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09-10-2015, 05:24 PM | #141 |
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On topic, I checked out a few scenes from Black and I think it does look significantly better than the Region 2 DVDs, and that is just comparing a BD rip. I can not imagine how good the actual BD looks. |
09-10-2015, 07:37 PM | #142 |
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All of the Showa Rider shows (and all Super Sentai shows until Boukenger) were shot on 16mm film. As long as the original prints exist, anything shot on 16mm film has the potential to look great in HD. It's just a matter of transferring the original film to HD video (and 16mm film can be transferred to 1080p resolution quite easily). This is exactly what Black did for the blu-rays, and the improvement in video quality from the DVD release is dramatic. It's the best HD picture we can expect from a Showa toku show, which is actually pretty amazing. Regarding the early-Heisei shows, the blu-ray situation is interesting, but not in a good way. While it's true that Kuuga was shot on 1080i HD video (not on 16mm film), it was broadcast in 480i SD video. It's possible that Kuuga could one day be released on Blu-Ray with true-HD video, but that hasn't happened yet. After Kuuga, technological and budgetary limitations forced Agito, Ryuki, Faiz, and Blade to be shot on 480i SD video. This means that only SD video masters exist for Agito-through-Blade. As such, it's not possible to release a true-HD version of any of these shows because neither HD video masters, nor film prints exist. All of these shows' blu-ray releases are upscaled SD video. Toei did the best they could with these releases, but given the sources available, the up-converted video looks pretty bad. In actuality, all of the Showa shows have the potential -- as long as the film prints haven't been destroyed or neglected to the point of decay -- to look far, far better than Agito-through-Blade could ever hope to look. Everything from Hibiki onward is shot on -- and mastered to -- 1080p HD video. I believe they switched to a RED camera set-up for these series, but don't quote me on that. Those blu-ray releases should look great. Whether they look better than the HD 16mm film transfers of older shows depends on your personal taste (i.e., whether you like film grain or whether you like super clean, sharp HD video). I, personally, prefer the HD remasters from film, as they look more cinematic. Last edited by Kamen Rider Lucha; 09-10-2015 at 07:52 PM.. |
09-10-2015, 11:53 PM | #143 |
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Upscale or not, there is no way Blade can look worse than its DVD counterpart.
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09-11-2015, 06:42 AM | #144 |
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09-11-2015, 08:11 AM | #145 |
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It actually does make a difference on Black, I found a Chinese sub of the BDs on Black that I downloaded just to see it and Played it right next to the English Sub one I have and there is a huge difference. It's much clearer and brighter. (Well I'm going to go blind from these lol.)
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09-11-2015, 08:43 AM | #146 |
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It actually does make a difference on Black, I found a Chinese sub of the BDs on Black that I downloaded just to see it and Played it right next to the English Sub one I have and there is a huge difference. It's much clearer and brighter. (Well I'm going to go blind from these lol.)
...somebody is most definitely going to have a seizure from it now.
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09-11-2015, 08:45 AM | #147 |
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Huh?
I'm not sure I understand what you mean because Nihon's video was ripped from TV. EDIT: Out of curiousity, does anyone know if anyone has fansubbed any other BDs for the Kamen Rider series? Just figured I would ask before I start looking around once I get a new hard drive. Last edited by Dr Kain; 09-13-2015 at 12:00 PM.. |
09-20-2015, 02:33 PM | #148 |
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This is more a question about raws than subs, but here goes...
I've recently started watching Kamen Rider Agito, found a torrent of Gomenrider's subs for it, downlaoded and watched away. But now I have stumbled upon another torrent batch of the show using the same subs over raws at 60fps. Is there any improvement in quality on these to make it worthwhile watching the 60fps versions instead? |
10-02-2015, 01:06 AM | #149 |
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Hey everybody, I need some help...I can't find working direct download links for Drive eps 22-39, and 42. Anybody out there know where I can find them? I hate missing that much of a series...
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10-23-2015, 09:56 AM | #150 |
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BTW, Turn Up Scrubs have nearly finished their Blade scrub. As of writing, the guy has done up to episode 43 and it should be done by next week.
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