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

[Metalwario64]

People who say that blu ray isn't a huge improvement over DVD or that the jump from Vhs to Dvd was more noticeable than the jump from DVD to blu ray are severely bottle necked by their equipment. If your watching a blu ray on a cheap tv and listening to it through your tv's built in speakers you haven't even begun to scratch the surface of what blu rays are capable of.

We're not saying Blu-ray isn't a huge jump in quality. My initial point is that while that jump is nice, I had more incentive for upgrading from VHS since they got chewed up by the players frequently, and the DVDs had not only better footage which never degrades, but also included the special feature aspect from Laserdiscs. Blu-ray is more about refining and improving the standard set by DVD by bumping up the capacity, resolution and audio capabilities.

Blu-ray is a large visual leap, but I personally just don't care that much anymore about how the movies look, as long as they're presentable, and look good on my CRT (honestly, even the early orange bricks look pretty sharp on my TV).

[G1GACANN0N]

Anyways back on topic. I want Kikuchi for Buu Kai, and this release can blow me.

But then Kai would actually be consistent!

But yeah, Kai is looking better right now. Aw boy.

Not just for consistency sake...I actually PREFER Kikuchi to anything else. Just use like 25 more BGM's than what they used for Kai so far and actually put some thought into the placement, then I'm a happy camper.

[TheAldella]

Blu-ray is a large visual leap, but I personally just don't care that much anymore about how the movies look, as long as they're presentable, and look good on my CRT (honestly, even the early orange bricks look pretty sharp on my TV).

There is such a thing as being Too sharp, and with this faptastic television of yours, I feel these BluRays should fit the bill.

[Metalwario64]

I feel these BluRays should fit the bill.

No point in getting a Blu-ray player without an HDTV. I'm just saying my CRT is one of the better ones at displaying SD content, and most things look good on it, even if not on a technical level.

Anyway, I think people are thinking I'm being more close minded and hostile than I really am. I'm not dismissing the format in the slightest, I'm just saying I don't care enough to upgrade. There are more important things in life to me than visual quality in movies and TV shows.

[qjz123]

Blu-ray is a large visual leap, but I personally just don't care that much anymore about how the movies look, as long as they're presentable, and look good on my CRT (honestly, even the early orange bricks look pretty sharp on my TV).

You wouldn't be able to view the benefits of a blu ray movie on your crt tv.

[G1GACANN0N]

I feel these BluRays should fit the bill.

No point in getting a Blu-ray player without an HDTV. I'm just saying my CRT is one of the better ones at displaying SD content, and most things look good on it, even if not on a technical level.

Anyway, I think people are thinking I'm being more close minded and hostile than I really am. I'm not dismissing the format in the slightest, I'm just saying I don't care enough to upgrade. There are more important things in life to me than visual quality in movies and TV shows.

Clearly you don't live in mid-west Canada then.When it's 30 below and dark by supper time for half the year, what else is there?

[Metalwario64]

Blu-ray is a large visual leap, but I personally just don't care that much anymore about how the movies look, as long as they're presentable, and look good on my CRT (honestly, even the early orange bricks look pretty sharp on my TV).

You wouldn't be able to view the benefits of a blu ray movie on your crt tv.

As I've stated. I've seen Blu-ray's on very good TVs, and I know they can look fantastic.

I'm just saying, again I don't frikkin care no more. Yer all drivin' me bonkers here!!

Clearly you don't live in mid-west Canada then.When it's 30 below and dark by supper time for half the year, what else is there?

LOL.

[Roland_ELoG]

I'm sorry but how BIG of a TV do you have to have to make it that much better? They look similar on my computer monitor, and they look similar on the older, smaller TV my PS3 is connected to. I can only hope that someday soon I will have enough money to buy a really nice TV, and maybe then I'll eat my words with a side salad.

In any case, DragonBall is a TV show, and an old one. Visual fidelity never really came into the equation. The level sets offered a new experience, sort of showing what the original animation COULD look like (if say, you put your eyeball up really close to the film strip). The hasty automatic cleanup isn't NEW, it's just WORSE.

[G1GACANN0N]

The Level sets look FANTASTIC on my Sammy D8000 50" Plasma. FANTASTIC. If you have a high end TV, the black levels and contrast can make all the difference in the world. That grain is sexy as f*ck too.

[Ajay]

Blu-ray is a large visual leap, but I personally just don't care that much anymore about how the movies look, as long as they're presentable, and look good on my CRT (honestly, even the early orange bricks look pretty sharp on my TV).

There is such a thing as being Too sharp, and with this faptastic television of yours, I feel these BluRays should fit the bill.

If something is looking 'too sharp' with your HD content then your TV isn't calibrated properly. Edge enhancement should always be off and sharpness turned down to the point where you're not getting halo-ing.

[TheAldella]

Blu-ray is a large visual leap, but I personally just don't care that much anymore about how the movies look, as long as they're presentable, and look good on my CRT (honestly, even the early orange bricks look pretty sharp on my TV).

There is such a thing as being Too sharp, and with this faptastic television of yours, I feel these BluRays should fit the bill.

If something is looking 'too sharp' with your HD content then your TV isn't calibrated properly. Edge enhancement should always be off and sharpness turned down to the point where you're not getting halo-ing.

Oh, no, I'm always fine when watching everything. Though, on occasion, with the Sensui arc in YYH, I'll turn the sharpness up just a tad.

[Roland_ELoG]

This thread just nerded out way beyond my capacity. When I watch TV shows, I typically turn the television ON. And then when I am done I turn it back to OFF.

Do TVs have settings now other than brightness? Man I need to learn me some stuff.

[Daimo-Rukiri]

Colors don't match the season sets which is good or bad I guess, I dunno it looks bad but I'll have to see it in person and wait for FUNimation to re-release the trailer.
Looks like the Level set masters but they can turn down the saturation and brightness by 20% geez it's bright.

[Metalwario64]

Colors don't match the season sets which is good or bad I guess, I dunno it looks bad but I'll have to see it in person and wait for FUNimation to re-release the trailer.
Looks like the Level set masters but they can turn down the saturation and brightness by 20% geez it's bright.

They're even brighter and more saturated than the first orange brick.

[Ajay]

This thread just nerded out way beyond my capacity. When I watch TV shows, I typically turn the television ON. And then when I am done I turn it back to OFF.

Do TVs have settings now other than brightness? Man I need to learn me some stuff.

Oh man, you wouldn't believe some of the bullshit settings they include now. There's this motion shit that tries to add frames between the ones that are actually there to make it 'smoother' but it ends up looking like a soap opera or it doesn't work properly and ghosts and jitters. It's horrendous.

Same thing with Edge Enhancement, it adds horrible halos around things to appear 'sharper' at a distance when all it's doing is just destroying the image and making things shimmer occasionally.

It really bugs me since so many TVs come with this stuff defaulted on

[Daimo-Rukiri]

Colors don't match the season sets which is good or bad I guess, I dunno it looks bad but I'll have to see it in person and wait for FUNimation to re-release the trailer.
Looks like the Level set masters but they can turn down the saturation and brightness by 20% geez it's bright.

They're even brighter and more saturated than the first orange brick.

Makes me wonder if the trailer was tampered with? Yea... couldn't they just leave the level sets alone and just crop it and be done?...

[G1GACANN0N]

Isn't it kind of weird they used the 2 minute long shred guitar movie intro before EVERY SINGLE EPISODE on the orange bricks and level sets? Don't get me wrong, it's awesome, just wondering why they didn't use Rock the Dragon or something else. Also every end credit song on the orange bricks AND Kai sucks.

[KingofWisdom]

I think it's a combination of wanting it distanced from the edited releases, as well as the song not being suited to an extended length of 1:50.

Also every end credit song on the orange bricks AND Kai sucks.

Boku-tachi wa Tenshi Datta, ending #2, is probably one of my favorite DBZ songs.

[Roland_ELoG]

They'll want to go for consistency. The level sets only remastered the first arc, so then the video quality would change noticeably for Blu ray season 2.

Also the sharp, filtered HD look is getting booku hits on youtube right now.

[Daimo-Rukiri]

So why did Funimation remove it from their website? Too much backlash, was there a video problem? Too early??

I'm sorry, but the brightness was driving me nuts! I would color correct each individual area but not on my main computer and it only had gimp which is a huge downgrade from photoshop...

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