Forum - View topicSerial Experiments Lain Box Sets Question
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joel_s95387
Posts: 1804 Location: California... The Village Hidden In The Porn |
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Is there any type of difference between the old box set, that came in a nice blue box, and the "Bailey Box" with the Geneon Signiture Series version of the show?
The Blue Box Set is on sale for really cheap at TRSI and I was thinking of picking it up, but I know the Bailey Box is only like $40 at my local Best Buy, it's actually cheaper to order it online, but if the new releases have more content, 5.1 and other stuff, I'd rather shell out the extra $10. |
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SnowfairyX
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Besides the packaging, there should be no difference. The "Geneon Signature Series" are simply discounted versions of the same thing. I'm assuming that Rightstuf is selling the original version at a loss in order to get rid of it is the reason it's cheaper than the "Signature Series." This was one of my first anime series that I purchased years ago for $90 and I thought that was a bargain! So just get the old box set. |
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joel_s95387
Posts: 1804 Location: California... The Village Hidden In The Porn |
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Thank you. I've always thought that Geneon Signatures where the exact same thing as the original releases.
I do have a problem with the original releases though. I picked up volume 1 used the other day just to check out if the series was good, I burnt it and returned it, and I don't like how it "auto-plays". Also it does not have the option for English Language with Subs. I like watching anime like this because I tend to watch most of my anime at night and I like to get everything that is being said. I just watched the 1st episode last night and I'll be picking up this series for sure, so if there is no difference between the releases, I guess I'll pick up the older release. |
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Kruszer
 Posts: 7995 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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I think it's only Bandai that is rereleasing some of their titles in surround sound. As for the topic I've got the signature series version and the "box" (and I use the term loosely) is really a piece of thin plastic crap. It does it's job of holding all the volumes togather but that's about it. If the first set has a better box I'd go with that.
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joel_s95387
Posts: 1804 Location: California... The Village Hidden In The Porn |
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But do the episodes begin automatically without first going to the main menu? Can you set up the "English w/ Subs" feature in the Geneon Signature versions?
Personally I don't much care for boxes since I end up removing them fom my shelf most of the time. I know the bailey boxes are crap because I have the Chobits and X series that came in those thin plastic "boxes". |
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Fui
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I bought the Lain Signature Box Set from Bestbuy ($20 on a sale  ) and yeah the one gripe I have is that there's no main menu. It automatically goes to the episodes. Since I watch all my stuff on my laptop I just have to use the media player to change it to JP/Engsubs. It's not as bad as the Mahoromatic Thinpak where the menu screen gets stuck at the language option screen though...
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Azumangaman
 Posts: 256 Location: Canada |
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Rightstuf has the sweet box original Lain set for 24.99 on special..
and that's all you need to know. |
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RedComet
 Posts: 227 Location: Virginia |
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There's a main menu on all the dvds on my boxset. |
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Azumangaman
Posts: 256 Location: Canada |
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If you push the menu button on your DVD remote,voila, menus for Lain. |
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