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Shiroi Hane
Dragon Knight
Dan
Stand User
Finally got round to replying.Just Passing Through said:
Your correct about Bebop, my mistake but that brings me to what's annoying about the Blu-ray releases, they force you to watch it with the black bars.
I'm just watching Naruto which has a ratio of 4:3. My TV is set to 16:9 (recommended setting) so it fills the screen. If I want to watch it in 4:3 I can select Original or 4:3 ratio, giving me a choice but Ninja Scroll Blu-ray for example even when it's on 16:9 its got Black Bars, why am I forced to watch it that way on Blu-ray but not DVD?
Just to note, I know the recent ninja scroll DVD is actually the same as the Blu-ray but normally DVDs aren't locked to the aspect ratio i.e Bebop, Naruto etc
Emulsion
Death Scythe
Dan said:
Blu-ray HD Content is always encode widescreen, pretty sure all HD content is anyway. If a programs OAR is 4:3, they encode it pillar boxed to allow it to A) fit the widescreen radio without messing up the AR and B) comply with the Blu-ray disc specification. On Blu-ray 4:3 HD content, the black bars down the side are part of the picture.
Watching 4:3 content stretched to fit 16:9 or zooming it to fit 16:9 is just wrong, and in my opinion is a disgrace and shouldn't be done. Stretched and everything looks squashed and fat, zooming it in and tops of heads start getting chopped off.
Only standard def content can be encode to 4:3 on Blu-ray.
Ath
Pokémon Master
I shall just quote myself from earlier:
) a pillarboxed 4:3 into a 16:9 frame if you so desire, unless it's really old. As for why your Naruto DVDs auto fill up your TV, that's probably a combination of your DVD player settings and the way DVDs encode video (look up anamorphic widescreen to get an idea of how it works). I'd elaborate but I'd need more info about your settings, plus I'm typing this on a phone that's running low on power.
I'm sure your TV has the option to stretch (and distortAth said:It's all down to preference for black bars versus filling your entire TV up I guess. I mean for a 4:3 image I'd much rather have this:
Than seeing it either squished like this:
Or cropped like this:
It's amazing how things have changed though. 10 years ago it was all about widescreen movies not filling 4:3 TVs and having the black bars on the top and bottom. Resulting in the release of the monstrosities known as pan-and-scan full screen DVDs. Ah well, as long as the video on the disc itself is the way it was intended to be seen, then anyone can mess about it with their TV settings to suit their preferences
) a pillarboxed 4:3 into a 16:9 frame if you so desire, unless it's really old. As for why your Naruto DVDs auto fill up your TV, that's probably a combination of your DVD player settings and the way DVDs encode video (look up anamorphic widescreen to get an idea of how it works). I'd elaborate but I'd need more info about your settings, plus I'm typing this on a phone that's running low on power.
Ath
Pokémon Master
A while back, there was a listing that showed up which appeared to show that Funimation were going to rerelease the original Ocean dub of DBZ's first couple of sagas. Now it's doubly confirmed, with the ROCK THE DRAGON boxset.
Dan
Stand User
Emulsion, Ath Thanks the responses, now I understand how it works for Blu-ray and wil quit complaining, haha. I actually didn't realise Naruto was 4:3 until I checked just before replying. Thank god everything is widescreen now
Ath, I actually found your old post yesterday and was looking at how stretched the picture was. That was what got me checking Naruto. TBH For a long time I haven't even realised I was watching a stretched picture. It won't stop me though coz it really doesn't bother me. Lol!
Ath, I actually found your old post yesterday and was looking at how stretched the picture was. That was what got me checking Naruto. TBH For a long time I haven't even realised I was watching a stretched picture. It won't stop me though coz it really doesn't bother me. Lol!
robot monkey
Hunter
Joshawott said:
Thanks as I have seen it described as more light hearted than the series, well it couldn't be much darker than the show, I thought it might be some kind of alternative reality it was set in as you sometimes get with some OVAs.
Rosencrantz
Dragon Knight
robot monkey said:
Had a little read around and it is described as more light hearted, it fills in some of the background details but otherwise doesn't help to resolve the series ending.
I actually sought the Manga out after watching this series originally to basically find out how it ended
ConanThe3rd
Railgun
I don't entirely brugdge them for this. This is the same sort of release that Digimon, YuGiOh and Monster Rancher are geting. Namely targeted for people who grew up watching the show in cut form on TV.Joshawott said:
Rosencrantz
Dragon Knight
ConanThe3rd said:
Releasing stuff to capitalise on old school fans is a good idea, but you can't help but feel Funi are veering off on to ADV Evangelion levels, that was released so many times on DvD in various versions.
Aniplex of America have revealed it's plans for the release of Blast of Tempest and Gyo Tokyo Fish Attack.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/ ... mpest-dvds
http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/ ... mpest-dvds
Mangaranga
Za Warudo
I've read nothing but bad things about Gyo... That shark on the cover also looks pretty meh.reborn said:
I have no idea what Blast of Tempest is. The trailer seemed OK, but as a Sub only DVD only release, I'm not interested in picking it up in the slightest.
The Tempest plan seems rather ill-timed. I bought the Blue Exorcist DVDs only to be tempted by the BD sets (I'm unwilling to double dip). And then they solicit DVDs for something else I would have preferred to get on BD. Hmm.
I anticipate a drop in sales. Have they been taking announcement advice from a certain UK distributor?
R
I anticipate a drop in sales. Have they been taking announcement advice from a certain UK distributor?
R
