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Dr Kain · 04-16-2022, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by MeLikeJinx

^ DVDs are good enough for anime though IMO... especially older anime. I remember going to Blockbuster and renting all 6 VHS tapes of Record of Lodoss War then driving to my cousin's place and we watched all of them in one night. I have not seen it since though... so might need to watch it again one day.

No, actually they're not.

For one thing, a lot of older anime was animated on film and as long as the studio owns the original film prints, they can be remastered to even 16K at this point. The Big O's first season and Record of Lodoss War were animated on film, while The Big O's second season was animated in HD. Thus, the difference between their DVD releases and Blu-Rays is astronomical. The Big O looks incredible on BD.

Secondly, DVD had a lot of compression issues. The more episodes you put onto a disc the higher the compression. DVD was actually a very ugly format in the grand scheme of things, but it was definitely a step up from VHS. That's why Discotek has been releasing everything not in HD on SDBD. They can fit a full series on one to two discs depending on its length and it doesn't have any of the compression due to the higher quality discs.

04-16-2022, 07:35 AM	#75920
Dr Kain King of Nerdom Join Date: May 2012 Location: Melbourne FL Posts: 11,764	Quote: Originally Posted by MeLikeJinx ^ DVDs are good enough for anime though IMO... especially older anime. I remember going to Blockbuster and renting all 6 VHS tapes of Record of Lodoss War then driving to my cousin's place and we watched all of them in one night. I have not seen it since though... so might need to watch it again one day. No, actually they're not. For one thing, a lot of older anime was animated on film and as long as the studio owns the original film prints, they can be remastered to even 16K at this point. The Big O's first season and Record of Lodoss War were animated on film, while The Big O's second season was animated in HD. Thus, the difference between their DVD releases and Blu-Rays is astronomical. The Big O looks incredible on BD. Secondly, DVD had a lot of compression issues. The more episodes you put onto a disc the higher the compression. DVD was actually a very ugly format in the grand scheme of things, but it was definitely a step up from VHS. That's why Discotek has been releasing everything not in HD on SDBD. They can fit a full series on one to two discs depending on its length and it doesn't have any of the compression due to the higher quality discs. __________________ Last edited by Dr Kain; 04-16-2022 at 07:38 AM..