Trunks/Bardock specials coming to Blu-ray

[INVINCEABLE]

Coming 7/15. The features should be similar to the first two releases. I wish there were some good extras.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/ ... u-ray/1747

[Hero 004]

Yeah, I was happy to see this, I opted not to get the DVD set to completely avoid the remastered/widescreed nonesense. I'm planing on collecting all of the movies on these Blu-Ray editions...for whenever I get a player.

[ETC123]

Yeah, I was happy to see this, I opted not to get the DVD set to completely avoid the remastered/widescreed nonesense. I'm planing on collecting all of the movies on these Blu-Ray editions...for whenever I get a player.

Uh, you do realise that not only are these not movies, they're also 'remastered'/widescreen as well?

[Arcwave]

Bollocks! If I would've known this was coming out I wouldn't have bought the SD version. Argh!

[Xyex]

Bollocks! If I would've known this was coming out I wouldn't have bought the SD version. Argh!

It was fairly obvious that it'd be getting a Blu-ray release. I mean, FUNi's even said that the entire point behind the widescreening of the series was for HD. I'm expecting a Blu-ray release of the Season Sets following the DVD release.

[TheGreatness25]

But they made their Widescreen "Remastered" DVD releases in "1080p, the highest available HD format." Says so in their little "Extra".

[Raki]

I tend to ignore whatever Funimation says about the sets. Just throw the subtitles on there, they are the only thing that matter to me.

[Hero 004]

Yeah, I was happy to see this, I opted not to get the DVD set to completely avoid the remastered/widescreed nonesense. I'm planing on collecting all of the movies on these Blu-Ray editions...for whenever I get a player.

Uh, you do realise that not only are these not movies, they're also 'remastered'/widescreen as well?

TV airing aside, I like to call Trunks and Bardock movies, as I do most made-for-TV features. That's just what they feel like to me. I don't know if this is relevant, but Toriyama even said that Bardock was his favorite of the movies when asked in an interview. But yes, I indeed realize that they were not released in theaters like the rest.
I also realize that these are cropped/remastered just like the DVD versions. However, they are the only avaible Blu-Ray versions of the films and I predict that it will remain that way. Unlike the TV series, which is still avaible in full screen grainyness if you put a little work in.

[SSj_Rambo]

It was fairly obvious that it'd be getting a Blu-ray release. I mean, FUNi's even said that the entire point behind the widescreening of the series was for HD. I'm expecting a Blu-ray release of the Season Sets following the DVD release.

I doubt the season sets are popular enough to warrent a Blu-ray realese. Besides, everyone that plans on getting the season sets will get them when they first come out and not wait for the possible Blu-Ray versions espesially when a six Blu-Ray disc set would probably retail for over 100$ (5 disc LOST season 4 in Blu-Ray retails for $96.99).

[Captain Awesome]

a six Blu-Ray disc set would probably retail for over 100$ (5 disc LOST season 4 in Blu-Ray retails for $96.99).

I don't know about the prices in the US, but here in Australia they try to sell you regular DVD boxsets of shows like Heroes and Lost for around seventy bucks, it all really depends on how much they think people are going to pay for the shows.

Funimation wouldn't have telecined the show at 1080p if they didn't plan to do a Blu Ray release, Dragonball is their cashcow, and they intend to keep it that way.

[TheGreatness25]

But Blu-Ray can fit craploads more than DVD. So while it may be 6 DVDs, could only be like 2 Blu-Rays.

[ETC123]

But they made their Widescreen "Remastered" DVD releases in "1080p, the highest available HD format." Says so in their little "Extra".

Hi! A little clarification-

The words I beleive they used were somethingmore to the effect of "Using a newly remastered 1080p HD print" or what not. DVD itself can only handle up to 480p/i, and thats what the current DVD releases use. It is downscaled footage from a higher definition master. Anime companies tend to word things nearly flat-out wrong anyway.

Subsequently while a bluray disc has a higher capacity, HD video takes up a lot more space, and so while the show is HD it will take up an appropriate ammount of space, thus leaving it on more or less the same discs. However, considering Bluray is able to go above two layers per disc (u0p to 8, at a later date) it is possibly the discs will contain more content, but this might not be for a while.

Also remember people assumed TV shows on DVD would cost $35 a disc. They wont, because as technology like the progresses, production will get cheaper and the sets will cost less.

Besides, regardless of Toriyama, they're still TV specials. THey aired on TV in place of normal TV episodes, so while they're still special, they're still, as far as production goes, episodes.

Doesnt matter anyway.

[SSj_Rambo]

But Blu-Ray can fit craploads more than DVD. So while it may be 6 DVDs, could only be like 2 Blu-Rays.

That's true, I didn't think of that. But Funimation has proven that the DVD's used in their season sets are capable of holding up to 7 episodes each and yet for season five (26 episodes) they spread the episodes over 6 discs when it could have been only four discs. This shows that they are trying to make as much DBZ material as they can so that they can maximize their profits as apposed to being efficient and using as little resuorces as necessary and not having to charge as much. So even though Blu-Ray season sets will not need as many discs I think that they still will use more discs than they need to in order to justify higher prices. This is just my opinion, I'm not saying that they will or will not release the seasons in Blu-Ray, just that if they do they will be more expensive.

[TheGreatness25]

No, for Season 5 it's because they wanted it to be a consistent release and have the same thickness. It would've been exactly the same price.

And just for the record, the reason I put quites around the, "it was remastered in 1080p", that was me joking. No shit a DVD can't be 1080p. Just another thing that makes me laugh, right along with, "notice how the colors were not altered" and "look at the side footage...what? Missing vertical? You're not paying attention to the right angles, look at the side footage!"

[Captain Awesome]

So even though Blu-Ray season sets will not need as many discs.

Didn't you read what ETC123 just posted..?

[SonGokuGT]

Well... Good thing I only payed $5 for the SD release, or else I'd be pissed!

[ETC123]

No, for Season 5 it's because they wanted it to be a consistent release and have the same thickness. It would've been exactly the same price.

And just for the record, the reason I put quites around the, "it was remastered in 1080p", that was me joking. No shit a DVD can't be 1080p. Just another thing that makes me laugh, right along with, "notice how the colors were not altered" and "look at the side footage...what? Missing vertical? You're not paying attention to the right angles, look at the side footage!"

Sarcasm isnt exactly well conveyed when it is established certian forum members have very little clue what they are talking about most of the time, especially with HD.