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by BlazingFiddlesticks » Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:14 pm
I like the added detail of the Blu-Rays, but the Dragon Boxes have spoiled me on their darker colors and dub title cards.
I own all of the series I care to own in a collector's edition format that looks great, and I'm really just going to leave it at that. This isn't an Orange Brick scenario, so if anything we should be happy their are multiple worthwhile ways to own the damn show.
BluezaBladeNZ wrote:ISo I would end up with a version that's still the Dragon Box yet scratch resistant as well. At least till a day where Toei releases their own HD version.
Brilliant idea, but how does a Blu-Ray player handle sub-1080p video? It just upscales it like a DVD.
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by BluezaBladeNZ » Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:38 am
BlazingFiddlesticks wrote:Brilliant idea, but how does a Blu-Ray player handle sub-1080p video? It just upscales it like a DVD.
I'm not so sure about Blu-ray players but on a Playstation 3 it upscales just like any other DVD. The last firmware update finally included upscaling for 480/576/720 material on Blu-ray & AVCHD, which is the other reason that made me think of this.
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by MarcFBR » Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:38 am
BluezaBladeNZ wrote:I'm not so sure about Blu-ray players but on a Playstation 3 it upscales just like any other DVD. The last firmware update finally included upscaling for 480/576/720 material on Blu-ray & AVCHD, which is the other reason that made me think of this.
I could be wrong but I think it's just 480/576. The update specifically mentioned upscaling for 'SD' material. I haven't tried the one 720p release I have, but based on how Sony phrased it I wouldn't be surprised for it to not work.
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by BluezaBladeNZ » Fri Dec 30, 2011 6:26 am
MarcFBR wrote:I could be wrong but I think it's just 480/576. The update specifically mentioned upscaling for 'SD' material. I haven't tried the one 720p release I have, but based on how Sony phrased it I wouldn't be surprised for it to not work.
It upscales 720p too, and even plays it at 1080/24p if the material is progressive, which makes it really good when watching 720p movies.
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by ect5150 » Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:33 pm
BluezaBladeNZ wrote:MarcFBR wrote:I could be wrong but I think it's just 480/576. The update specifically mentioned upscaling for 'SD' material. I haven't tried the one 720p release I have, but based on how Sony phrased it I wouldn't be surprised for it to not work.
It upscales 720p too, and even plays it at 1080/24p if the material is progressive, which makes it really good when watching 720p movies.
Why not just make compatible MP4 video files and play them from an external harddrive on the PS3?
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by funrush » Fri Dec 30, 2011 9:37 pm
MarcFBR wrote:BluezaBladeNZ wrote:I'm not so sure about Blu-ray players but on a Playstation 3 it upscales just like any other DVD. The last firmware update finally included upscaling for 480/576/720 material on Blu-ray & AVCHD, which is the other reason that made me think of this.
I could be wrong but I think it's just 480/576. The update specifically mentioned upscaling for 'SD' material. I haven't tried the one 720p release I have, but based on how Sony phrased it I wouldn't be surprised for it to not work.
Yeah, it just said SD, someone should test to see if it upscales 720p.
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by Ringworm128 » Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:29 am
I'm really hoping they can get Vic Mignogna to come in and finish his lines as Butta.
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by Pokewhiz7 » Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:32 am
ringworm128 wrote:I'm really hoping they can get Vic Mignogna to come in and finish his lines as Butta.
They won't. The audio is the same as the season sets, just lossless.
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by Gonstead » Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:57 am
Unless they had the option of including the Ultimate Uncut Namek dub on the Blu-Rays, which would be kinda cool though I doubt such a thing would even cross Funimation's mind.
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by samuraix123 » Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:03 am
I know a-lot of people don't care about these things. But I wish Funimation would've included this intro
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by batistabus » Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:30 am
samuraix123 wrote:I know a-lot of people don't care about these things.
Regardless, it would be cool if they included it as a special feature.
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by Daimo-Rukiri » Mon Jan 02, 2012 9:55 pm
Gonstead wrote:Unless they had the option of including the Ultimate Uncut Namek dub on the Blu-Rays, which would be kinda cool though I doubt such a thing would even cross Funimation's mind.
But didn't that stop when the Ginyu special corps arrived?
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by Gonstead » Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:48 pm
Daimo-Rukiri wrote:Gonstead wrote:Unless they had the option of including the Ultimate Uncut Namek dub on the Blu-Rays, which would be kinda cool though I doubt such a thing would even cross Funimation's mind.
But didn't that stop when the Ginyu special corps arrived?
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by Pokewhiz7 » Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:02 pm
I think this was already reported a while back.
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by Craddle » Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:05 pm
Pokewhiz7 wrote:
I think this was already reported a while back.
Yep, old news.
We'll probably see the 2 new trailers released sometime late this month.
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by ET93 » Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:21 pm
Oh right sorry about that someone posted it on the Blu-ray forum as if it was new news
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by funrush » Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:30 pm
Daimo-Rukiri wrote:Gonstead wrote:Unless they had the option of including the Ultimate Uncut Namek dub on the Blu-Rays, which would be kinda cool though I doubt such a thing would even cross Funimation's mind.
But didn't that stop when the Ginyu special corps arrived?
It ends after Goku beats the crap out of Recoome, if I'm correct.
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by Metalwario64 » Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:52 pm
funrush wrote:Daimo-Rukiri wrote:Gonstead wrote:Unless they had the option of including the Ultimate Uncut Namek dub on the Blu-Rays, which would be kinda cool though I doubt such a thing would even cross Funimation's mind.
But didn't that stop when the Ginyu special corps arrived?
It ends after Goku beats the crap out of Recoome, if I'm correct.
That's where FUNimation's Ocean cast dub ended. The Ultimate Uncut dub ended in the middle of the Goku vs. Butta and Jheese fight to transition cleanly into their season 3.
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by Innagadadavida » Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:10 am
I saw the trailer for this on my Yu Yu Hakusho Blu-Ray. It looked phenomenal. I don't even know how they did it. Madness.
