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

NekoSayajinZ · Post by **NekoSayajinZ** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:25 pm

SonGokuGT wrote:I found it at the new Best Buy in town, got it price matched from Target, and cancelled my order with Amazon. In other words, It's on my bed right now!

How'd you managed to price match with Target?

LeprikanGT · Post by **LeprikanGT** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:25 pm

Where are they giving it away at? Did they talk about it in the podcast from last week or something?

linkdude20002001 · Post by **linkdude20002001** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:46 pm

No. It was an announcement on his Twitter.

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:54 pm

NekoSayajinZ wrote:
SonGokuGT wrote:I found it at the new Best Buy in town, got it price matched from Target, and cancelled my order with Amazon. In other words, It's on my bed right now!

How'd you managed to price match with Target?

At gunpoint. That's how I did it.

-Corey

CashmanX · Post by **CashmanX** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:02 pm

MajinVejitaXV wrote:
NekoSayajinZ wrote:
SonGokuGT wrote:I found it at the new Best Buy in town, got it price matched from Target, and cancelled my order with Amazon. In other words, It's on my bed right now!

How'd you managed to price match with Target?

At gunpoint. That's how I did it.

-Corey

...I wouldn't be suprised...

SonGokuGT · Post by **SonGokuGT** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:19 pm

MajinVejitaXV wrote:
NekoSayajinZ wrote:
SonGokuGT wrote:I found it at the new Best Buy in town, got it price matched from Target, and cancelled my order with Amazon. In other words, It's on my bed right now!

How'd you managed to price match with Target?

At gunpoint. That's how I did it.

-Corey

That's cool if they allow you to have a TV and DVD player in jail!

It was actually quite easy and the people there were really cool about it. Grab the Dragon Box and go to customer service and let them know you want to do a price match. Tell them Target has it for $47.00 and they'll pull up the website to verify and sell it to you for that amount.

disturbed001 · Post by **disturbed001** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:24 pm

SonGokuGT wrote:
MajinVejitaXV wrote:
NekoSayajinZ wrote:
How'd you managed to price match with Target?

At gunpoint. That's how I did it.

-Corey
That's cool if they allow you to have a TV and DVD player in jail!
It was actually quite easy and the people there were really cool about it. Grab the Dragon Box and go to customer service and let them know you want to do a price match. Tell them Target has it for $47.00 and they'll pull up the website to verify and sell it to you for that amount.

it was even easier than that for me. I just took it up to checkout and asked if they could do a price match. I showed them a printout of the Target listing and the woman just typed in the new price. She had her manager or someone come and type some code to bypass, but he was there and gone in a second. That was it.

SonGokuGT · Post by **SonGokuGT** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:29 pm

disturbed001 wrote:
SonGokuGT wrote:
MajinVejitaXV wrote:
At gunpoint. That's how I did it.

-Corey
That's cool if they allow you to have a TV and DVD player in jail!
It was actually quite easy and the people there were really cool about it. Grab the Dragon Box and go to customer service and let them know you want to do a price match. Tell them Target has it for $47.00 and they'll pull up the website to verify and sell it to you for that amount.
it was even easier than that for me. I just took it up to checkout and asked if they could do a price match. I showed them a printout of the Target listing and the woman just typed in the new price. She had her manager or someone come and type some code to bypass, but he was there and gone in a second. That was it.

Print outs are cool but they said that they usually double-check so it's best to go to customer service. I'm going to exploit their price matching so goddamn much from now on...

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:58 pm

SonGokuGT wrote:
MajinVejitaXV wrote:
NekoSayajinZ wrote:
How'd you managed to price match with Target?

At gunpoint. That's how I did it.

-Corey
That's cool if they allow you to have a TV and DVD player in jail!
It was actually quite easy and the people there were really cool about it. Grab the Dragon Box and go to customer service and let them know you want to do a price match. Tell them Target has it for $47.00 and they'll pull up the website to verify and sell it to you for that amount.

I heard in certain prisons, the inmates were allowed to watch DBZ.

SSVegetto · Post by **SSVegetto** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:15 pm

I'm surprised you got away with this. I tried to do the same thing with a video game at Best Buy. I had the actual ad too. But what I did was print out a circuit city ad of the flyer on their website . And then I thought I could price match it. But then the check out lady was going to ask about it. Then when she came back, she said she couldn't, and that I needed the actual advertisement.

So now all of a sudden, they actually let you check out a website for a price match? They must have changed their policy or it must vary from store to store.

Krakabeast · Post by **Krakabeast** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:58 pm

CashmanX wrote:
MajinVejitaXV wrote:
NekoSayajinZ wrote:
How'd you managed to price match with Target?

At gunpoint. That's how I did it.

-Corey
...I wouldn't be suprised...

I was actually held up at gunpoint on Thursday night in a gas station, the day before I got my Dragon Box. Yes, literally.

For being alive for 17 years, I'd have to say that Thursday was the most intersting night of my life.

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:23 pm

Krakabeast wrote:I was actually held up at gunpoint on Thursday night in a gas station, the day before I got my Dragon Box. Yes, literally.

For being alive for 17 years, I'd have to say that Thursday was the most intersting night of my life.

And people ask me why I got my concealment license...

Did they hold you up at an actual gas pump? Because if so, they're very painfully retarded.

Back on topic though, I should actually be able to sit down this weekend and watch the DragonBox more thoroughly.

-Corey

Post by **Herms** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:47 pm

Krakabeast wrote:I was actually held up at gunpoint on Thursday night in a gas station, the day before I got my Dragon Box. Yes, literally.

What would it mean to be figuratively held up at gunpoint?

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:51 pm

Herms wrote:
Krakabeast wrote:I was actually held up at gunpoint on Thursday night in a gas station, the day before I got my Dragon Box. Yes, literally.
What would it mean to be figuratively held up at gunpoint?

Just remember: "Guns don't kill people, people kill people, and monkeys do too (if they have a gun)".

-Corey

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:51 pm

Herms wrote:
Krakabeast wrote:I was actually held up at gunpoint on Thursday night in a gas station, the day before I got my Dragon Box. Yes, literally.
What would it mean to be figuratively held up at gunpoint?

To be put in a position where you have to comply unless you want to face a very bad consequence... kinda like being blackmailed I guess.

disturbed001 · Post by **disturbed001** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:15 pm

MajinVejitaXV wrote:
Herms wrote:
Krakabeast wrote:I was actually held up at gunpoint on Thursday night in a gas station, the day before I got my Dragon Box. Yes, literally.
What would it mean to be figuratively held up at gunpoint?
Just remember: "Guns don't kill people, people kill people, and monkeys do too (if they have a gun)".

-Corey

And also when you keep a monkey as a pet and it decides to bite your face off... or was it a chimp? Hmmm...

ect5150 · Post by **ect5150** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:47 pm

godofchaos wrote: I'll repeat what I've said for a few months now.

Funimation was never going to get a 1:1 source, anything who thinks that needs their head examined.

This isn't what I was addressing. I have no idea what they actually sent FUNI.

Jon Jon wrote:No, it won't.

Tape is also much more climate sensitive than optical/hard drive media is. The data on tape exists in the physical realm, it is accessed via magnetism (I forget the actual method as to how the data is taken off of tape, but I know it has to do with the tape being magnetic. The very initial reading of the tape will degrade the quality of the data being accessed.

Digital to Digital isn't always 1:1. You are transferring to different storage mediums. Get the idea of transferring data from a hard drive to a cd/dvd/bd or flash drive out of your head. it just isn't the same process and tape is no where near as reliable as said media.

Dude, by your logic, a digital copy is impossible to store on tape (which just isn't true). You're basically claiming if I store the number "12" on a tape, it comes back as the number "13," but a CD would return it properly as a "12" since there is no physical contact.

Freeza Heika · Post by **Freeza Heika** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:44 pm

ect5150 wrote:
Jon Jon wrote:No, it won't.

Tape is also much more climate sensitive than optical/hard drive media is. The data on tape exists in the physical realm, it is accessed via magnetism (I forget the actual method as to how the data is taken off of tape, but I know it has to do with the tape being magnetic. The very initial reading of the tape will degrade the quality of the data being accessed.

Digital to Digital isn't always 1:1. You are transferring to different storage mediums. Get the idea of transferring data from a hard drive to a cd/dvd/bd or flash drive out of your head. it just isn't the same process and tape is no where near as reliable as said media.
Dude, by your logic, a digital copy is impossible to store on tape (which just isn't true). You're basically claiming if I store the number "12" on a tape, it comes back as the number "13," but a CD would return it properly as a "12" since there is no physical contact.

No. He's saying that you if you store the number 12 on tape, it may come back as an incomprehensible series of static due to contact. When is the last time you put in a scratched DVD of Gone With the Wind and it degraded into Girls Gone Wild?

Krakabeast · Post by **Krakabeast** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:49 pm

MajinVejitaXV wrote:
Krakabeast wrote:I was actually held up at gunpoint on Thursday night in a gas station, the day before I got my Dragon Box. Yes, literally.

For being alive for 17 years, I'd have to say that Thursday was the most intersting night of my life.
Did they hold you up at an actual gas pump? Because if so, they're very painfully retarded.
-Corey

No, this happened inside the office because I was talking to someone who worked there.

Kendamu wrote:
Herms wrote:
Krakabeast wrote:I was actually held up at gunpoint on Thursday night in a gas station, the day before I got my Dragon Box. Yes, literally.
What would it mean to be figuratively held up at gunpoint?
To be put in a position where you have to comply unless you want to face a very bad consequence... kinda like being blackmailed I guess.

What he said.

ect5150 · Post by **ect5150** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:47 pm

Freeza Heika wrote:
ect5150 wrote:
Jon Jon wrote:No, it won't.

Tape is also much more climate sensitive than optical/hard drive media is. The data on tape exists in the physical realm, it is accessed via magnetism (I forget the actual method as to how the data is taken off of tape, but I know it has to do with the tape being magnetic. The very initial reading of the tape will degrade the quality of the data being accessed.

Digital to Digital isn't always 1:1. You are transferring to different storage mediums. Get the idea of transferring data from a hard drive to a cd/dvd/bd or flash drive out of your head. it just isn't the same process and tape is no where near as reliable as said media.
Dude, by your logic, a digital copy is impossible to store on tape (which just isn't true). You're basically claiming if I store the number "12" on a tape, it comes back as the number "13," but a CD would return it properly as a "12" since there is no physical contact.
No. He's saying that you if you store the number 12 on tape, it may come back as an incomprehensible series of static due to contact. When is the last time you put in a scratched DVD of Gone With the Wind and it degraded into Girls Gone Wild?

You're getting at the probability of a read/write error (which may be higher on tape than optical media). I stated this earlier. Assuming there are no read or write errors (which can be detected by the way) the copy I send to someone on tape will be identical to the one I have myself.

Kanzenshuu

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