The Anime Blu-ray Video Quality Thread - Page 11 - Blu-ray Forum

Naiera · 08-20-2015, 01:29 PM

Good thing I wasn't that into Psycho Pass after watching the first episode

Girls With Guns · 08-20-2015, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Naiera

Good thing I wasn't that into Psycho Pass after watching the first episode

wow, that was one of the best series that came out that year... your loss, I guess...

vincentric · 08-20-2015, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by mp3dom

The FUNi release have the brightness problem and enhanced color banding due to the classical "error" in the encoding pipeline. So, JP release have the right brightness level and a lot less bandings. However, the banding/posterization problems affects the JP release too. The first 2 volumes of the JP release suffers from this (albeit, to a lesser degree). For the next volumes, they applied some debanding during the encoding process to mitigate the problem (I'm always referring to the JP release).
Here's three shoots coming from the vol.1 JP release:

http://114.imagebam.com/download/W3Y...0/PSYCHO01.png

http://114.imagebam.com/download/goG...8/PSYCHO02.png

http://114.imagebam.com/download/-vQ...5/PSYCHO03.png

Oh, very nice. In spite of some remaining banding, that looks much, much, much much better than the Funi release.

Here's a matching shot from the Funi release of the first screenie you posted of the Jpn version:

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5773/...db5b68fd_o.png

Notice the ugly assed banding and compression artifacts in the Funi release, it's like night and day compared to the much cleaner Jpn version. Effin' Funi, man, what the shit.

Edit: Also observe the incorrect gamma in the Funi version, just terrible.

Nostalgic Twilight · 08-20-2015, 03:38 PM

I'm hoping that FUNimation will do a better job on the Extended Edition. I plan picking it up and selling my LE of the original show when it comes out. Or, if it doesn't come with a chipboard box, I might just take a page from GWG's book and Frankenstein it.

Girls With Guns · 08-20-2015, 05:43 PM

Naiera · 08-20-2015, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Girls With Guns

wow, that was one of the best series that came out that year... your loss, I guess...

Naiera · 08-22-2015, 01:52 AM

Am I remembering correctly that the JP Blu-ray release of RahXephon is crap?

Girls With Guns · 08-22-2015, 02:19 AM

I have no idea, but I would like to know - I was considering that one, if I liked it...

BigOnAnime · 08-22-2015, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Naiera

Am I remembering correctly that the JP Blu-ray release of RahXephon is crap?

That's what I remember hearing as well, and it's probably worse than the DVD's.

Naiera · 08-22-2015, 10:29 PM

The Japanese track on Mayo Chiki is completely ****ed. It sounds... hollow. I don't know how else to describe it. Does it get better at some point? I've only checked the first two eps. Maybe there's been an exchange program? I'm not watching the show with shitty sound like this

Nostalgic Twilight · 08-22-2015, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Naiera

The Japanese track on Mayo Chiki is completely ****ed. It sounds... hollow. I don't know how else to describe it. Does it get better at some point? I've only checked the first two eps. Maybe there's been an exchange program? I'm not watching the show with shitty sound like this

I had the exact same problem with certain episodes of Okamikakushi.

Naiera · 08-22-2015, 10:49 PM

I spot checked a few other episodes. Same shit. I guess I won't be re-watching Mayo Chiki

Nostalgic Twilight · 08-22-2015, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Naiera

I spot checked a few other episodes. Same shit. I guess I won't be re-watching Mayo Chiki

If you're interested, here's a link to where a few users were discussing it over at TFP.

Naiera · 08-23-2015, 01:16 AM

Noragami is a lot of fun, so it's too bad that the video quality is rather poor. Especially during that night time fight scene in episode two, where the night sky is marred by macroblocking and tons of banding.

I wish Aniplex had licensed this one. Or at least NISA.

vincentric · 09-03-2015, 03:01 AM

Have been checking out more anime I own on blu-ray for the video quality. Checked out Space Brothers v1 (sentai), TowanoQuon (sentai) and Zetman (viz).

Space Brothers had compression blocking, banding, and ghosting in it. It (the blocking and banding) wasn't as severe as other shows but it's there and it's ugly, once I see it I just can not un-see it.

TowanoQuon is on par with Psycho Pass. Meaning there is banding visible in nearly every scene along with compression blocking. It looks very fugly.

Zetman, wow, this one looks good. There's some very slight banding and compression but the image looks mostly flawless.

I don't have any screenshots or stats to share at the moment, I'll try to get some posted later tonight.

Edit: Am selling off all these shows that look horrible I bought out of good faith after enjoying the stream. I've already been cutting back on my purchases, almost stopped completely, am tired of paying for shit that hardly looks any better than the stream I saw it on in the first place.

vincentric · 09-03-2015, 06:11 PM

BigOnAnime · 09-03-2015, 08:11 PM

My gawd, just what did Sentai do?

Especially on Towanoquon, and I thought the banding on Serial Experiments Lain and Psycho-Pass was really bad, this definitely joins those two.

vincentric · 09-06-2015, 12:20 AM

Alright, am continuing to go through my collection.

Checked out Majestic Prince collection1 (sentai), Muv Luv collection 1 (sentai), Requiem for the Phantom (funi save), Robotics;Notes vol1 (funi), One Piece Strong World (funi).

Majestic Prince, MuvLuv and Requiem for the Phantom are turds, with the same old banding and compression blocking song and dance marring the picture. Requiem in particular looks particularly horrid. Haha, it's so bad at this point it takes too much energy to get angry, just have to laugh at it and shake my head.

But there are a few glimpses of light at the end of the tunnel. Robotics;Notes and Strong World look very fine. Whoever encoded these at Funi got it right. There's very little to no banding in these ones. Strong World in particular is like a phoenix rising among the ashes of shit. It's been given around 32 gb of data, clocking in at 2 hours long, that contains more data than most hollywood blockbusters of similar length released on blu from what I've seen. The amount of data ranks among the best of the best up there with Criterion Collection Blu-rays.

But again, pologies, won't have time to post up screenies and stats until later today after work.

pikagreg · 09-06-2015, 01:22 AM

I am a nub when it comes to AV quality but is there anything Sentai released that didn't have issues?

vincentric · 09-06-2015, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by pikagreg

I am a nub when it comes to AV quality but is there anything Sentai released that didn't have issues?

09-03-2015, 03:01 AM	#215
vincentric Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Feb 2013 Location:Bay Area, CA 4K collection:321 Blu-ray collection:1003 Trading Score:266	Have been checking out more anime I own on blu-ray for the video quality. Checked out Space Brothers v1 (sentai), TowanoQuon (sentai) and Zetman (viz). Space Brothers had compression blocking, banding, and ghosting in it. It (the blocking and banding) wasn't as severe as other shows but it's there and it's ugly, once I see it I just can not un-see it. TowanoQuon is on par with Psycho Pass. Meaning there is banding visible in nearly every scene along with compression blocking. It looks very fugly. Zetman, wow, this one looks good. There's some very slight banding and compression but the image looks mostly flawless. I don't have any screenshots or stats to share at the moment, I'll try to get some posted later tonight. Edit: Am selling off all these shows that look horrible I bought out of good faith after enjoying the stream. I've already been cutting back on my purchases, almost stopped completely, am tired of paying for shit that hardly looks any better than the stream I saw it on in the first place. Last edited by vincentric; 09-03-2015 at 03:10 AM.

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08-20-2015, 01:29 PM	#201
Naiera Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Denmark Home Theater Gallery:2 Trading Score:24	Good thing I wasn't that into Psycho Pass after watching the first episode

08-20-2015, 03:38 PM	#204
Nostalgic Twilight Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2015 Location:USA Blu-ray collection:436 DVD collection:390 Trading Score:20	I'm hoping that FUNimation will do a better job on the Extended Edition. I plan picking it up and selling my LE of the original show when it comes out. Or, if it doesn't come with a chipboard box, I might just take a page from GWG's book and Frankenstein it.

08-20-2015, 05:43 PM	#205
Girls With Guns Blu-ray Baron Member since:May 2014 Location:Amish Farm Country, PA Home Theater Gallery:32 Blu-ray collection:469 DVD collection:146 Trading Score:26

08-22-2015, 01:52 AM	#207
Naiera Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Denmark Home Theater Gallery:2 Trading Score:24	Am I remembering correctly that the JP Blu-ray release of RahXephon is crap?

08-22-2015, 02:19 AM	#208
Girls With Guns Blu-ray Baron Member since:May 2014 Location:Amish Farm Country, PA Home Theater Gallery:32 Blu-ray collection:469 DVD collection:146 Trading Score:26	I have no idea, but I would like to know - I was considering that one, if I liked it...

08-22-2015, 10:29 PM	#210
Naiera Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Denmark Home Theater Gallery:2 Trading Score:24	The Japanese track on Mayo Chiki is completely ****ed. It sounds... hollow. I don't know how else to describe it. Does it get better at some point? I've only checked the first two eps. Maybe there's been an exchange program? I'm not watching the show with shitty sound like this

08-22-2015, 10:49 PM	#212
Naiera Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Denmark Home Theater Gallery:2 Trading Score:24	I spot checked a few other episodes. Same shit. I guess I won't be re-watching Mayo Chiki

08-23-2015, 01:16 AM	#214
Naiera Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Denmark Home Theater Gallery:2 Trading Score:24	Noragami is a lot of fun, so it's too bad that the video quality is rather poor. Especially during that night time fight scene in episode two, where the night sky is marred by macroblocking and tons of banding. I wish Aniplex had licensed this one. Or at least NISA.

09-03-2015, 06:11 PM	#216
vincentric Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Feb 2013 Location:Bay Area, CA 4K collection:321 Blu-ray collection:1003 Trading Score:266	Here are those aforementioned stats and screenies. Space Brothers - around 4.1gb per ep \| 3.7gb for the video and 400mb for the audio. Ghosting, banding and blocking artifacts: https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5753/...a59ca729_o.png https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5666/...66b10448_o.png https://farm1.staticflickr.com/696/2...d4a68da4_o.png https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5802/...2773ce86_o.png https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5655/...23d95a48_o.png TowanoQuon - around 10gb per ep (each ep is around 48 minutes long) \| 7.5gb for the video and 2.5 for the audio. Severe banding and blocking on par with the worst of the worst: https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5634/...fa108f5c_o.png https://farm1.staticflickr.com/660/2...8ba3cd5a_o.png https://farm1.staticflickr.com/734/2...bea8fc19_o.png https://farm1.staticflickr.com/578/2...6c6f013c_o.png https://farm1.staticflickr.com/577/2...c8cf2c81_o.png https://farm1.staticflickr.com/740/2...d076504a_o.png https://farm1.staticflickr.com/712/2...74c3cebf_o.png https://farm1.staticflickr.com/666/2...4e359323_o.png https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5676/...28dd6ca5_o.png Zetman - around 5gb per ep \| 4.6gb for the video and 400 mb for audio. Almost flawless. Some very slight banding and blocking but it mostly looks great as if AoA encoded it: https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5707/...c21eb666_o.png https://farm1.staticflickr.com/563/2...74658844_o.png https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5713/...14238380_o.png https://farm1.staticflickr.com/694/2...78686ec4_o.png https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5797/...6b6149fa_o.png https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5729/...8a1ee7c1_o.png https://farm1.staticflickr.com/721/2...661c58d6_o.png https://farm1.staticflickr.com/567/2...87526b01_o.png https://farm1.staticflickr.com/582/2...5e65f56d_o.png

09-03-2015, 08:11 PM	#217
BigOnAnime Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Mar 2015 Location:Minnesota, USA 4K collection:9 Blu-ray collection:545 DVD collection:635	My gawd, just what did Sentai do? Especially on Towanoquon, and I thought the banding on Serial Experiments Lain and Psycho-Pass was really bad, this definitely joins those two.

09-06-2015, 12:20 AM	#218
vincentric Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Feb 2013 Location:Bay Area, CA 4K collection:321 Blu-ray collection:1003 Trading Score:266	Alright, am continuing to go through my collection. Checked out Majestic Prince collection1 (sentai), Muv Luv collection 1 (sentai), Requiem for the Phantom (funi save), Robotics;Notes vol1 (funi), One Piece Strong World (funi). Majestic Prince, MuvLuv and Requiem for the Phantom are turds, with the same old banding and compression blocking song and dance marring the picture. Requiem in particular looks particularly horrid. Haha, it's so bad at this point it takes too much energy to get angry, just have to laugh at it and shake my head. But there are a few glimpses of light at the end of the tunnel. Robotics;Notes and Strong World look very fine. Whoever encoded these at Funi got it right. There's very little to no banding in these ones. Strong World in particular is like a phoenix rising among the ashes of shit. It's been given around 32 gb of data, clocking in at 2 hours long, that contains more data than most hollywood blockbusters of similar length released on blu from what I've seen. The amount of data ranks among the best of the best up there with Criterion Collection Blu-rays. But again, pologies, won't have time to post up screenies and stats until later today after work.

09-06-2015, 01:22 AM	#219
pikagreg Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2014 Location:Southern California Trading Score:11	I am a nub when it comes to AV quality but is there anything Sentai released that didn't have issues?

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