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I think my answer is pretty logical. I'm talking about the quality that goes into the product itself, not just the nicely encoded video. Booklets, artcards, toys, and all that good stuff collectors want. You remember buying nice chipboard artboxes with pencilboards/booklets and a 75 minute DVD for $45? Our prices used to be wacked out too. I can guarantee you that if you pop in one of those old Geneon shows and compare the picture clarity to a recent FUNi release, the Geneon show would win hands down. Even tiny little gems like inserts or mini posters are a thing of the past. I mean I'm glad everything is so cheap nowadays, but I'd give anything to get the quality level of what we used to have. Of course my opinion is far different from most though... I think all anime there is viewed as collectors items. Not everyone and their mom goes around buying up every show released. I'm more of a quality over quantity kinda dude. Same thing with the car, built with quality in mind.

But when it comes to a lot of discs that have the exact same running time, for example a movie, and the same packaging, the Japanese DVDs are still more expensive. A lot of American movies sell in Japan for 50% higher or more than they do in the USA.

A myth?? Haha! Ya, come over and I'll pop one in for you then we can compare it to an R1 DVD. We can both stare in awe at the outrageously high bitrate. You're theory on games sounds kinda myth-ish, but I know nothing about games sooo who knows...

Ohhh yeah and don't forget that Japanese still include little artworks and trinkets in their releases. Getting first pressings really appeals to me. I like to collect. Fun things like that died in America when Geneon left.

>_>;; *sigh* I'm a movie buff; I'm a columnist; I'm a film critic, and I'm a DVD critic. Movies, DVDs, Blu-Rays, and everything in--between, that's what I do. That's my shit.
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John Casey wrote:

>_>;; *sigh* I'm a movie buff; I'm a columnist; I'm a film critic, and I'm a DVD critic. Movies, DVDs, Blu-Rays, and everything in--between, that's what I do. That's my shit. .

Is that so? Where can we read your work?

luffypirate85 wrote:

A myth?? Haha! Ya, come over and I'll pop one in for you then we can compare it to an R1 DVD. We can both stare in awe at the outrageously high bitrate. You're theory on games sounds kinda myth-ish, but I know nothing about games sooo who knows... Ohhh yeah and don't forget that Japanese still include little artworks and trinkets in their releases. Getting first pressings really appeals to me. I like to collect. Fun things like that died in America when Geneon left.

>_>;; *sigh* I'm a movie buff; I'm a columnist; I'm a film critic, and I'm a DVD critic. Movies, DVDs, Blu-Rays, and everything in--between, that's what I do. That's my shit.

So, when I say that what you're saying is nonsense...it's pretty much nonsense. There is NO SUCH THING as quasi-universal regional pressing quality... Quality entirely depends on the original film masters, the printing equipment, and the software used.

And buddy...what the US and Europe uses....so does Japan! Don't let region locking trick you into thinking otherwise.

So in the end...it all depends on the original masters and the software involved. I will bet you a thousand bucks the R2 release of Avatar looks no different than the R1 release.

This is just some really bizarre form of elitism right now. It's like saying "So we both have the 60GB PS3 model? Well, mine's better because it's white!"

Really, if you wanna pit regional releases against each other in an effort to find superiority, you'd have a much more legit shot at it if your argument was cover art...

Ah man there you go again. I'm not the one coming off with the elitist attitude Mr Critic

You also have an entirely wrong impression of me. Japanophile I am not (that's what they call them right?).

Man you argue like my friend. Your name wouldn't happen to be Brett?

John Casey wrote:

The Blu-Ray disc is ridiculously expensive.

Not really, since it's basically an import that you don't have to jump through hoops to get a hold of. We're paying the same price as the Japanese are, while getting it at the exact same time as they are. For it to be priced like an American release would be like a slap in the face.