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ADV Box Set Question

I’m not a huge fan of ADV (sloppy encoding, WHAT? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING MEdreadful 5.1 mixes BULLSHIT, abysmal scripts [dub and sub] THE SCRIPTS ARE FINE, and a history of other errors like overlays THOSE OLD SERIES WITH OVERLAYS HAVE ALL BEEN RE-RELEASED WITH SOFT SUBS) but if it’s the same encodings with just the extras cut then I really couldn’t complain about such great value anime and I’ll definitely be buying a lot more.

What gets me is that they have to spend more money to remaster the DVD's in order to strip the extras - money they could pass off in savings to the consumer to begin with if they didn't bother. Let's face facts here - if I bought the original DVD's, I don't feel I'm getting punished because the DVD's are available later cheaper because 1) I got it right away, and 2) I got a shot at getting it with a nifty looking box. As a consumer and collector, I see that as just the cost of doing business.

So what if it's cheaper later? By the time that comes out, I'll have already seen it and bought it.

Hummer2097 wrote:

I’m not a huge fan of ADV (sloppy encoding, WHAT? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING MEdreadful 5.1 mixes BULLSHIT, abysmal scripts [dub and sub] THE SCRIPTS ARE FINE, and a history of other errors like overlays THOSE OLD SERIES WITH OVERLAYS HAVE ALL BEEN RE-RELEASED WITH SOFT SUBS) but if it’s the same encodings with just the extras cut then I really couldn’t complain about such great value anime and I’ll definitely be buying a lot more.

Starwind Amada wrote:

Hummer2097 wrote: I’m not a huge fan of ADV (sloppy encoding, WHAT? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING MEdreadful 5.1 mixes BULLSHIT, abysmal scripts [dub and sub] THE SCRIPTS ARE FINE, and a history of other errors like overlays THOSE OLD SERIES WITH OVERLAYS HAVE ALL BEEN RE-RELEASED WITH SOFT SUBS) but if it’s the same encodings with just the extras cut then I really couldn’t complain about such great value anime and I’ll definitely be buying a lot more.

Sorry, but their record is somewhat against them.

There are far worse and the ones that are better aren't a ton better either. They're just the most apparent, and as with anything the most apparent is the one that gets the mud slung at it by the fanbases. Much like an up and coming band will be considered cool until they reach a level of popularity at which point they're not cool anymore despite the fact they haven't changed.

I still don't get this. Why are you guys complaining about the ADV boxsets? You're not even giving any reasons. Can't quite complain about stuff if you can't back it up. ADV is thinking about the fans by making their discs cheaper and easier to afford. If you want extras, buy the individual discs. Not everyone cares about character sketches and interviews with some Japanese storyboard artist.

Starwind Amada wrote:

I still don't get this. Why are you guys complaining about the ADV boxsets? You're not even giving any reasons. Can't quite complain about stuff if you can't back it up. ADV is thinking about the fans by making their discs cheaper and easier to afford. If you want extras, buy the individual discs. Not everyone cares about character sketches and interviews with some Japanese storyboard artist.

He's not complaining about the box sets, per se (I think?), moreso about their entire company.

Reused voice actor stock EVERYONE DOES THAT, composite masters, interlaced encodings (of things which have a progressive release in Japan) OKAY, ONLY TECHNO GEEKS NOTICE THAT STUFF, THE AVERAGE ANIME FAN WON'T, the touted 5.1 mixed really aren't very good AGAIN, ONLY TO SOME AUDIO FANATIC, low quality audio (128kbps vs higher audio used on Region 2 discs) UM, NO, subtitles with bad spelling/grammer YOU MUST HAVE VERY BAD GRAMMAR IF YOU BELIEVE THAT, somewhat inconsistient releases of things (Saying you have all of Saint Seiya/Kaleido Star/Super Gals! dubbed or whatever and then only releasing half of it) THAT'S A LICENSING ISSUE WHICH ISN'T ADV'S FAULT.

I'm also finding it funny how the actual production staff for these things are known to you as "some Japanese storyboard artist". I mostly don't care about ADVs extras, but just because they decided to release some thinpaks because they were downscaling like mad doesn't mean they're always thinking of the fans, doesn't mean they're thinking for us and doesn't mean they're "OMG THE GREATEST! WORSHIPPP"

I DIDN'T SAY TO WORSHIP THEM, I JUST SAID THAT IT'S A GOOD IDEA.

Reused voice actor stock EVERYONE DOES THAT

, composite masters, interlaced encodings (of things which have a progressive release in Japan) OKAY, ONLY TECHNO GEEKS NOTICE THAT STUFF, THE AVERAGE ANIME FAN WON'T

, the touted 5.1 mixed really aren't very good AGAIN, ONLY TO SOME AUDIO FANATIC, low quality audio (128kbps vs higher audio used on Region 2 discs) UM, NO

, subtitles with bad spelling/grammer YOU MUST HAVE VERY BAD GRAMMAR IF YOU BELIEVE THAT,

somewhat inconsistient releases of things (Saying you have all of Saint Seiya/Kaleido Star/Super Gals! dubbed or whatever and then only releasing half of it) THAT'S A LICENSING ISSUE WHICH ISN'T ADV'S FAULT.

I DIDN'T SAY TO WORSHIP THEM, I JUST SAID THAT IT'S A GOOD IDEA.

Well if theres any other company that makes even worse dvd i'd say FUNimation. Damn they're cheap, only three episodes on a dvd that cost my friend $35 (canadian) and the extras were crap!