The Anime Blu-ray Video Quality Thread

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

Ehm... The compression ain't so hot in some shots.

Yeah. The description said it was a "maxed out bitrate BD-50", and it doesn't seem like it.

Here's some ones with artifcating I noticed at first glance;

[Show spoiler]

Still, I'm glad another classic cel-animated OVA has been restored.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by professorwho

Audio specs, please?

And is it a BD-25? It sure seems like one with that bitrate.

LCPM 2.0 Japanese and DTS-HD 5.1 English with two Japanese and one English commentary in 2.0 DD.

50GB disc.

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

Ehm... The compression ain't so hot in some shots.

Originally Posted by professorwho

Yeah. The description said it was a "maxed out bitrate BD-50", and it doesn't seem like it.

I thought it looked generally fine in-motion. The file size is barely 23GB and the rest of the disc is dedicated to extras (total disc size is 42.54).

[StuPod]

Originally Posted by professorwho

you just need to know what to look for and where.

Surely if you already know what to look for and where, you don't need to look for it?

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by StuPod

Surely if you already know what to look for and where, you don't need to look for it?

I’m just telling that guy who’s lazy not to do any research himself that there’s tons of good resources out there a simple Google search away. I’m not going to waste my time by running down the basics of production and stuff like that to one person because they don’t want to spend time finding out stuff by themselves- which is in many ways, the best education for stuff like this.

[Gumi]

Originally Posted by professorwho

Yeah. The description said it was a "maxed out bitrate BD-50", and it doesn't seem like it.

Here's some ones with artifcating I noticed at first glance;

[Show spoiler]

Still, I'm glad another classic cel-animated OVA has been restored.

Hmmm I cant really see anything wrong here other than the lack of grain. Not doubting you but I personally cant tell.

[NLScavenger]

[Show spoiler]

With sharpening applied to emphasize artifacts:

I've checked more screenshots and they looks mostly alright save for a few.

[ChilledOctopusOnLava]

Originally Posted by cfx

Translation: I'm lazy and I want it all handed to me on a silver platter.

This works both ways too you know....

Besides what's the point of coming onto a forum to find answers when you're just told to get lost and do your own research when foruming can be considered a source of research?

That's like going to school asking a question that may or may not be relevant to school work, only for the teacher to tell you "Go look this up yourself; I'm not going to tell you even if I know the answer, you big baby!"

Originally Posted by professorwho

I’m just telling that guy who’s lazy not to do any research himself that there’s tons of good resources out there a simple Google search away. I’m not going to waste my time by running down the basics of production and stuff like that to one person because they don’t want to spend time finding out stuff by themselves- which is in many ways, the best education for stuff like this.

What if this guy isn't lazy and just simply wants to hear the points of view of someone who's already knowledgeable in the area? The guy did ask, did he not? Perhaps if the guy said the magic words, things would be different, no?

[BigOnAnime]

Things were literally explained to you earlier, like how production is so tight that episodes are being delivered to TV stations mere hours before they're supposed to air, and these are productions that still aren't being animated at 1080P. We tried to explain some of the basics, there's even a great Answerman article that was linked just a few posts ago, written by someone who knows his stuff because of how long he's been involved with the industry. Instead of reading and learning, you decided to shoot down what was told to you and now wonder why we're frustrated.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ans...-07-06/.103696

[Kyle15]

Walmart had Redline for $7.50 today and I went ahead & grabbed it. How does it stack up against the Japanese release video-wise? I know the Japanese one has lossless audio but that's it.

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by Kyle15

Walmart had Redline for $7.50 today and I went ahead & grabbed it. How does it stack up against the Japanese release video-wise? I know the Japanese one has lossless audio but that's it.

Wait, does the US release not have lossless audio? I thought it had a TrueHD 5.1 mix.

I think the JP release removed the windowboxing.

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by professorwho

Wait, does the US release not have lossless audio? I thought it had a TrueHD 5.1 mix.

I think the JP release removed the windowboxing.

I did a dumb dumb, I was researching on my phone yesterday and misread the thread speculation from back before it came out.

Anyhoo there's a review of the UK disc in which the user points out it is windowboxed like the Japanese one. They all might be windowboxed it seems. In any case I'm curious about the encode.

[HunterKIller]

Any photos *BD vs DVD) of Boogiepop Phantom from Nozomi on BD?

[Nostalgic Twilight]

I'm super busy with midterms but here are a few quick screenshot comparisons for Boogiepop:



Screenshot Comparisons

And as a bonus, here are some screenshots (no comparisons as I don't have the DVD) from Anime Works' Phoenix BD release:



Screenshot Gallery

[DandyDancing]

Originally Posted by Nostalgic Twilight

I'm super busy with midterms but here are a few quick screenshot comparisons for Boogiepop:



Screenshot Comparisons

And as a bonus, here are some screenshots (no comparisons as I don't have the DVD) from Anime Works' Phoenix BD release:



Screenshot Gallery

Glad I picked it up

[chronoclast]

Originally Posted by Nostalgic Twilight

I'm super busy with midterms but here are a few quick screenshot comparisons for Boogiepop:

Screenshot Comparisons

And as a bonus, here are some screenshots (no comparisons as I don't have the DVD) from Anime Works' Phoenix BD release:

Screenshot Gallery

The Boogiepop BD looks rough but it's still an upgrade over the black crushed composite DVDs.

There's a lot of banding in those shots for Phoenix. It looks okay otherwise for compression, especially with it being 1080i and from Media Blasters. Nothing Moribito level bad at least. This review over at Fandom Post mentions that the lossy 5.1 tracks are terrible compared to the lossless 2.0 tracks.

[Kyle15]

Boogiepop is probably true to source, or at least close to it. They pulled some tricks to make it look rough intentionally. It's a lot better than the DVD!

[professorwho]

Man, those DVD shots of Boogiepop are rough. Insane jump in quality over the DVDs. I'll eventually pick it up.

[Zhou]

In Brazil, I watched Boogiepop Phantom on cable over 15 years ago and loved it, but I've always resisted buying RightStuf's DVD release because it was sourced from partially censored broadcast masters. I decided to buy the BD release once they revealed they finally got access to the uncensored Japanese home video masters, but I wasn't expecting such a video quality upgrade. Going by the comparative lack of artifacts, it looks like the home video masters are component instead of composite.

[gundamcero]

I have recently picked up the blu-ray for the Sakura Wars movie. I am looking to get the series next but I've heard that Sentai's SDBlu is not great. Just want to get an idea of how bad it is and if it is at least watchable.

Thanks.

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by gundamcero

I have recently picked up the blu-ray for the Sakura Wars movie. I am looking to get the series next but I've heard that Sentai's SDBlu is not great. Just want to get an idea of how bad it is and if it is at least watchable.

Thanks.

Here you go.