The Anime Blu-ray Video Quality Thread - Page 30 - Blu-ray Forum

Naiera · 03-23-2016, 09:08 PM

Is it my setup that's gone berserk or is Eva 3.33 crammed with banding?

I have the HK release, and maybe it's not as good as the JP one after all. Or it's my setup. I didn't notice these banding issues with the JP BDs of 1.11 and 2.22 I've watched over the last two days.

If I have to get a JP copy of 3.33 and finds subs for it, fine. I'll have to get a 2.22 where the cover isn't ruined by sunfading too

Mangaranga · 03-23-2016, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Naiera

Is it my setup that's gone berserk or is Eva 3.33 crammed with banding?

I have the HK release, and maybe it's not as good as the JP one after all. Or it's my setup. I didn't notice these banding issues with the JP BDs of 1.11 and 2.22 I've watched over the last two days.

If you want to provide some screenshots and time stamps I'll be more than happy to provide corresponding caps from my JP BD.
I've got the Giant short cut separately so marrying up the shots should be pretty easy on my part.

Naiera · 03-23-2016, 11:14 PM

I can't provide a timestamp right now, but any of those shots from above in Shinji's room when the lights are off should do.

Naiera · 03-23-2016, 11:41 PM

Used "Very good" copies of 3.33 are so cheap

zrdb · 04-10-2016, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nostalgic Twilight

I decided to do some comparison shots between the Viz DVDs of Maison Ikkoku and the Japanese Blu-rays. As expected, the results are pretty staggering. The JP BD shots are courtesy of hissatsu.

Shot 01
Shot 02
Shot 03
Shot 04
Shot 05
Shot 06
Shot 07
Shot 08

Damn-I want!!!

Naiera · 04-10-2016, 07:00 PM

Yup.

Nostalgic Twilight · 04-10-2016, 09:38 PM

If you guys are interested, I just created a few more Maison Ikkoku comparisons. Once again, BD shots are courtesy of hissatsu.

Shot 09
Shot 10
Shot 11 (NSFW, due to Akemi's antics)
Shot 12
Shot 13
Shot 14
Shot 15

Naiera · 04-10-2016, 09:43 PM

Reported!

Nostalgic Twilight · 04-10-2016, 09:51 PM

^^^

Did you really have to make me break out this image again?

In all seriousness, do you think I should delete that comparison?

Naiera · 04-10-2016, 10:01 PM

No.

SeaFox · 04-10-2016, 10:05 PM

No, don't delete it.
It's really not that bad.

And it confirms they aren't going to try and censor the first half of the show. I noticed in the second half her clothes changed and suddenly she wasn't going bra-less with a see-through negligee.

BigOnAnime · 04-12-2016, 09:25 AM

Some screencaps from Strawberry Marshmallow and The Fruit of Grisaia from Sensuifu of The Fandom Post.

As expected Sentai unfortunately used the JPBD masters for their Strawberry Marshmallow release. How the JPBD's compared to Geneon's DVD's.
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comp....php?id=158961
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comp....php?id=158963
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comp....php?id=158966
Neither look great, but the Geneon DVD's looks much better to me. Q-TEC (not sure if they did it, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was them) and their smeary upscales must be stopped. If anyone picks up the Sentai DVD, care to tell me if they used the DVD or BD masters to create them? If they used the JP DVD masters, it could then possibly end up being an upgrade over the Geneon DVD's.

As for The Fruit of Grisaia, is it me, or did Sentai nail it? And yes the entire show is in Scope. I'd recommend not scrolling too far down if you haven't seen the show, some spoilers in there.

Naiera · 04-12-2016, 11:49 AM

2.40:1 TV anime

That's just illogical.

BigOnAnime · 04-12-2016, 12:14 PM

SHAFT has also used it quite a bit before IIRC, and the rest of the Grisaia series (The Labyrinth of Grisaia and The Eden of Grisaia) kept on going with it. Also last season's Erased used that aspect ratio for scenes taking place in the past, which was nearly the entire show. Explanation as to why on that one can be found in here (spoilers await you).

Naiera · 04-12-2016, 02:08 PM

I was on the fence about Grisaia, but with it being a really cheap release with what seems like nailed it video quality, I'm getting it.

vincentric · 04-12-2016, 03:49 PM

Those Grisaia Sentai caps are looking good, it seems the encoder was able to bear fruit this time.

SeaFox · 04-12-2016, 06:22 PM

We see what you did there.

Sylontack · 04-13-2016, 02:47 AM

Surprised nobody has mentioned it yet given the high disc count but if anyone has stats for Sentai's Higurashi discs I'd be super appreciative, I want to double dip on S2 but I'd prefer to see an indication of what to expect from S1 first.

Naiera · 04-13-2016, 03:08 AM

Buy me a set and I'll get you all the data you want.

Sylontack · 04-13-2016, 03:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Naiera

Buy me a set and I'll get you all the data you want.

That's not how this is going to work m8

04-10-2016, 09:38 PM	#587
Nostalgic Twilight Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2015 Location:USA Blu-ray collection:436 DVD collection:390 Trading Score:20	If you guys are interested, I just created a few more Maison Ikkoku comparisons. Once again, BD shots are courtesy of hissatsu. Shot 09 Shot 10 Shot 11 (NSFW, due to Akemi's antics) Shot 12 Shot 13 Shot 14 Shot 15 Last edited by Nostalgic Twilight; 04-10-2016 at 09:44 PM.

03-23-2016, 09:08 PM	#581
Naiera Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Denmark Home Theater Gallery:2 Trading Score:25	Is it my setup that's gone berserk or is Eva 3.33 crammed with banding? I have the HK release, and maybe it's not as good as the JP one after all. Or it's my setup. I didn't notice these banding issues with the JP BDs of 1.11 and 2.22 I've watched over the last two days. If I have to get a JP copy of 3.33 and finds subs for it, fine. I'll have to get a 2.22 where the cover isn't ruined by sunfading too

03-23-2016, 11:14 PM	#583
Naiera Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Denmark Home Theater Gallery:2 Trading Score:25	I can't provide a timestamp right now, but any of those shots from above in Shinji's room when the lights are off should do.

03-23-2016, 11:41 PM	#584
Naiera Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Denmark Home Theater Gallery:2 Trading Score:25	Used "Very good" copies of 3.33 are so cheap

04-10-2016, 07:00 PM	#586
Naiera Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Denmark Home Theater Gallery:2 Trading Score:25	Yup.

04-10-2016, 09:43 PM	#588
Naiera Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Denmark Home Theater Gallery:2 Trading Score:25	Reported!

04-10-2016, 09:51 PM	#589
Nostalgic Twilight Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2015 Location:USA Blu-ray collection:436 DVD collection:390 Trading Score:20	^^^ Did you really have to make me break out this image again? In all seriousness, do you think I should delete that comparison?

04-10-2016, 10:01 PM	#590
Naiera Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Denmark Home Theater Gallery:2 Trading Score:25	No.

04-10-2016, 10:05 PM	#591
SeaFox Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2012 Location:Midwest, U.S. 4K collection:15 Blu-ray collection:234 DVD collection:62 Digital collection:6 iTunes collection:5 Prime collection:1 Trading Score:3	No, don't delete it. It's really not that bad. And it confirms they aren't going to try and censor the first half of the show. I noticed in the second half her clothes changed and suddenly she wasn't going bra-less with a see-through negligee.

04-12-2016, 09:25 AM	#592
BigOnAnime Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Mar 2015 Location:Minnesota, USA 4K collection:17 Blu-ray collection:671 DVD collection:714	Some screencaps from Strawberry Marshmallow and The Fruit of Grisaia from Sensuifu of The Fandom Post. As expected Sentai unfortunately used the JPBD masters for their Strawberry Marshmallow release. How the JPBD's compared to Geneon's DVD's. http://screenshotcomparison.com/comp....php?id=158961 http://screenshotcomparison.com/comp....php?id=158963 http://screenshotcomparison.com/comp....php?id=158966 Neither look great, but the Geneon DVD's looks much better to me. Q-TEC (not sure if they did it, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was them) and their smeary upscales must be stopped. If anyone picks up the Sentai DVD, care to tell me if they used the DVD or BD masters to create them? If they used the JP DVD masters, it could then possibly end up being an upgrade over the Geneon DVD's. As for The Fruit of Grisaia, is it me, or did Sentai nail it? And yes the entire show is in Scope. I'd recommend not scrolling too far down if you haven't seen the show, some spoilers in there.

04-12-2016, 11:49 AM	#593
Naiera Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Denmark Home Theater Gallery:2 Trading Score:25	2.40:1 TV anime That's just illogical.

04-12-2016, 12:14 PM	#594
BigOnAnime Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Mar 2015 Location:Minnesota, USA 4K collection:17 Blu-ray collection:671 DVD collection:714	SHAFT has also used it quite a bit before IIRC, and the rest of the Grisaia series (The Labyrinth of Grisaia and The Eden of Grisaia) kept on going with it. Also last season's Erased used that aspect ratio for scenes taking place in the past, which was nearly the entire show. Explanation as to why on that one can be found in here (spoilers await you).

04-12-2016, 02:08 PM	#595
Naiera Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Denmark Home Theater Gallery:2 Trading Score:25	I was on the fence about Grisaia, but with it being a really cheap release with what seems like nailed it video quality, I'm getting it.

04-12-2016, 03:49 PM	#596
vincentric Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Feb 2013 Location:Bay Area, CA 4K collection:321 Blu-ray collection:1003 Trading Score:266	Those Grisaia Sentai caps are looking good, it seems the encoder was able to bear fruit this time.

04-12-2016, 06:22 PM	#597
SeaFox Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2012 Location:Midwest, U.S. 4K collection:15 Blu-ray collection:234 DVD collection:62 Digital collection:6 iTunes collection:5 Prime collection:1 Trading Score:3	We see what you did there.

04-13-2016, 02:47 AM	#598
Sylontack Special Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2013 Location:Sydney, Australia Blu-ray collection:3 Blu-ray reviews:4	Surprised nobody has mentioned it yet given the high disc count but if anyone has stats for Sentai's Higurashi discs I'd be super appreciative, I want to double dip on S2 but I'd prefer to see an indication of what to expect from S1 first.

04-13-2016, 03:08 AM	#599
Naiera Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Denmark Home Theater Gallery:2 Trading Score:25	Buy me a set and I'll get you all the data you want.

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