Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai - [Official Message] A CLIP BOX 1998-2011 on DVD & Blu-ray (1. January 2012)

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Originally Posted by hidekirby (Post 2776139)

So sad I can't buy the limited version through amazon.jp.
The last time I ordered there I had 60€ of taxes (it was the complete live box and some other stuff).

It may be (at least) 100€ this time!

I'm going with yesasia then. It's the only way to be sure I wont have any taxes in my country. And it's quite ""cheap"" too (200€ with free shipping).

Yeah, Italy's the same. I'm going with yesasia too .__.

I just preordered the blu ray limited from amazon.

DAMN. I never knew I could save so much money with amazon.co.jp! I order from amazon.com ALL the time!

Shocked though, I just saved about $60 USD lol

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Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN (Post 2776182)

I'm as shocked as you are... I almost feel it's too good to be true:grumpy

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Originally Posted by truehappiness (Post 2776177)

They label Ayu's CDL as "Region A" but if I remember correctly, it is Region-Free like all other avex Blu-rays.

And Amazon is unlikely to get it wrong.

The LE has this in the more detailed description on that page and is also the most expensive of the four:

The only thing with Amazon is that they do not package extras with CDs or DVDs unless they explicitly state it in the item description (CD+DVD+poster or something).

I wouldn't worry. Their shipping is EXTREMELY fast and I've had something arrive in one day once!

Running time is estimated at 600 minutes.

say... the LE has the specially designed bag, you mean they not gonna give this potentiallY? then there is no use to go for the LE.

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Originally Posted by abcabc (Post 2776194)

say... the LE has the specially designed bag, you mean they not gonna give this potentiallY? then there is no use to go for the LE.

If the bag is included in the packaging it will come and it should be included in the packaging. They don't ship external extras as far as I know, so when an album has say...a free poster on CDJapan and HMV you won't get that poster from Amazon.

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Originally Posted by abcabc (Post 2776194)

say... the LE has the specially designed bag, you mean they not gonna give this potentiallY? then there is no use to go for the LE.

The bag is going to be included in the box probably.

I mean that they normally do not include any external bonuses like posters or lucky draw items that we get from other stores.

I think I will wait until December to buy the bluray regular edition. Happy birthmonth and holidays to me!

I can see why some people want this, but I'm more than satisfied with clips that are available on YouTube or clips from my DVDs. I don't think having all the PVs in HQ is worth $300+.

You know, I wonder how much they'd sell A LIVE BOX with all of her concerts in DVD/Blu-ray for.

I don't even want to think of such a cost though I would still want such a release!

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Originally Posted by isthisLOL? (Post 2775962)

I explained it before, concerts are always filmed digitally since it's faster and cheaper(and it's the only way to show the concert on the screens properly while it happens) but digital HD didn't start being really popular until a few years ago because the files used to be gigantic(they still are but computers became much more powerful). PVs however can either be digital or on film and if they used film creating good 1080i versions will be no problem at all. The question is not whether HD cameras were used or not, the question is whether she recorded more on film or digitally. I think most of her videos that do not involve much CGI were probably filmed on film. And if that is true they can easily make incredible quality HD (without any upscaling needed since film has a high resolution) as long as they use the originals to create it.

For older digital PVs..they will probably be upscaled, but as long as it's professionally done and not automatically it usually gets to great results. A professional upscale is much, much better than an automatic upscale from a bluray player or HD-TV will ever be.

And about the bars on old videos...some people have to learn what aspect ratios are xD They are supposed to be 4:3, making them 16:9 would involve either cutting something off or streching it, both would completely destroy the image compositions.
Not everything is filmed in 16:9, 16:9 has only been the standard for a few years and only in TV productions. Before that 4:3 was standard, for movies there are a number of different ratios that are equally normal. Movies tend to be 1:85:1 or even 2:35:1, resulting in bars at the top and bottom when displayed on a normal TV. That's just the way it is, that's no error, that's just different ratios.

Didn't know about film vs digital filming. If they're releasing this on blu-ray it might be safe to assume they will have a lot of film source to work with to create HD videos.

I think they'll leave the 4:3 videos like that. Ayu's had a few PVs with weird aspect ratios as well.

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Originally Posted by Tony G (Post 2776216)

I am hoping at least SOME of those 4:3 videos were actually cropped to fit the 4:3 ratio (like some old tv shows were) and they have the raw widescreen footage lying around somewhere. :P

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Originally Posted by Indie (Post 2776220)

I am hoping at least SOME of those 4:3 videos were actually cropped to fit the 4:3 ratio (like some old tv shows were) and they have the raw widescreen footage lying around somewhere. :P

i don't think so, the desicion to make a video clip to 4:3 aspect is a desicion that they made before recording the video, so the camera man, the director, and the cinematography work the light, the frame, the action, and the post produced FX to be 4:3 aspect

correct me if im wrong..but as i know the first video to be recorded in digital hd camera was BLUE BIRD
the rest before was filmed in 24mm film

here's my question about amazon.co.jp...can you cancel your order easily?

i'm afraid if i order from amazon, maybe later team ayu will sell the box with some great gift! if that happens, can i cancel at amazon?

^^I don't see why not. It's not like a contract...they can't hold you to anything

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Originally Posted by ohsixthirty (Post 2776245)

I've cancelled from Amazon with no trouble before. If you have any trouble you just shoot an e-mail to their customer services and they're under obligation to let you cancel whenever you want as long as the product hasn't been shipped. :)

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Originally Posted by truehappiness (Post 2776213)

You know, I wonder how much they'd sell A LIVE BOX with all of her concerts in DVD/Blu-ray for.

OH, LORD! lets hope they do that!!!

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AWW, just ordered mine... x.x.... Lord i need to make some money fast! lol...
By the by... does anyone know what this "special edition" is???

Special edition?

If you're talking limited edition, it will apparently have a luxurious box and a specially designed bag. That is the only ~bonus~ you get from it.

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Originally Posted by perfectodub (Post 2776237)

True, but some 4:3 shows have been remastered and released on blu-ray in HD 16:9 format. So there's a way to do this. Seinfeld and Friends come to mind.

eg. just researched. Friends was shot on a "35mm film" (used for movies) but was mastered to a 4:3 frame (the norm at the time of the shows release). But the 35mm film has more information than a 4:3 frame, the aspect ratio of the film is actually widescreen. So remastering the film to widescreen HD was possible. So it all depends on what the source of the video is.

Given they're bothering with a blu-ray release, I'm thinking they have a lot of her videos filmed on sources where at least it can be remastered to 720p.