japan. This in only case where I can actually see reverse importation being a significant consideration. I mean if you're in Japan would you rather pay a lot of money for a few DragonBox singles or get over 40 episodes of a comparable release for the same price by importing Funimation's DBox.

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:08 pm

Couldn't they just say "Not for importing to Japan" or something?

Shameless request: If anybody wants to get rid of his Orange Brick #1 for nothing, please PM me

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I just want the first one for the review I'll do in the Arabic forums when I'll get my copy.

EDIT: To make it worthy, I'll give my two V-Jump issues that included the Jump Special Adaptation.

mikezilla2 · Post by **mikezilla2** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:39 pm

russ869 wrote:
mikezilla2 wrote:Vegetto is right. The old bricks weren't muiti-region, were they?
Yeah, they were. R1, R2, and R4.

I assume the DragonBox removed the R2 because then people would be importing it to Japan. This in only case where I can actually see reverse importation being a significant consideration. I mean if you're in Japan would you rather pay a lot of money for a few DragonBox singles or get over 40 episodes of a comparable release for the same price by importing Funimation's DBox.

Thank you but where does it say that? All the sites I've looked at like Amazon say region 1, and everyone I've asked on the matter are clueless. I'm thinking about buying the Dragon Boxes and selling the fat packs and re-buying the US versions of the bricks.

russ869 · Post by **russ869** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:54 pm

It says on the box and even right on the discs themselves. Orange sets are R1, R2, R4; Dragon Box is R1, R4.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:02 pm

russ869 wrote:
mikezilla2 wrote:Vegetto is right. The old bricks weren't muiti-region, were they?
Yeah, they were. R1, R2, and R4.

I assume the DragonBox removed the R2 because then people would be importing it to Japan. This in only case where I can actually see reverse importation being a significant consideration. I mean if you're in Japan would you rather pay a lot of money for a few DragonBox singles or get over 40 episodes of a comparable release for the same price by importing Funimation's DBox.

The Japanese should be smart enough to fix the region coding on their players like we do all the time. I'm sure people in Japan would jump at spending $50-$80 to import the US Dbox instead of spending $40-$80 for 2 singles.

SSJSteve · Post by **SSJSteve** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:15 pm

mikezilla2 wrote:
russ869 wrote:
mikezilla2 wrote:Vegetto is right. The old bricks weren't muiti-region, were they?
Yeah, they were. R1, R2, and R4.

I assume the DragonBox removed the R2 because then people would be importing it to Japan. This in only case where I can actually see reverse importation being a significant consideration. I mean if you're in Japan would you rather pay a lot of money for a few DragonBox singles or get over 40 episodes of a comparable release for the same price by importing Funimation's DBox.
Thank you but where does it say that? All the sites I've looked at like Amazon say region 1, and everyone I've asked on the matter are clueless. I'm thinking about buying the Dragon Boxes and selling the fat packs and re-buying the US versions of the bricks.

On sites like Amazon it does say "Region 1" but the orange bricks are Regions 1, 2, and 4. When I first started buying them I thought they were region 1 but I took the risk of importing them and they worked fine for me.

Edit: Sorry it says on the back of the DVD's "Regions 1, 2, and 4".

Innagadadavida · Post by **Innagadadavida** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:39 pm

mikezilla2 wrote:Thank you but where does it say that? All the sites I've looked at like Amazon say region 1, and everyone I've asked on the matter are clueless. I'm thinking about buying the Dragon Boxes and selling the fat packs and re-buying the US versions of the bricks.

Have you considered using a spell checker before posting? Do you realize that all that red text is manual and not automatic? Somebody is going in to every single one of your posts, fixing it, and highlighting the corrections themselves.

Try typing your post into Microsoft word, fixing the basic errors, then copying it to your post. You could also try an online spell checker (search for one on Google). I'm sure that if you don't start trying to use proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation, then you will be banned. You agreed to that when you signed up.

Also, it's just super annoying to see you continue to utterly fail at it after being warned and told countless times in this thread. There are ways to fix these problems even if you don't have the knowledge to fix them yourself.

Brad Redfield · Post by **Brad Redfield** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:35 pm

I got my set and man, the quality is just fantastic! As others have said, pictures don't do it justice.

But really, its great to finally get the series and not think, "Man, what did Funimation screw up now?" when I'm watching it.

EDIT: Just wanted to add that after watching two episodes and looking through the Dragon Book, I just can't stop smiling.

james039 · Post by **james039** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:42 pm

EricM wrote: -Funi version is bit brighter, but that means the colors look a bit washed out (see Goku's hair), they look richer in the JP version

This is actually expected if comparing a Japanese DVD to an American one. NTSC-J has an approximately 10% brightness difference from NTSC (due to slight differences in signaling levels between Japanese TV's and US TV's)

Bottom line is Funi version is correct for US, and JP version is correct for JP. If you import either way, you can turn up or down the brightness on your TV for an *authentic* experience.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:49 pm

Well, I give up. None of the Best Buys in my area had it early.

Innagadadavida · Post by **Innagadadavida** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:58 pm

Y'know it would be funny if FUNimation intentionally changed the date to 7 days later, when it was too late, and shipped the boxes early. Just to create some buzz over those who got theirs in early. Creating lots of envy and fueling the fans' burning desire.

Hilarious.

PS. My Best Buy had it in early. I got to hold the package. I compared it to some of the others in the section that I own. It was really hard to put it back.

disturbed001 · Post by **disturbed001** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:09 pm

Castor Troy wrote:Well, I give up. None of the Best Buys in my area had it early.

I tried 2 closest to me and neither had it as well

But I'm trying 2 more on my way to class tonight, so here's hoping!

Hao_Kaiser · Post by **Hao_Kaiser** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:10 pm

Gah... Tanooki's pictures got me all excited. Mine has been sitting at my parent's house since Tuesday, and I finally get to crack it open tomorrow. I can't wait!

Its totally the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel-o-crap this week has been.

BrollysKin · Post by **BrollysKin** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:03 pm

Could we pretty please get at least one split screen of the two dboxes?

fps_anth · Post by **fps_anth** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:11 pm

I'm unsure why people are bitching about region coding.

If my DVD player couldn't play this $50 Dragon Box release, I'd buy a region free DVD players as soon as humanly possible.

I mean, if you were ever going to buy one, now is the time. This is the fucking Dragon Box we're talking about here!

Krakabeast · Post by **Krakabeast** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:35 pm

disturbed001 wrote:
Castor Troy wrote:Well, I give up. None of the Best Buys in my area had it early.
I tried 2 closest to me and neither had it as well

But I'm trying 2 more on my way to class tonight, so here's hoping!

How do you guys have so many Best Buys near you? I'm in the center of New Jersey and there's only one near me and I would have to pass at least ten Walmarts and McDonalds on the way.

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:39 pm

Could we pretty please get at least one split screen of the two dboxes?

So yea, even if you do notice a slight difference between the two it's much better then comparison shots from other sets.

Hao_Kaiser · Post by **Hao_Kaiser** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:39 pm

Krakabeast wrote:How do you guys have so many Best Buys near you? I'm in the center of New Jersey and there's only one near me and I would have to pass at least ten Walmarts and McDonalds on the way.

I have three within an hour's drive from my house, and I live in the middle of Nowhere, Kentucky.

BrollysKin · Post by **BrollysKin** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:55 pm

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:
Could we pretty please get at least one split screen of the two dboxes?

So yea, even if you do notice a slight difference between the two it's much better then comparison shots from other sets.

Thank you so very much my good sir.

Ultimate_DB_Fan · Post by **Ultimate_DB_Fan** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:06 pm

Are those comparison shots of the DBox quality vs. the orange bricks'?