A CLIP BOX 1998-2011 on DVD & Blu-ray (01.01.2012) ~II~

[ohsixthirty]

Originally Posted by yukito

^ No prob. ^__^
People need to get in their heads that this isn't Avatar being released on Blu-ray, it's a 13 year old (the oldest clip at least) compilation of videos, some will probably look good, some of them won't. Not every movie released, even the newer ones look amazingly good in Blu-ray, you have to consider the age, the way it was shot, the way the prints are kept, and then the way it encoded or remastered. Videoclips are never going to be all polished and shine like a mega hollywood production. Just keeping that in mind will save you lots of tears as I can see so many people thinking that this is going to be the ultimate way to watch ayumi in all glorious HD, if that is indeed the case, look elsewere, like the more recent concerts, as it was already stated those where shot in Digital HD. Until there is a source, screen cap or video itself of what we are going to get, stay calm, or you will get some weird heart disease. XD

Originally Posted by Heavenly

^ Agreed

A large amount of people here thinks that releasing videos in HD means pressing the button "render in HD please".

THIS THIS THIS, i don't get why people think her old PVs are going to magically become super HD.

[elaniel]

Originally Posted by yukito

^ XD Upscaled just means that it was used an image let's say 720p tu match 1080i (which since this was what was used in FIVE Blu-ray will be used for this one too). Meaning it isn't a true HD image, it's just rendered to look like it, anyway to the naked eye it's hard to tell the difference between 720p and 1080i so I wouldn't be too worried.
I think this is a release for hard-core fans (and rich fans alike) to indulge in this because picture and sound wise it will be no doubt about it better then the regular DVD release. People should stop worrying about it.

That's not what upscaling is technically.

It's basically standard definition content on a Blu-Ray.
It will still look better than a DVD being upscaled by a Blu-Ray player but not by much. You can't make something HD if it was not HD in the first place, so unless Avex really put a lot of effort into the Blu-Rays there may be lots of issues that crop up in the picture quality.

The issue I think a lot of people have is that if you're buying Blu-Ray, the main draw is amazing picture quality. If all you're getting is an upscale video, then you're not getting a true high definition experience.

If you look around at the issues with anime that's upscaled to Blu-Ray, a lot of issues are caused with this technique there as well. Pictures look too soft, and even sometimes end up looking worse than the DVD's.

Obviously, until we see something it's all speculation, but one would hope if a lot of the older PV's were recorded on film rather than digitally, they can be properly mastered in HD, while a lot of stuff in the early 00's would be difficult/impossible to get a native HD picture out of it.

It's why a lot of shows like X-Files and the like don't have Blu-Ray releases, the special effects would all be standard definition, and a lot of money/work would have to be involved to actually make the picture look any better than the DVD does.

I'm not completely savvy on the method of creating HD releases (so I may be wrong in parts), but from what I've discovered the last few years this is the problems with having an upscale.

[fancycar]

haha
The most irritating,annoying and whiny me is coming back.
here's one capture of the Blu-ray Version of kanariya:

[elaniel]

Not really a screen capture, but a poor quality phone picture of a TV.

Obviously they've kept the correct aspect ratio of the PV's, which is good.

[fancycar]

Originally Posted by elaniel

Not really a screen capture, but a poor quality phone picture of a TV.

Obviously they've kept the correct aspect ratio of the PV's, which is good.

When will your copy come to your place?

[isthisLOL?]

They kept the aspect ratio intact, good thing.

[elaniel]

Originally Posted by fancycar

When will your copy come to your place?

Hmm, probably end of this week. Maybe Friday.

[perfectodub]

Originally Posted by fancycar

haha
The most irritating,annoying and whiny me is coming back.
here's one capture of the Blu-ray Version of kanariya:

what is that line with japanese character in the bottom of the screen?

[Ayufan11]

Looks clear and sexy from a distance...

[fancycar]

Originally Posted by perfectodub

what is that line with japanese character in the bottom of the screen?

Don't know yet...
someone sent it to me telling that's a capture of the Blu-ray Version of kanariya,maybe it's its own information bar from his/her player,showing the details of the PV.
that picture was taken by someone on one's weibo,which is similar to twitter in PRC.

[ohsixthirty]

Originally Posted by Ayufan11

Looks clear and sexy from a distance...

so does Peco.

[bluegie]

^

[Ayufan11]

Originally Posted by ohsixthirty

so does Peco.

Hahahaha, jerk. What did Peco ever do to you?

[MiiSan]

I actually hope they won't interlace the videos again... it just looks messy on my TV

[ohsixthirty]

Originally Posted by Ayufan11

Hahahaha, jerk. What did Peco ever do to you?

I actually love Peco. It's a shame she wasn't at CDL this year. =\

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

smh. excited to see the concert, but not about dancers during songs like RAINBOW. really?

smh

[ohsixthirty]

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

smh. excited to see the concert, but not about dancers during songs like RAINBOW. really?

smh

Honey, did you post in the wrong thread?

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

^^Probably. bahaha

[ohsixthirty]

^ but I agree with your sentiment. With songs like RAINBOW dancers really need to GTFO! That's what ruined the PV for Sunset -LIA-.

[abcabc]

i see my amazon.jp order is still open and i can still cancel even though about 2 days ago my cc company notified me of a new charge:
DEC 30, 2011 at AMAZON CO JP, $239.01USD for what should be the limited BR edition.