Review of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Why? Because I didn't rip the DVD - I downloaded it off the internet. Beggers can't be picky.

As for the image types, I hadn't noticed - they saved that way by default. I assumed they would've both saved as the same file type but obviously they didn't.

I resized the SD images because the SD images were too small to put against the HD images for direct comparison. The only other option was to downscale the HD image, which would've defeated the purpose.

If you can do better, feel free to do so. I didn't claim to be a a VLC snapshot master - I just thought putting up a few comparison images before deleting the DVD-rip on my HDD might help a few people.
 
If the movie or TV show is any good then you won't be focusing so directly on the minor pixilation or whatever on the screen. If you find yourself not actually enjoying the movie and looking for every imperfection in the transfer then I'd hate to see how you watch films from the 50's or before.
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I enjoy my classics thanks, Casablanca looks like it'll be worth getting. :p

I don't go looking for imperfections, but if a picture is better quality, I notice it. I would imagine most people do otherwise HD should have been a massive failure. I love Urusei Yatsura even with it's wobbly picture, lack of detail and noticable cel transitions, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't jump at the chance to own a cleaned up, sharpened version.
 
ayase said:
Full 4K (4096 x 3112) will be as far as we can go with anything made with most current technology, otherwise you'd need to enhance the picture beyond what it looked like on 32mm film. With animation, I expect it's lower than that because of the resolution / size of the actual cels and the fact that a lot is made for TV and not cinema (I don't know what film stock they use).

The way I look at it, now I have a PS3 I might as well buy Blu's and get something more for my money now that the price gap is so narrow. Plus it rids us of interlacing as well, which I always seem to notice on DVD. Each to their own - I know a lot of people say they can barely see the difference, so I'm either glad of my particularly good eyesight or they need to visit the opticians.
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No, my eyesight is fine. I am just not very fussy about film transfers. I watch a lot of old hong kong films afterall.

I am not against bluray but there is not enough to persuade most people to invest in it. The price gap is narrow only for new releases. For example I can get a film 4 months after release for £5 on dvd whereas it costs £16 on bluray. So I can save £11 on one film for a slight decrease in visual quality.

I don't think bluray will ever overtake dvd but will keep its 'techy' fanbase enough to keep it alive.
 
I'll get some snaps when the DVD turns up.

Something like Pan's Labarynth shows a HUGE difference between SD DVD and 1080 Bluray. SkyHD looks a lot better even when downscaled to PAL as you've got a 15-20Mbps stream compared to 2-4Mbps for a Sky SD channel. Its a no-brainer that 5x the bitrate will look better.

4k in the domestic arena is a long way off.
 
I'll look forward to seeing them. :p

Until then, here are a few more crappy comparison images. This time I've made sure to keep both file types the same.

And, just FYI, the DVD-rip was released by KAA (Gods of the anime DVD-rip world) and the Blu-ray by Thora (Gods of the anime Blu-ray rip world). The encode quality can't get much higher.

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Edit: Here's the first comparison images again, this time with the SD image as a .PNG file.

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jonboy said:
No, my eyesight is fine. I am just not very fussy about film transfers.
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I wasn't directing the eyesight comment at anyone in particular, I'm just always surprised by how many people claim not to see much improvement. And there's a world of difference between saying "There's barely any difference" and "There is a difference, but it doesn't bother me". ;)
 
ayase said:
jonboy said:
No, my eyesight is fine. I am just not very fussy about film transfers.
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I wasn't directing the eyesight comment at anyone in particular, I'm just always surprised by how many people claim not to see much improvement. And there's a world of difference between saying "There's barely any difference" and "There is a difference, but it doesn't bother me". ;)
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The difference doesn't bother me because there is barely any difference. And the difference won't be as obvious as a moving image as on those screenshots. :wink:
 
Sarah said:
Newcomer to anime Emily Hirst, in particular, captures Makoto’s character perfectly.
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I'm watching the film now (well, not right now) and I have to agree. Her performance reminds me of Brittany Snow's Shizuki in Whsiper of the Heart; full of youthful energy and totally natural sounding. It's an excellent dub.
 
People keep saying "It's not as obvious moving" as though I've only ever looked at HD screenshots and you guys have to inform me of what it looks like. :lol:
 
The simple truth for most people is this: they can see the difference but don't think the difference is worth the extra money Blu-rays costs in comparison to DVDs. Unlike the awkward to use (anyone remember rewinding?) and awful video quality offered by VHS in comparison to DVDs, DVDs are still able to offer the same digital accessibility and great video quality. Until the cost of Blu-rays drop to DVD levels and DVDs stop getting released, a lot of people will continue building their DVD collection.

If some of the older stuff had been remastered instead of having the VHS version chucked on DVDs, I wouldn't care a great deal about buying stuff in HD at all. It's a nice bonus to get improved video quality for free on my PC, but I'm far too cheap to pay for that improvement at this moment in time.
 
I was told midway through watching Paprika with my friend that I was watching the bluray. I was surprised as I couldn't tell the difference from the dvd. Maybe I was concentrating on trying to figure out what was going on. :wink:
 
I just got around to watching this properly yesterday and although I thought it was a fantastic movie with a near perfect balance of drama, romance, humour and sci-fi I think the perfect 10 rating is being a bit generous. The movie is fun and has a kind of meditation quality about it but the revelation that the ginger haired kid was a time traveler just didn't sit right with me even though I appreciated the romantic idea about the painting. Was it just me or was that woman with the long black hairs neck just drawn waaaaay too long? I was really distracted by how odd it looked. I thought it was going to start wobbling about like some sort of voodoo curse or something.

I can appreciate why people would rate this movie perfect scores but for me it didn't really carry any unique feeling away from the movie with me and to say something is 10/10 material I have to get that vibe. Saying that it was well written, had some wonderful intimate character scenes, a stripped down soundtrack that complimented the setting and atmosphere and the character interaction gave me a few chuckles. It was pleasant but by the end it didn't really get under my skin as much as I'd hoped.

I guess Haibane Renmei has just set the bar too high for me. ;)
 
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After I first watched it I gave it 8/10. After rewatching it I felt I was being slightly harsh and raised my rating to 9/10. 8.5/10 is probably my actual rating...but MAL doesn't have a .5 rating system.

With all the people rushing to give it 10/10 I do feel it's a little on the over-rated side. It looks nice, it has a likeable lead (complete with an excellent first time voice actress) and it's more enjoyable to sit through than a vast majority of anime films, but it lacked a little something that keeps me glued to my seat when I'm watching top class material. Maybe it was the lack of any real explanation about the time travel guy, why he was so interested in a painting and, as a result of him buggering off, the lack of a fulfilling ending - I don't know. What I do know is that I'd much rather sit through Sword of the Stranger, which is in the shadow of the more popular TGWLTT and, in my holy opinion, much more worthy of a 10/10 score for being pretty much the perfect samurai action film. TGWLTT, on the other hand, is not the perfect time travel flick and, as a result, doesn't deserve a 10/10 score.
 
Aion said:
After I first watched it I gave it 8/10. After rewatching it I felt I was being slightly harsh and raised my rating to 9/10. 8.5/10 is probably my actual rating...but MAL doesn't have a .5 rating system.

With all the people rushing to give it 10/10 I do feel it's a little on the over-rated side. It looks nice, it has a likeable lead (complete with an excellent first time voice actress) and it's more enjoyable to sit through than a vast majority of anime films, but it lacked a little something that keeps me glued to my seat when I'm watching top class material. Maybe it was the lack of any real explanation about the time travel guy, why he was so interested in a painting and, as a result of him buggering off, the lack of a fulfilling ending - I don't know. What I do know is that I'd much rather sit through Sword of the Stranger, which is in the shadow of the more popular TGWLTT and, in my holy opinion, much more worthy of a 10/10 score for being pretty much the perfect samurai action film. TGWLTT, on the other hand, is not the perfect time travel flick and, as a result, doesn't deserve a 10/10 score.
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Weren't you the person who rated Spirited Away 5/10? You're so tough to please :)

Forget ratings, you watch you enjoy!
 
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