FUNimation DBZ TV Blu-ray Official On-Going Thread

[Craddle]

But I think we're getting off topic... so when is the release date for level 2.1?

March 27th.

2.2 as well, in case you were wondering.

[Pokewhiz7]

Just thought I'd let everyone know that Dragon Ball Z Level 1.1 is on sale for $16.99 on Amazon. I'm so tempted, but I'm still gonna hold out.

[funrush]

Must resist... good... deal!

[SpartenOmega117]

So is the consensus here that the DBZ blus are the best releases (well the level sets will probably be the best releases) in terms of picture quality and audio?

[batistabus]

So is the consensus here that the DBZ blus are the best releases (well the level sets will probably be the best releases) in terms of picture quality and audio?

Picture quality? It's debated, but the general consensus seems to be yes. Personally, I think it is.
Audio? No. The Dragon Boxes seem to have superior audio, though the difference isn't night and day.
The completeness that someone from this website might desire? The Dragon Box wins in that category.

It all depends on what you want. If you want the best looking version of the series, get the Blu-rays. If you want the most complete version of the series, get the Dragon Boxes.

[Perfect]

So is the consensus here that the DBZ blus are the best releases (well the level sets will probably be the best releases) in terms of picture quality and audio?

Best releases? Hell no, not even close. They have the same trashy packaging as the Orange Bricks. The extras involved aren't worth the discs they're on either. Plus the opening for every episode uses the shitty English title cards with the intro that makes literally no sense. The only reason to have the BRs is consistent picture quality, whereas the DBs have dips in picture from pink pigments conflicting from the age of the 16mm film.

In terms of the best release, the Dragon Boxes win. You have the original opening and endings, next episode previews, more or less the same release Japan got, the same original 16mm that's taken a slight dip in color, etc. The packaging is also really nice and comes with nice little Dragon Book.

[Jurik]

Can anyone who has the Blu-ray post the corresponding version of this screenshot?

PIC

I believe it was Tanooki Kuribo who posted the Kai Blu-ray version of that shot a while back, and I have it saved on my hard drive and would like to compare the FUNimation Z Blu-ray with the Kai Blu-ray.

[Metalwario64]

Thanks, but I was wanting one in the original resolution with no filters or other such tampering. Just the original, full resolution shot.

[Krycek7o2]

So is the consensus here that the DBZ blus are the best releases (well the level sets will probably be the best releases) in terms of picture quality and audio?

It's a mix bag for some, but for the general audience this is a great release. I love them personally. Great restoration, could be better if they had access to the original footage, but can't complain. The audio will always be shite, since the original masters are MIA. Without sound condescending like some, the Blu's are the perfect alternative to the Dragon Boxes. Great picture, two versions of the English dub and a a good sounding Japanese track, all in lossless quality, these are great releases.

[SpartenOmega117]

So is the consensus here that the DBZ blus are the best releases (well the level sets will probably be the best releases) in terms of picture quality and audio?

Best releases? Hell no, not even close. They have the same trashy packaging as the Orange Bricks. The extras involved aren't worth the discs they're on either. Plus the opening for every episode uses the shitty English title cards with the intro that makes literally no sense. The only reason to have the BRs is consistent picture quality, whereas the DBs have dips in picture from pink pigments conflicting from the age of the 16mm film.

In terms of the best release, the Dragon Boxes win. You have the original opening and endings, next episode previews, more or less the same release Japan got, the same original 16mm that's taken a slight dip in color, etc. The packaging is also really nice and comes with nice little Dragon Book.

I have to admit the packaging for the dragon boxes is probably the best for any anime released in the u.s. but I don't really care for the Japanese title cards since I can't read Japanese anyways. But the lack of ch la head ch la in the blus is definitely a bummer.

[Pokewhiz7]

So is the consensus here that the DBZ blus are the best releases (well the level sets will probably be the best releases) in terms of picture quality and audio?

Best releases? Hell no, not even close. They have the same trashy packaging as the Orange Bricks. The extras involved aren't worth the discs they're on either. Plus the opening for every episode uses the shitty English title cards with the intro that makes literally no sense. The only reason to have the BRs is consistent picture quality, whereas the DBs have dips in picture from pink pigments conflicting from the age of the 16mm film.

In terms of the best release, the Dragon Boxes win. You have the original opening and endings, next episode previews, more or less the same release Japan got, the same original 16mm that's taken a slight dip in color, etc. The packaging is also really nice and comes with nice little Dragon Book.

They're not the same packaging as the orange bricks at all. They're completely different other than the orange bar. In my opinion, the Blu-Rays win hands-down. Far superior video that's sharper, shows more image area, and has much better colors. Audio sounds the same to me, and I personally don't care about title cards or credits. Some people do, but to me, they're not important. And about the packaging, they could give me the discs in a white paper sleeve with no extras, and that wouldn't affect my decision at all.

[dballfan]

So is the consensus here that the DBZ blus are the best releases (well the level sets will probably be the best releases) in terms of picture quality and audio?

Best releases? Hell no, not even close. They have the same trashy packaging as the Orange Bricks. The extras involved aren't worth the discs they're on either. Plus the opening for every episode uses the shitty English title cards with the intro that makes literally no sense. The only reason to have the BRs is consistent picture quality, whereas the DBs have dips in picture from pink pigments conflicting from the age of the 16mm film.

In terms of the best release, the Dragon Boxes win. You have the original opening and endings, next episode previews, more or less the same release Japan got, the same original 16mm that's taken a slight dip in color, etc. The packaging is also really nice and comes with nice little Dragon Book.

I have to admit the packaging for the dragon boxes is probably the best for any anime released in the u.s. but I don't really care for the Japanese title cards since I can't read Japanese anyways. But the lack of ch la head ch la in the blus is definitely a bummer.

Exactly,
Its quite the opposite to 'literally making no sense'. Its an American release so in actual fact it makes PERFECT sense
And yeh I would like to have CHA-LA for when I'm watching in English, but at least they have it for Japanese dub with Subs which it awesome. That also makes PERFECT sense.

[Perfect]

So is the consensus here that the DBZ blus are the best releases (well the level sets will probably be the best releases) in terms of picture quality and audio?

Best releases? Hell no, not even close. They have the same trashy packaging as the Orange Bricks. The extras involved aren't worth the discs they're on either. Plus the opening for every episode uses the shitty English title cards with the intro that makes literally no sense. The only reason to have the BRs is consistent picture quality, whereas the DBs have dips in picture from pink pigments conflicting from the age of the 16mm film.

In terms of the best release, the Dragon Boxes win. You have the original opening and endings, next episode previews, more or less the same release Japan got, the same original 16mm that's taken a slight dip in color, etc. The packaging is also really nice and comes with nice little Dragon Book.

They're not the same packaging as the orange bricks at all. They're completely different other than the orange bar. In my opinion, the Blu-Rays win hands-down. Far superior video that's sharper, shows more image area, and has much better colors. Audio sounds the same to me, and I personally don't care about title cards or credits. Some people do, but to me, they're not important. And about the packaging, they could give me the discs in a white paper sleeve with no extras, and that wouldn't affect my decision at all.

The packaging is still shit just like every other anime related release out there and readily comparable to the OBs'. There's many of us that do care about all the things you don't, the next episode previews, etc. So as it's been said, they're both hit and misses for video quality, audio is better on the BRs if you're into the dub music and whatnot, packaging wise the DBs are fantastic and I prefer my dragon book over a shitty character card from Chris Sabat. For the most part, you're arguing subjective elements, the generalization is they're both a hit and miss in each attributes but the Dragon Boxes have more extras for the fans thus making a far more complete release.

[dballfan]

The packaging is still shit just like every other anime related release out there and readily comparable to the OBs'. There's many of us that do care about all the things you don't, the next episode previews, etc. So as it's been said, they're both hit and misses for video quality, audio is better on the BRs if you're into the dub music and whatnot, packaging wise the DBs are fantastic and I prefer my dragon book over a shitty character card from Chris Sabat.

Of course, who doesn't, but nobody claimed their character cards were superior...And as you pointed out its standard packaging for animes nowadays so their really is no complaint. Dragon boxes packaging are obviously superior as they were a limited set.

[Perfect]

The packaging is still shit just like every other anime related release out there and readily comparable to the OBs'. There's many of us that do care about all the things you don't, the next episode previews, etc. So as it's been said, they're both hit and misses for video quality, audio is better on the BRs if you're into the dub music and whatnot, packaging wise the DBs are fantastic and I prefer my dragon book over a shitty character card from Chris Sabat.

Of course, who doesn't, but nobody claimed their character cards were superior...And as you pointed out its standard packaging for animes nowadays so their really is no complaint. Dragon boxes packaging are obviously superior as they were a limited set.

Because he's saying they're a far superior release, when that's subjective for the reasons listed above. What isn't subjective is the Dragon Boxes being a far more complete release.

[dballfan]

The packaging is still shit just like every other anime related release out there and readily comparable to the OBs'. There's many of us that do care about all the things you don't, the next episode previews, etc. So as it's been said, they're both hit and misses for video quality, audio is better on the BRs if you're into the dub music and whatnot, packaging wise the DBs are fantastic and I prefer my dragon book over a shitty character card from Chris Sabat.

Of course, who doesn't, but nobody claimed their character cards were superior...And as you pointed out its standard packaging for animes nowadays so their really is no complaint. Dragon boxes packaging are obviously superior as they were a limited set.

Because he's saying they're a far superior release, when that's subjective for the reasons listed above. What isn't subjective is the Dragon Boxes being a far more complete release.

He's actually saying its better in his opinion because he cares about the quality and in terms of quality I'd say the general consensus is that the level sets are better. And he never said that the Blu-rays were more complete and nobodies arguing otherwise.

[Perfect]

He's saying they're a better release because of the aforementioned aspects, which is subjective. We're talking about what's a better release, not a single contributing attribute or two. Everything adds up to making something a better release, completeness is certainly one of them.

[dballfan]

He's saying they're a better release because of the aforementioned aspects, which is subjective. We're talking about what's a better release, not a single contributing attribute or two. Everything adds up to making something a better release, completeness is certainly one of them.

Yes but he's not saying these are THE best and recommending everyone to get these. He's simply saying he thinks the level sets are better and has given his reasons why. He's still leaving the readers to form their own opinion.

[Pokewhiz7]

More complete =/= better. Maybe to you it does, but certain aspects are more important than others to some people. To me, the video is more important than some extras, maybe to you, packaging and extras are more important. That's why I gave my opinion and recommendation.
And what's wrong with the packaging, anyway? It's just a case with a slipcover. There's nothing particularly bad about that.

[Perfect]

More complete =/= better. Maybe to you it does, but certain aspects are more important than others to some people. To me, the video is more important than some extras, maybe to you, packaging and extras are more important. That's why I gave my opinion and recommendation.
And what's wrong with the packaging, anyway? It's just a case with a slipcover. There's nothing particularly bad about that.

Compared to any other series that's had care involved with the packaging, the Transformers cartoon has far superior packaging, in fact tons of releases do for series, such as 007, Dragon Ball and anime in general rarely gets nice packaging. The nicer the extras, the nicer the packaging usually is. The BR packaging is just something cheap they used for mass production. Yes more complete usually does mean the product as a whole is better. Especially since the video quality on the BRs are a hit and miss just like the DBs.

Yes but he's not saying these are THE best and recommending everyone to get these. He's simply saying he thinks the level sets are better and has given his reasons why. He's still leaving the readers to form their own opinion.

He's saying they're better than the DBs, which is pretty much saying they are the best. The reader can always form their own opinion, no matter what the author says in an article, even if they're completely satirical and spewing bullshit.