Zalis said:BurnJelly said:
What you get with anime DVDs:
* Telecine mixed with progressive (alternating framerate needlessly)
* Bad edits (missing fields, interlaced scrolling credits, etc)
* MPEG2 compression artifacts (some are less bad than others)
* Color banding (some are really bad)
All very good and true technical points. Blu-Ray is indeed recommendable on those grounds, though again I recommend that people look research the upscale work for those ~1999-2007 SD digital anime, and take things on a case by case basis. Sometimes a well-encoded DVD is the best choice for a series if the companies seriously screw up the Blu-Ray authoring.
* Poorly themed subtitles (prepare for yellow text)
"Poorly-themed"? What? Blu-Rays aren't going to give you off-white Dom Casual with borders and dropshadows color-coded to match characters' hair, either. Many Blu-Rays use yellow as well, a color that only seems to be "bad" when official subs use it. Just like how white with black borders is fine in fansubs, but "boring" or "ugly" when official subs use it. Isn't that convenient for those who happen to dislike official subs and want to justify not buying official releases...?
2-D said:
DVDs will be obsolete in the future and then you'll already have your Blurays.
lust4anime said:
mine has to be bluray since DVD is meh to me now cuz soon enough dvds will end up like VHS is now
Can either of you point to any Blu-Ray players that don't have backwards compatibility with DVDs? This isn't like 1997 when big rectangular VHS tapes wouldn't fit in small circular DVD trays.
gamer2710 said:
Somehow I doubt the quality of Cowboy Bebop is worth the Blu-Ray disc since it was made in the 90s, but who knows?
Again, being made in the 90s or before makes a given anime MORE likely to be worth Blu-Ray. See my previous post, as well as:
magmalord said:
It all depends on the way it was colored digitally, or traditionally. With traditional coloring, it looks way better on Blu-Ray, if it is available, that is the best way to watch it. With digital coloring, unless its well animated, which is uncommon for anime,you might as well stick with the DVD, because upscaling a digital file doesn't look that great. A film transfer however is incredible in general, and because of that old movies/anime look even better than the newer stuff on Blu-Ray.
It does seem like more and more TV anime these days are being animated at HD resolutions, though still not quite FullHD/1080p. So Blu-Ray can be worthwhile for more recent anime from the late 00s and beyond. A caveat though: Blu-Rays of older/pre-1999 anime aren't guaranteed to be film transfers. Sometimes they will do digital upscales for those for some unknown reason (e.g. 3x3 Eyes, Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Big O S1), so it'll still come down to hoping they didn't screw up the upscale too badly.
Though I am a bit disappoint that OP is choosing to go with DVD on a presumably 1080p film transfer, and Blu-Ray on a digital upscale from 540p.