Avatar: The Last Airbender [Animated Series]

[NeoDiNardo]

It's like the line art in a video game, not round at all angles when fast movement happens, like an anti alising issue.

[NeoDiNardo]

I would not be surprised if the DVD has this as well, seems a transfer and standard definition issue, but I've also seen better cartoon transfers. I might buy the DVDs to find out.

[joenostalgia23]

Originally Posted by NeoDiNardo

I recently purchased Avatar: The Last Airbender seasons 1 to 3 on iTunes in SD (the only way it's available), as well as The Legend of Korra in HD on iTunes. The difference in visual quality between the two series, even on my iPhone 4S, is like night and day. I'm actually quite annoyed by the transfer of the first series, would buying the DVD and ripping them at full quality in any way make the edges less blocky with that staircase effect? It annoys me when I see the roundness of Anngs head get turned into a bunch of staircase looking lines. I'm debating whether I can buy the DVDs and rip the series myself to get a better quality or is this just the best there is?

Basically which has better quality, the iTunes standard definition or say a full quality DVD rip turned into a computer file like AVI or one that's compatible with the iPad 3?

Yeah a DVD will almost always look better than what they give you on iTunes. The SD shows are basically under 480i, maybe around 360p last time I checked the dimensions. They're also encoded at lower bit rates since they're meant for portable devices and fast streaming.
A DVD will be at 480p, and DVD/BD players can upconvert the video feeds to at least appear better. Plus they're most likely the best those series will look for now, since they're probably based on the original files.

I think the only way we can expect a quality Blu-ray release is if after Korra concludes, they revisit the original backgrounds and animation(like Paramount, who is Nick's parent company, did with Star Trek TNG) and redo the film with opened mattes

[J. Severe]

Count me in on the group of those who want to see this get a Blu release. Sure, the show wasn't produced in 16:9/HD (no Nick cartoons were up until somewhat recently), but it would still benefit from an upscaling, which would make it look much better than its DVD counterpart. Hopefully, if Nick decides to release season 1 of Korra on Blu-ray (which would be a first for them), they'd also consider doing this. Would make the wait for season 2 of Korra, which is in development, a bit more bearable.

[NeoDiNardo]

Ohhhh upsampleing via DVD, the best way to view the first show right now, I forgot about that. Kinda wish I didn't buy it on iTunes now. Well I'll buy it on DVD as well. I love the show too much and want the best way to watch it.

[OwlsWarder]

Go ahead and mark our family down in the "would buy on blu" column! They could just fill the sides with different elemental art if it was only produced in 4:3.

We all love the original series so much. I think we've watched it in it's entirety at least four times now.

Here's hoping that nick gives the show some love with a decent BD release!

[Jafar]

Any news on this one guys? It hasn't been easy holding on, and not buying the DVD sets yet. I'm still on the fence. Don't want to buy the series only to hear a BD announcement the next day

I'm still hopeful that they would announce it with The Legend of Korra home video releases. Fingers crossed.

[mcdrew88]

Originally Posted by Jafar

Any news on this one guys? It hasn't been easy holding on, and not buying the DVD sets yet. I'm still on the fence. Don't want to buy the series only to hear a BD announcement the next day

I'm still hopeful that they would announce it with The Legend of Korra home video releases. Fingers crossed.

All 3 Books are $17.99 on Amazon now. I haven't heard anything about a BD release, so I bit.

[specsation]

Do you think if they make a BD version of A:TLA, they'll screw it up like they did with dragonball? (as in with the aspect ratio transfer where all they did was zoom in and crop a huge portion of the film)

OR will they re-draw everything to fit 16:9?

I'm debating if I should buy all three seasons on dvd, or just wait for the BD to come out...but if the BD's are bad (as in just cropping or upscaling) then I will regret not buying the dvds

[kimonoko]

So apparently, there's a chance there'll be a big screen animated Korra film at some point in the future because of the recent formation of Paramount Animation.

If that happens, I think the likelihood of a BD release for Korra goes up wildly. The same may go for A:TLA, as well.

Check it: http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/...orra-the-movie

[MifuneFan]

I think Korra will likely come to BD eventually, but I don't see TLA ever coming sadly

[BrknFlwr85]

Originally Posted by kimonoko

So apparently, there's a chance there'll be a big screen animated Korra film at some point in the future because of the recent formation of Paramount Animation.

If that happens, I think the likelihood of a BD release for Korra goes up wildly. The same may go for A:TLA, as well.

Check it: http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/...orra-the-movie

That sounds like pretty good news to me! My boyfriend and I love A:TLA and Korra seems to be off to a good start. I think they could really take her story a lot further than the original series if they wanted. As far an a full length movie goes, I'll take it as long as they don't let another live action happen again.

[MifuneFan]

I wish they'd have a live action reboot of Avatar: TLA to be honest. In the right hands, it would be a fantastic trilogy.

[bondfooll]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I wish they'd have a live action reboot of Avatar: TLA to be honest. In the right hands, it would be a fantastic trilogy.

I think the franchise is too tarnished by Shyamalan's movie to those who aren't into the series to be interested, even if for some reason they would reboot the series.

[Damage Inc.]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I wish they'd have a live action reboot of Avatar: TLA to be honest. In the right hands, it would be a fantastic trilogy.

Why trilogy?... So cliché...
I don't think 3 movies would be enough unless you'd make them long as hell like "TLOTR". Personally I'd probably do a movie per book.
I bet the marketing-department would like that best as well. Getting everyone stoked for every new "book".
And it's probably the easiest way to divide the movies, rather than cheesy numbers only or some titles made up for just the movies.

When I watched the series, I immediately envisioned it into movie-format. Which is a far cry from Shamalalalala-man's way.
It hurt to see what they did with it and that they had ALREADY attempted it and completely messed it up as well...

[disneyfreak]

The Legend of Korra - Official DVD Trailer - YouTube

Apparently this surfaced online a couple weeks ago, the DVD should be coming, only problem is I don't think a blu-ray is. Heres to hoping.

[SethRex]

You're right. Amazon so far only has a listing for DVD. However, if you have Vudu, you can buy it right now for 29.99 in HDX.

[FREYMAX 3D]

Originally Posted by disneyfreak

The Legend of Korra - Official DVD Trailer - YouTube

Apparently this surfaced online a couple weeks ago, the DVD should be coming, only problem is I don't think a blu-ray is. Heres to hoping.

I'm going to go ahead and ressurect this thread because of the release of The legend of Korra on Blu-ray this past week - I figure a lot of people who have never seen A:TLAB before, but have bought or watched this first book of Korra, may want to buy the original Avatar series to get caught up, and perhaps chat here about the story as they watch it...

And yes, even though its only available on DVD, the original series is by far still the better of the two shows, story-wise - at least until more Books for Korra are released...

[Omiros]

Amazon has listed "Avatar - The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 1 Collection" and "Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Complete Collection" on DVD for a September 9th release date. Are these re-releases?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

[Kirben]

Originally Posted by Omiros

Amazon has listed "Avatar - The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 1 Collection" and "Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Complete Collection" on DVD for a September 9th release date. Are these re-releases?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Yes, these are clearly just re-releases of the previous DVD collections of Avatar: The Last Airbender, and not worth buying. The Australian and UK DVD releases were bare bones, most of the extras were removed, and they didn't include the bonus extras disc for each book.

The Legend of Korra doesn't even seem to be getting a Blu-Ray release in Australia or Europe, so you dreaming if you think Avatar: The Last Airbender is going to be released on Blu-Ray in those areas.