DBGT SIngle vs Green Bricks

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Re: DBGT SIngle vs Green Bricks

Post by MajinVejitaXV » Sat Dec 03, 2011 6:52 pm

Not to be that dickhead that goes off-topic but...people, please. Stop doing your own "remasters". Taking a single frame, loading it into an image editor and redoing it is not indicative of what a remaster would involve. Not to mention, it really doesn't look that great anyway.

I can sort of understand people playing with color grading to achieve what they think are the "true colors," even if I don't get it personally and think there's a few hundred sound arguments for Toei having released the series with those colors for a reason (including Kai's colors not correcting the 'green skies' and the fact that if the original zero gen film master has these color issues, every film master should have the same issues as they would deteriorate at similar rates, unless my logic is wrong in which case I'd love to hear more since film admittedly is something I don't know a ton about). The sharpening/blurring/etc. with consumer grade software though...please. It hurts. It's like this generation's version of Linkin Park AMV's. ;p

As for the GT argument...I've seen the GT singles in motion and they really do suffer from some bad encoding like most of the FUNi titles at that point in time. The GT Green Bricks aren't perfect, but personally I went with them (deeply discounted, of course) just to have a cheap and legitimate source of subtitles. Then again, I have the GT DragonBox, so I have my "complete" presentation right there. And unlike the Orange Bricks, I don't feel like the series has been desecrated to such an extent that a riot is necessary...plus, y'know, it's GT. ;)
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Re: DBGT SIngle vs Green Bricks

Post by Pokewhiz7 » Sat Dec 03, 2011 7:01 pm

To be fair, all he did was blur it, so you could do that in an editing system, unlike a bunch of other fan remasters which load it into Photshop or Gimp and edit it manually, which nobody would do for even a minute of footage. Hell, at 24 FPS, even a second would take while.

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Re: DBGT SIngle vs Green Bricks

Post by dbboxkaifan » Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:03 pm

Metalwario64 wrote:
dragonfist wrote:Thanks for the info :wink: Do you by chance know where to find the link to the comparison pics on this forum? I search but couldn't find it with the search feature. :cry:
I'll post them here:

Dragon Box:
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Single:
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In stills, the singles look almost exactly like the Dragon Box. I can't quite remember, but didn't FUNimation get GT around the time the Dragon Boxes were made? Is it possible these are copies of the source used to make the Dragon Boxes for GT?

Also, I hear the macroblocking is bad, and that some episodes look excessively grainy. Can someone post some examples of these?
FUNi GT Single looks almost as identical as the Japanese Dragon Box GT.

And, are those macroblocking issues that notable when watching the discs? As an alternative it looks like the next best thing to the Dragon Box GT.
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Re: DBGT SIngle vs Green Bricks

Post by Pokewhiz7 » Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:23 pm

I personally never noticed the macroblocking.

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Re: DBGT SIngle vs Green Bricks

Post by dbboxkaifan » Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:33 pm

'kay then, I'll go ask that eBay seller if he ships internationally.

It's basically the entire GT series with the Japanese cards, NEP's and the TV-Special, sweet. ^_^
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Re: DBGT SIngle vs Green Bricks

Post by Krycek7o2 » Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:36 pm

dbboxkaifan wrote: FUNi GT Single looks almost as identical as the Japanese Dragon Box GT.

And, are those macroblocking issues that notable when watching the discs? As an alternative it looks like the next best thing to the Dragon Box GT.
They turn to shit during high action scenes and the interlacing problems were also atrocious.

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