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NJ_
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I wouldn't count it, the R2 DVD source for Tenchi Universe is also crap so there's not much you can do to fix it unless it gets a remaster from the film negatives and Japan looks to have given up on doing that since Universe, Tokyo, Pretty Sammy/Magical Project S and Dual are getting SD Blu-ray releases this Fall, likely from the same DVD masters. |
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Chichiryuutei
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So guys, help me understand. While I was able to see the difference in color quality (with the still images), someone in reddit mentioned that your tv can essentially fix the issue via the Tv's image enhancing feature. If so, is this really a deal breaker? I don't know if I'd noticed the difference while in motion (static images vs rolling video). In fact, I just re-watched S1 on FunimationNow and it looked just fine.
I do agree that Funimation should do better but these misses are few in between (I'm not giving them an excuse though) but do wish that they'd stop the 9/3 split on their 12 episodes releases. As someone else mentioned above, you could've a higher bitrare and potentially better picture quality with a 6/6 split. Also, bonus question for the code Geass R2 BD (LE), I purchased it from rightstuf back in February 2017. I just popped it on the Xbone X and couldn't really hear the stereo sound (mind you, I popped R1 and I couldn't hear it either on my Yamaha 5.1 system). Do I have a faulty R2 discs? If so, Will rightstuf still replace them? It has been 18 months since I made the purchased. Thanks for the help. |
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NJ_
Posts: 3021 Location: Wallington, NJ |
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https://fandompost.vbulletin.net/forum/anime-manga-discussions/us-blu-ray-dvd-and-simulcast-industry-news/24510-funimation-licenses-code-geass-lelouch-of-the-rebellion?p=604081#post604081
Check the numbers on the other side of your discs. I bought the LE from Right Stuf in July 2017 and have the fixed versions myself and the only way to know is to check the other side because the disc art on the front only shows the old numbers. If you have the faulty discs, you can try contacting them but I'm not sure Right Stuf can do anything because the LE is out of print now and FUNi's set to release a complete RE set, hopefully with the fixed R2 discs, in August. |
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TheMorry
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Oh my god. This looks horrible. I was planning to go all out with Re:Zero since its Re:Zero. But im not gonna spend my money on a shitty quality release. I was gonna put my pre-order up tomorrow for the Anime Limited release... oh well.
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Yazu13
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Artifacts in a blu-ray release? Really? Did they record someone's dial-up stream and burn it to a blu-ray disc or something? That's unacceptable.
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DmonHiro
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That is 100% BS. You are paying for a bluray and you are getting streaming quality. The Japanese blurays look so much better it's not even funny. There's no defending this type of shoddy really but if Kadokawa did indeed send them poor masters, that's a dick move by them. And it's not completely unheard of either. On the other hand, it's the US releases that cram so many episodes on a single disk. And in dark shows like Re:Zero, quality WILL be lost. The JP release has 2-3 episodes per disk at 5-7 GB per episode. |
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Robbl
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Welcome to western anime bluray releases where publishers like Funi or Sentai don't care about image quality. Despite Aniplex prices, at least they do a good job with encoding. |
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kyokun47
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I preordered the LE back in March (you bet your sweet bippy it was for that pillow), but if Funi don’t plan on doing anything for replacements, it’s getting sent straight back to the Crunchyroll store where I ordered from. Even if it’s a reverse-import-prevention thing like some have mentioned, I still refuse to accept this sort of quality if I’m paying $60+ for a release. We call out broken/buggy video games when it happens, and it’s time we start making a much bigger fuss about this sort of issue if we have to pay the same amounts.
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casenumber00
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Hope Funimation and Anime Limited is reading this, because of this banding issue, delayed response, and seemingly lack of quality control I decided not not purchase any disks from you guys.
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SquadmemberRitsu
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I could go on but it seems like I'm the 100th person in this thread to dunk on you, so I'll end it there. |
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Robbl
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Anime Limited uses the same discs as Funi, so... |
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peno
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Or it may be intentional policy, so they may in future say: "See? Home video releases aren't selling enough for us to offer them anymore, so we will concentrate on streaming only." Unfortunately, I see here some very disturbing kind of conspiration theory, where constant decreasing of BD and DVD releases quality will lead to lesser sales and instead of improving the quality and satisfy the customers, it will lead to permanent move to streaming only, where the big money are now. Still, I hope I am wrong.
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SheRrIs
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Surely nobody would buy it now?
Does quality control even exist in these two companies? |
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Errinundra
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Posts deleted.
Don't call anime fans weebs and don't respond to such insults. |
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Jonny Mendes
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Quality is one off the reasons i buy Japanese releases when subs are available.
But im a hardcore colector that take quality as the most important part. I really hope much more Japanese BD's releases come with English subs. I would buy them rather than waiting for more time and with less quality western BD's releases. I would say that so far the best quality western releases that i got are from Aniplex. |
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