Comments on: Funimation Box sets – True bargains or a discount in quality? http://hontouni.com/zan/2009/05/14/funimation-box-sets-true-bargains-or-a-discount-in-quality/ Stripey Insists Sisters Cry Oniichan Now Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Stripey http://hontouni.com/zan/2009/05/14/funimation-box-sets-true-bargains-or-a-discount-in-quality/comment-page-1/#comment-7941 Stripey Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:59:51 +0000 http://hontouni.com/taihendesu/?p=1457#comment-7941 Woah, thanks for the info! In your opinion, are there any trends in source or post processing quality, when it comes to R1 companies or the Japanese source? For example Geneon releases typically have high standards of post processing or SUNRISE/BANDAI sources are plagued with artefacts? (Note that these are just examples. Bandai-sama pls don't sue me!) Woah, thanks for the info! In your opinion, are there any trends in source or post processing quality, when it comes to R1 companies or the Japanese source? For example Geneon releases typically have high standards of post processing or SUNRISE/BANDAI sources are plagued with artefacts?

(Note that these are just examples. Bandai-sama pls don’t sue me!)

]]> By: Anonymouse http://hontouni.com/zan/2009/05/14/funimation-box-sets-true-bargains-or-a-discount-in-quality/comment-page-1/#comment-7940 Anonymouse Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:29:40 +0000 http://hontouni.com/taihendesu/?p=1457#comment-7940 As mentioned before, the max bit-rate of DVD is 10Mbps Approx. Although you should always master DVDs at a rate BELOW the Max Bit-rate as not all DVD players can actually keep up with it, especially poorer models. At about 9Mbps, you can fit about 2 hours of video on a DVD-9 (1 hour on each layer) so about 5 episodes will fit onto 1 disc at near the max bit-rate, and slightly below for 6. The "Poor quality" is not a result of the slightly (and I mean slightly) lower than max. bit-rate, but bad sources and mastering! Even Japanese TV stations often use poor video sources, especially ones that broadcast in 4:3. If your player does a lot of post-processing, it should be able to reduce the impact of *most* artefacts that actually occur from the compression used on the DVD itself - but if they were already there before the video was transcoded for DVD the chances are it probably wont do shit about them :( As mentioned before, the max bit-rate of DVD is 10Mbps Approx.

Although you should always master DVDs at a rate BELOW the Max Bit-rate as not all DVD players can actually keep up with it, especially poorer models.

At about 9Mbps, you can fit about 2 hours of video on a DVD-9 (1 hour on each layer) so about 5 episodes will fit onto 1 disc at near the max bit-rate, and slightly below for 6.

The “Poor quality” is not a result of the slightly (and I mean slightly) lower than max. bit-rate, but bad sources and mastering!

Even Japanese TV stations often use poor video sources, especially ones that broadcast in 4:3.

If your player does a lot of post-processing, it should be able to reduce the impact of *most* artefacts that actually occur from the compression used on the DVD itself – but if they were already there before the video was transcoded for DVD the chances are it probably wont do shit about them :(

]]> By: Stripey http://hontouni.com/zan/2009/05/14/funimation-box-sets-true-bargains-or-a-discount-in-quality/comment-page-1/#comment-7939 Stripey Sat, 16 May 2009 18:05:30 +0000 http://hontouni.com/taihendesu/?p=1457#comment-7939 Zyl: It may be surprising to know that my 42" LCD = 1 AIR Blu-ray set. So yeah, I'm still too poor to get R2 Blurays even though I watch 86" of LCD TV at home XD Looking forward to the comparison. I know for a fact that R3 boxsets video quality is not different from their single releases. Was kind of expecting that of R1s until I release the disc count for SHUFFLE was different (single vs boxset). But my faith in Geneon is stronger than Funimation surely. Bluesilo: I have held back on Natural since I haven't seen it. But Natural sounds like a worthy get too! Vexx: No dubs was one of the wisest move for Nozomi Ent imho. I think most companies are caught in the bind of trying to reach out to the wider market via dubs and yet keeping the cost low and the releases recent enough to appeal to the niche fans. It's a balancing act which I think a lot of the R1 anime companies are improving over the years. Zyl: It may be surprising to know that my 42″ LCD = 1 AIR Blu-ray set. So yeah, I’m still too poor to get R2 Blurays even though I watch 86″ of LCD TV at home XD Looking forward to the comparison. I know for a fact that R3 boxsets video quality is not different from their single releases. Was kind of expecting that of R1s until I release the disc count for SHUFFLE was different (single vs boxset). But my faith in Geneon is stronger than Funimation surely.

Bluesilo: I have held back on Natural since I haven’t seen it. But Natural sounds like a worthy get too!

Vexx: No dubs was one of the wisest move for Nozomi Ent imho. I think most companies are caught in the bind of trying to reach out to the wider market via dubs and yet keeping the cost low and the releases recent enough to appeal to the niche fans. It’s a balancing act which I think a lot of the R1 anime companies are improving over the years.

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