The Anime Blu-ray Video Quality Thread

[Mangaranga]

Originally Posted by Naiera

100% detail loss?!

My bad - moreso as it definitely suffers from the loss of quite a bit of detail.
The German BD is also filtered, albeit with a less aggressive deband filter and no grain added, so it shows way more detail in these two shots.

[Memade]

Is Funimation's hyouka release good?

I have seen some conflicting info after a quick search in this thread and also not sure if there's any difference between the "complete series" and "essential complete series".

[SpazeBlue]

Originally Posted by Memade

Is Funimation's hyouka release good?

I have seen some conflicting info after a quick search in this thread and also not sure if there's any difference between the "complete series" and "essential complete series".

The discs should be the same.

Seeing some mixed opinions too, varying from "It looks pretty good" to "It's full of noise, banding, etc.". Too bad those older comparison links don't work anymore.

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by Memade

also not sure if there's any difference between the "complete series" and "essential complete series".

Exact same discs.

[BigOnAnime]

99.99% of the time with FUNimation, the discs between releases are the same, they rarely make new discs.

[SpaceDandy]

Akira UHD (Spain / France)

PLAYLIST REPORT:
Name: 00001.MPLS
Length: 2:04:24.457 (h:m:s.ms)
Size: 84,164,788,224 bytes
Total Bitrate: 90.20 Mbps
VIDEO:
Codec Bitrate Description
----- ------- -----------
MPEG-H HEVC Video 59999 kbps 2160p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / Main 10 @ Level 5.1 @ High / 4:2:0 / 10 bits / 1000nits / HDR10 / BT.2020
AUDIO:
Codec Language Bitrate Description
----- -------- ------- -----------
Dolby TrueHD Audio Japanese 14984 kbps 5.1 / 192 kHz / 14344 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
DTS-HD Master Audio Catalan 1580 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1580 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
DTS-HD Master Audio Spanish 2782 kbps 5.1 / 96 kHz / 2782 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
DTS-HD Master Audio Spanish 664 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 664 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 384 kbps / 16-bit)
DTS-HD Master Audio French 1628 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1628 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 16-bit)
DTS-HD Master Audio French 1544 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1544 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 16-bit)
DTS-HD Master Audio Spanish 1035 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1035 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 16-bit)
SUBTITLES:
Codec Language Bitrate Description
----- -------- ------- -----------
Presentation Graphics Spanish 27.904 kbps
Presentation Graphics French 27.345 kbps
Presentation Graphics Dutch 27.279 kbps
Presentation Graphics Portuguese 25.747 kbps
Presentation Graphics Spanish 0.022 kbps
Presentation Graphics Spanish 0.086 kbps
Presentation Graphics French 0.097 kbps

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[slerch666]

Originally Posted by Naiera

100% detail loss?!

This happens when I turn my TV off.

[Rosenkreutz]

Looks like Funimation will be releasing a BD for Haibane Renmei. I hope it ends up being an improvement from their DVD release of the series.

[BigOnAnime]

That would be a no as their DVDs were downscaled from the terrible Japanese Blu-ray which looks like this. The FUNimatin DVDs are also inferior to the Geneon DVDs.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/bbs...324518#2324518

[Rosenkreutz]

Originally Posted by BigOnAnime

That would be a no as their DVDs were downscaled from the terrible Japanese Blu-ray which looks like this. The FUNimatin DVDs are also inferior to the Geneon DVDs.

Darn, I suppose that means they'll likely end up being the same as the Japanese release then. Looks like the Pioneer/Geneon DVDs will continue to be the best release for the series.

[theberserker22]

Does anyone know if the new release of Kids on the Slope is improved? I have the original Sentai release and my first disc seems to have gotten scratched during a recent move. Looking to possibly upgrade.

[Ajc228]

Is the Gungrave bluray that Funimation released better video-wise or is this an instance of a digipaint show with a bad upscale?

[SpaceBlackKnight]

Originally Posted by Ajc228

Is the Gungrave bluray that Funimation released better video-wise or is this an instance of a digipaint show with a bad upscale?

Definitely the latter, in the bad/shit/overprocessed/lazy upscale category. It's so bad that there's combing in places!

[SpazeBlue]

Originally Posted by SpaceBlackKnight

Definitely the latter, in the bad/shit/overprocessed/lazy upscale category. It's so bad that there's combing in places!

Anyone have some comparison caps?

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by SpazeBlue

Anyone have some comparison caps?

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Gungr...4/#Screenshots

[SpazeBlue]

Originally Posted by professorwho

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Gungr...4/#Screenshots

Oh sorry, I meant if we had DVD caps to compare to those.

[Rosenkreutz]

Originally Posted by SpaceBlackKnight

Definitely the latter, in the bad/shit/overprocessed/lazy upscale category. It's so bad that there's combing in places!

Wish I had heard about that before I replaced my DVD set with the BD a few years back, is the BD a notable downgrade quality-wise?

[cooperb21]

Anyone know difference in k-on ultimate collection vs old standard BD releases. Disc's seem different in ep count, was anything improved.

[BigOnAnime]

Ultimate Collection uses the discs from the LE which had new discs made that fixed issues the old releases suffered from. The subtitles are smaller, and also the K-On! shorts are included for the very first time, they weren't on the Bandai releases of S1, nor any of Sentai's prior releases. Note that they didn't update the credit rolls, those were re-used from the old release.

[SpazeBlue]

Nisekoi: False Love Box Set review (separate volumes also reviewed)