Forum - View topicDarker Than Black DVD quality.
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kendokin
Posts: 3 Location: Alberta, CAN |
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First post, so hopefully its in the right section and not a dup. thread ( I thoroughly searched)
A question for owners of the DtB DVD boxset. What do you think of the picture quality? This isn't regarding the recall issue. All my DVDs work, I just found the picture quality fairly poor on all discs. Lines seem jagged and there's obvious pixialation. Especially compared to the version on netflicks. Although I realize netflicks might be a higher quality to start, the low quality of the image is pretty low when compared to other funimation titles I've purchased. So, anyone else have issues or comments? I want to see if I might have a product that needs returning. Thanks everyone! |
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Tony K.
 SubscriberModerator  Posts: 11507 Location: Frisco, TX |
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FUNimation has been notorious for crappy video encoding on their DVDs the last few years. I haven't seen DTB on DVD, but I've seen a good amount of aliasing, edge enhancement, inconsistent colors, and digital noise since around 2004 and beyond on such titles as Basilisk, Speed Grapher, Trinity Blood, Gunslinger Girl, and Mushishi to name a few. Heck, even their initial Blu-ray line is filled with problems.
I'm just hoping once they put DTB on Blu-ray it'll be from a native HD source with little tinkering, if any. I saw an HD trailer for the series on the Evangelion 1.11 BD, and the quality was immaculate. |
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kendokin
Posts: 3 Location: Alberta, CAN |
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Thats too bad. I was kinda hoping I'd be able to obtain something higher quality. I guess I've lucked out with the other titles I've purchased from them. Thanks though, thats exactly the kind of info I was looking for.
If any one else has experience with this DVD (especially a contrary one!) please speak up! |
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PetrifiedJello
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I own this version of the series and I did not notice any of the issues you've experienced.
However, I should state my DVD player converts 4:3 to 16:9 and applies corrections automatically, so this may be a difference in viewing. I never watch my DVDs in 4:3. I own a plasma TV. I point this out because my version of Negima!?, also released by FUNimation, is blurry as hell in many parts of the series despite this format application (I'm scared to see what it looks like without it). Sometimes the quality is great, other times, I feel my eyes are going bad because it's so bad. I also note the video quality is hit-or-miss depending on packaging. If the series is on a 2 DVD set, it's going to be iffy as some series will compress well to fit 7 episodes on a disk while others will be horrible. Spice & Wolf looks good for being on a 2 DVD set, but Negima!? does not. No way to know until product is purchased, sadly, and by this time, refunds aren't an option. |
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luffypirate
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I think a Blu-ray may be coming. I've noticed some HD Darker Than Black previews on some of the shows I own. Pray that Aniplex doesn't release it because the price will be triple digits.
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kendokin
Posts: 3 Location: Alberta, CAN |
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@PetrifiedJello:
I own the same one. So maybe it is a bad copy. I'll mess around with the screen ratios, maybe that's the issue |
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Kruszer
 Posts: 7995 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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Maybe your DVD player is old. I had to chuck my last one because it had problems reading disc made around post 2005 or so, especially Funimation discs which play fine on my current one.
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