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configspace
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I'm glad for this announcement because I wasn't sure whether or not I sure get Mnemosyne now or later. Most likely from now on I will wait a while after the DVD release for Funi licenses.
As far as the whole upscale debate goes, well yes, a lot of material from Funi is an upscale -- but certainly not "99%" 
In fact, since Funi won't say (and probably never will), no one can know until after the BD is released either here or in Japan. Some titles that people expect to be uscales turn out not to be. For example, the first Gunslinger Girl on BD is an upscale, BUT its sequel GG- Il Teatrino is native HD on BD, despite being broadcast as an upscale. Anyways, I would still prefer a BD that is a clean upscale from source + filtering, prior to encode, over a DVD that will be upscaled on playback anyways amplifying DVD noise and artifacts. Last edited by configspace on Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:10 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Sarkozy
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Definitely buying Eden of the East on BD.
Might buy Casshern Sins too. |
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jmfsilenthill
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Glad I waited on buying RIN, also yay for finally getting some news on an Eden of the East release!
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luffypirate
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Simply put: the reason why people get upset about FUNI leaving out an angle for the original credits is that the Japanese cast gets no recognition. Editing title cards should have gone the way of hard subs, which many consider censorship, but hey...
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Katane
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I wonder if Funi will do Fumoffu in Blu-Ray next since they're releasing the first one on Blu-Ray.
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Kalessin
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Well, my question is whether Mnemosyne will be an upscale. As on OVA, there's a decent chance that they didn't bother doing better than 480i. But it is fairly recent and it would sure look good in HD. Here's to hoping that it's actually HD.
The other question would be Black Cat, but I think the timeframe that it came out almost guarantees that it'll be an upscale. At least on some of them - like Cassern and Eden of the East - it's virtually a guarantee that they'll be true HD. Eventually, as the BDs coming out become primarily newer stuff, they'll stop being upscales. But at least Funimation is putting them out on BD. If only they'd actually post a list somewhere with which releases are upscales and which not... In any case, this is definitely good news. I feel a little dumb for already buying Mnemosyne since I figured that they'd be putting it on BD one of these days soon, but it was just too good to wait... Oh well. That's one which is worth double-dipping on. |
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Kalessin
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I believe that when they announced that they'd picked up the licenses for FMP and FMP: FUMOFFU, they said that they were planning to put both on BD. It's likely only a matter of time. We can probably expect it by the end of the year, but we'll have to wait and see. |
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Blood-
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Quick question: is there any way to determine from spec information provided by a distrib whether a BD is an upscale or taken from an HD source? Or does this info depend on you knowing whether the show in question was originally created/broadcast in HD?
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bglassbrook
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It is not usually obtained from publisher spec, and original release time is usually a good indication. However, if the original digital masters still exist, there is nothing to stop them from going back and re-encoding them at a higher resolution. One easy way to find out if it should be from HD masters is to check the credits. If those two magical letters are in someone's title, then let the good times roll (after checking the reviews to make sure it was a good transfer.) |
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mckg1
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MarcFBR
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1- You are ignoring that except for in very rare cases, that Japanese cast members are listed in the translated credits. 2- That isn't what censorship means, and even if it did, it still wouldn't apply here, because once again, the information is almost always there. |
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Blood-
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Thanks for the info, bglassbrook. It seems like BD publishers should be required to say clearly on the box if a BD is an upscale or taken from an HD master. Seems like a pretty important spec to me. |
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Mr. sickVisionz
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I'm amped for Casshern on BD.
Everything else... I don't know. The Claymore Blu-Ray was a pretty crummy upscale and the only redeeming thing I can say is that it actually cost less than the DVDs. If i'm not 100% sure that a show was made and broadcast in legit HD, I'm not buying it unless it cost less than the DVD. Having said that, it's good to see Funi really pushing so many Blu-Ray releases. |
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dewlwieldthedarpachief
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Be that as it may, it doesn't help that you can't just look at the box and figure it out. Having to do research to figure out whether or not my HD is actually HD is weak, not to mention the fact that they're not even willing to do an upscale without "cleaning-up" the digital grain. Not exactly setting a good precedent when the impressive work FUNi does is the work they're least involved in. |
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dragonrider_cody
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It's hard for me to get excited over more bluray when it's coming from Funimation. We get it in HD, but the audio and video will likely be terrible. At least it's a step up from their bootleg quality dvds though.
I will probably grab FMP, but the rest are either terrible shows (Black Cat), not worth double dipping (Guyver), or shows I just don't care about. |
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Maybe Eva 1.11 aswell 
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