The Anime Blu-ray Video Quality Thread

[SeaFox]

Wait, are you implying I might want to actually open my Funi GitS Arise sets I own and watch them? Instead of just keeping it to legitimize the watching of superior video-sourced releases?

[NLScavenger]

Originally Posted by professorwho

in glorious LPCM, unlike the Japanese BDs, which were in DTS-HD MA

PCM is overrated when DTS-HD MA offers the same quality while using up less space.

Here is by the way the BDInfo of the Dynit release from some pirate site:

DISC INFO:

Disc Title: GUNDAM_THE_ORIGIN_I
Disc Size: 22.868.224.833 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: No
Extras: 50Hz Content
BDInfo: 0.5.8

PLAYLIST REPORT:

Name: 00005.MPLS
Length: 1:02:58.775 (h:m:s.ms)
Size: 19.627.812.864 bytes
Total Bitrate: 41,55 Mbps

VIDEO:

Codec Bitrate Description
----- ------- -----------
MPEG-4 AVC Video 31060 kbps 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1

AUDIO:

Codec Language Bitrate Description
----- -------- ------- -----------
DTS-HD Master Audio Italian 4096 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4096 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
DTS-HD Master Audio Japanese 4073 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4073 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)

SUBTITLES:

Codec Language Bitrate Description
----- -------- ------- -----------
Presentation Graphics Italian 62,692 kbps
Presentation Graphics Italian 0,693 kbps

[professorwho]

So Dynit's release has a higher bitrate. That's nice. Nothing to worry about- the Rightstuf release is probably good enough.

[Naiera]

It wouldn't be the first time that a Dynit release had better video quality than the Japanese release.

[Jeo]

Alright, decided to make a few comparisons for Hyouka. I don't have access to the JPN discs, so I've taken a few screenshots that were uploaded here to compare them to. They're 1080p PNGs, so I'm assuming they're raw screenshots without any added compression. I've also never done this before, so I'm assuming that opening the .m2ts video files on the disc in MPC-HC with the default video renderer and taking screenshots that way will suffice.

For some reason, trying to add all of these at once to a single screenshotcomparison.com post doesn't work. Maybe it was timing out because my upload speed sucks.

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/217220
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/217221
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/217222
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/217225
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/217224

EDIT: I done goofed, my captures have incorrect colours. Derp.

[professorwho]

FUNi's Hyouka looks pretty good... except for the brightness related stuff.

[NLScavenger]

Originally Posted by Jeo

Alright, decided to make a few comparisons for Hyouka. I don't have access to the JPN discs, so I've taken a few screenshots that were uploaded here to compare them to. They're 1080p PNGs, so I'm assuming they're raw screenshots without any added compression. I've also never done this before, so I'm assuming that opening the .m2ts video files on the disc in MPC-HC with the default video renderer and taking screenshots that way will suffice.

For some reason, trying to add all of these at once to a single screenshotcomparison.com post doesn't work. Maybe it was timing out because my upload speed sucks.

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/217220
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/217221
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/217222
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/217225
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/217224

There might be something wrong with your MPC-HC settings. The Funi screenshot in the second comparison looks very different compared to this Funi screenshot from Sensuifu's part 1 screenshot gallery

[Mangaranga]

The first and last comparisons look especially ugly. Ugh. I seriously hope that's a capture error.
It's been quite a while since Funi screwed up like this.

[Jeo]

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

There might be something wrong with your MPC-HC settings. The Funi screenshot in the second comparison looks very different compared to this Funi screenshot from Sensuifu's part 1 screenshot gallery

Yeah, you're right, mine was outputting with incorrect colour settings. Whoops!

[Naiera]

GITS: The New Movie is still pretty damn expensive in Japan. Might someone here know of a western release of the same quality?

[omarchafa]

Originally Posted by Jeo

Alright, decided to make a few comparisons for Hyouka. I don't have access to the JPN discs, so I've taken a few screenshots that were uploaded here to compare them to. They're 1080p PNGs, so I'm assuming they're raw screenshots without any added compression. I've also never done this before, so I'm assuming that opening the .m2ts video files on the disc in MPC-HC with the default video renderer and taking screenshots that way will suffice.

For some reason, trying to add all of these at once to a single screenshotcomparison.com post doesn't work. Maybe it was timing out because my upload speed sucks.

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/217240
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/217220
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/217221
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/217222
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/217225
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/217224

EDIT: I done goofed, my captures have incorrect colours. Derp.

Those aren't even proper JP screenshots since the filesizes are too small, it's probably from a compressed BD rip source.

Alright, I got proper screenshot comparisons using Sensuifu's Part 1 Screenshot Gallery as the source for the Funi BD and my own JP BD Discs.


http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/217236
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/217237
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/217238
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/217239

Well, looks like Funi's release is very good. The JP version is a shade brighter this time while the Funi's release has more compression with a shade darker than the JP release.

[Naiera]

I've definitely noticed that FUNi's is dark. Weird that they managed to make it darker than the Japanese. I guess they never fail to fail

[omarchafa]

I could just be that the screenshots were not taken from the same player, and if I only had the Funi Discs at my disposal to confirm whether or not there was a changed in brightness.

This is still one of the best I've seen from Funi, but it has its problems.

[themp3000]

It looks better than I was expecting. I'll pick 'er up when the tine is right. And if AL does better packaging at least, I'll get that one too. Love me some Hyouka.

[Ccharmanderk]

The issues with Hyouka look extremely minor from what I'm seeing. Nowhere near enough to deter a purchase, imo. Your mileage may vary, however.

Might grab it on sale, since Funimation likes doing that to their releases after a few months, it seems.

[pikagreg]

So it looks like I prematurely jumped the gun a bit asking Funi for a replacement Sword of the Stranger disc. It looks like both my replacement and original copy have fixed subs so they must have fixed later copies sent to retailers. My cheap copy of Code Geass still had the original audio issue so I figured it was something they wouldn't fix unless you asked for it. Good news for anyone looking to buy the movie and didn't want to hunt down an old Bandai copy.

[omarchafa]

Originally Posted by Ccharmanderk

The issues with Hyouka look extremely minor from what I'm seeing. Nowhere near enough to deter a purchase, imo. Your mileage may vary, however.

Might grab it on sale, since Funimation likes doing that to their releases after a few months, it seems.

Yeah, I would have bought it too, but I didn't regret getting the JP release back before Funi made any announcements.

[Ccharmanderk]

Originally Posted by pikagreg

So it looks like I prematurely jumped the gun a bit asking Funi for a replacement Sword of the Stranger disc. It looks like both my replacement and original copy have fixed subs so they must have fixed later copies sent to retailers. My cheap copy of Code Geass still had the original audio issue so I figured it was something they wouldn't fix unless you asked for it. Good news for anyone looking to buy the movie and didn't want to hunt down an old Bandai copy.

With the Code Geass sale, Amazon probably had a large number of stock built up seven months after release and needed to clear space (that chipboard box plus the art cards takes up a solid chunk of shelf), and news of the defects probably kept a lot of people from plopping down the $90+ for it out of caution. Hence the flash sale. Mind you, I also got Geass from that sale.

[NLScavenger]

All the screenshotcomparison.com links from before the 1st of August are dead now:

Database was maxed out so all old entries are archived and we have started on a new database.

[Mangaranga]

Any chance someone can provide a BDInfo scan of the first two episodes of ERASED from Aniplex's release?
We may have received the same encodes on the UK/AU release. Dual 24bit PCM Audio, no brightness problems and high bitrates.
Episode 1 is smaller than the rest of the episodes by a bit, but filesizes look pretty healthy otherwise considering files are 1m 20s shorter than usual.

Episode 1
Episode 2