Double Feature Blu-Ray: Worth It?

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:45 pm

Yi Xing Long wrote: You have to explain why you think it is worth it to buy the item, otherwise your post is considered spam.

The rules also wrote:RULE # 10: REMEMBER THE MODERATORS
Keep in mind that you are not a moderator. While a helpful and friendly reminders to some of our new members about certain posting habits is appreciated and welcomed, please do not go around continuously "enforcing" the rules on your own. Leave the moderation to the moderators, and the moderators alone.

Just saying

To add to the conversation though, I can with certainty say that FUNimation won't fix anything for the television series Blu-ray releases. The DVD's have sold fine, and I'm sure once Blu-ray saturation reaches their target demographic they'll sell plenty of Blu-rays also. Sadly, no one cares that DVNR destroys the picture.

-Corey

Yi Xing Long · Post by **Yi Xing Long** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:55 pm

MajinVejitaXV wrote:
Yi Xing Long wrote: You have to explain why you think it is worth it to buy the item, otherwise your post is considered spam.

The rules also wrote:RULE # 10: REMEMBER THE MODERATORS
Keep in mind that you are not a moderator. While a helpful and friendly reminders to some of our new members about certain posting habits is appreciated and welcomed, please do not go around continuously "enforcing" the rules on your own. Leave the moderation to the moderators, and the moderators alone.
Just saying

To add to the conversation though, I can with certainty say that FUNimation won't fix anything for the television series Blu-ray releases. The DVD's have sold fine, and I'm sure once Blu-ray saturation reaches their target demographic they'll sell plenty of Blu-rays also. Sadly, no one cares that DVNR destroys the picture.

-Corey

Not to be off topic, but I noticed that the member who posted that comment is relatively new.

Why would you say that they would not fix anything? People are complaining about it and they are well known issues. Also, if they address these issues, then that gives more people a greater incentive to buy the Blu-Ray release, even if they had already purchased the sets on DVD.

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:27 am

Yi Xing Long wrote:Not to be off topic, but I noticed that the member who posted that comment is relatively new.

True, you just sounded like you were moderating the topic, so I simply interjected. No big deal either way.

Why would you say that they would not fix anything? People are complaining about it and they are well known issues. Also, if they address these issues, then that gives more people a greater incentive to buy the Blu-Ray release, even if they had already purchased the sets on DVD.

We are talking about the same releases, right? Where they took out 20% of the footage arbitrarily?

To give another reason though, I say they won't fix anything because it's cost prohibitive. The two choices for fixing the "disappearing lines syndrome" would be a frame-by-frame restore (which is very expensive, and could be disastrous), or a new telecine with less DVNR applied (which is also expensive, not to mention it's a step backwards).

Honestly, most fans of the season sets wouldn't care about a restoration and would buy the Blu-rays based solely on it being DragonBall Z. Heck, they buy the season sets in records numbers after all. So, no need for FUNimation to invest more.

-Corey

Metalwario64 · Post by **Metalwario64** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:18 am

MajinVejitaXV wrote: To give another reason though, I say they won't fix anything because it's cost prohibitive. The two choices for fixing the "disappearing lines syndrome" would be a frame-by-frame restore (which is very expensive, and could be disastrous), or a new telecine with less DVNR applied (which is also expensive, not to mention it's a step backwards).

Honestly, most fans of the season sets wouldn't care about a restoration and would buy the Blu-rays based solely on it being DragonBall Z. Heck, they buy the season sets in records numbers after all. So, no need for FUNimation to invest more.

-Corey

Well they went back and redid some episodes on Seasons 6 and 7 which kept the grain and fixed the lines so...

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:33 am

Metalwario64 wrote:Well they went back and redid some episodes on Seasons 6 and 7 which kept the grain and fixed the lines so...

They re-released seasons 6 and 7? Otherwise I don't get what you mean by "redid."

-Corey

Yi Xing Long · Post by **Yi Xing Long** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:44 am

MajinVejitaXV wrote:
Metalwario64 wrote:Well they went back and redid some episodes on Seasons 6 and 7 which kept the grain and fixed the lines so...
They re-released seasons 6 and 7? Otherwise I don't get what you mean by "redid."

-Corey

In the trailers for those sets there were missing lines and the colors were off. For the actual release they fixed that.

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:50 am

Yi Xing Long wrote:In the trailers for those sets there were missing lines and the colors were off. For the actual release they fixed that.

Hm, weird. Got any links to pics or video?

-Corey

Yi Xing Long · Post by **Yi Xing Long** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:00 am

MajinVejitaXV wrote:
Yi Xing Long wrote:In the trailers for those sets there were missing lines and the colors were off. For the actual release they fixed that.
Hm, weird. Got any links to pics or video?

-Corey

Here you will find comparison screen shots of the trailer and final release for Season 6. As you will notice, the trailer has missing lines and is too dark, while the final release has no missing lines and the colors are corrected. The final release also has visible grain, while the trailer is somewhat blurry.

Acid_Reign · Post by **Acid_Reign** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:47 am

Yi Xing Long wrote:You don't know that for sure since the video has been downscaled to standard definition. We don't know what process they used to do this, so the HD release should not be as blurry and should be able to show more detail. Only time will tell, so we will have to wait until its release to find out.

This doesn’t make any sense. Most of the time, downscaling produces sharper-looking images than the source. So, if the DVD is blurry, the BD will likely be blurrier.

Felliko · Post by **Felliko** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:27 pm

Yi Xing Long wrote:
Felliko wrote:Yeah it is.
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You have to explain why you think it is worth it to buy the item, otherwise your post is considered spam.

I like to go straight to the point.

Blu-ray picture and sound > dvd.

simple fact if you aint poor and you can afford the best then go for the best no questions asked.

TheMajinRedComet · Post by **TheMajinRedComet** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:55 pm

I own the TV Specials and the first two movies on Blu-Ray, and I love them. DBZ in the highest picture quality I have ever seen it. Also they are a good deal at 25$ a pop(any one remember paying 20-25$ on the movie singles from Funi), they are also somewhat future proof compared to the DVDs. The reason I decided to collect the Hi-def versions, was because I own all the singles and did not want to buy the same movies again on DVD.