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Robo4900 wrote:So, here's what I think happened - Pony Canyon scanned the Dragon Box footage in HD, then scaled it down to make the digibeta(Or whatever format) copies that Toei authored the Dragon Box DVDs with, and thus also the copies that Funimation got for their release of the Z boxes. War for the Planet of the Apes was shot in 8K, for example. Mastering something in a higher-than-current-standard resolution is a common practice actually.
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It's not a huge leap of logic to assume this, and then to additionally assume that Toei never bothered to do anything with the HD masters this holds some additional weight when you remember that this torrent was only 720p, so it's possible it was only scanned at 720, so Toei didn't see much point in using non-1080 HD footage, or didn't categorise it properly as HD, or something along those lines.Īhh! Man it's a shame this footage isn't more readily available to purchase, the series does deserve it and the footage looks incredible for something from thirty years ago. So, here's what I think happened - Pony Canyon scanned the Dragon Box footage in HD, then scaled it down to make the digibeta(Or whatever format) copies that Toei authored the Dragon Box DVDs with, and thus also the copies that Funimation got for their release of the Z boxes. And yet it looks too good to be an upscale a lot of detail bleached out by the DVD authoring is in there, so it won't be a fan project if it is an upscale, and the actual picture detail is rather incredible, far better than I think you could get from an upscale. I have a theory that you're pretty close to there.įirst up, this footage is exactly the Dragon Box footage, no doubt about that. Was the Dragon Box ever mastered in HD like the Orange Bricks were?
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What's interesting here is the grain that and the lack of blown out whites suggests footage that is closer to the Dragon Box footage. KBABZ wrote:Well if DB was done like Funi claimed they did the DBZ Orange Bricks, then it would have been mastered in HD before being shrunk down. So what do you guys think? Is this a legitimate remaster from Netflix or is this just a really good DNR/upscale job?
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Had it been in 480p or somewhere around there, the maximum would have been "560" as shown in the following screenshot. When I went to take a look at the resolution control, I saw the maximum was at "910." This number presumably being the height.
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Next, I did a little bit of digging, particularly at the Japanese Netflix to see if it had originated there and I did see something interesting there as well. (I made sure to get a lot of Bulma in memory of Hiromi Tsuru).
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First I present a few screenshots of the encode. What do I think? Well, I'm not sure of anything but it seems like an HD transfer of the film print. Now before I continue, I'm not advocating piracy or encouraging it on this thread, this is simply a discussion about what might be going on behind the scenes. I took a look at it and it does look a step above the Dragon Box.
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I don't know what to make of it but it definitely is interesting.Ī 720p "WEBrip" encode of Dragon Ball episode 1 had briefly surfaced and disappeared. Something interesting floated around the Internet this week.