Diablo Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 What does it mean by "Remastered Edition"? I wanted to download Dragonball Z, but there seems to be Dragonball Z Remastered and just simply Dragonball Z. The name of 1st episode of Remastered is "The New Threat" and name of first episode of Dragonball Z is "The Arrival of Raditz".So what is the difference between them both? Or are they one and the same? If they're different then which one is better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arvo Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 If I was going to download DBZ, I personally wouldn't go with the Remastered Edition. They are supposedly better quality, however I was quite disappointed with the releases. They wanted to make it widescreen and so they cut some of the top and bottom of the video, so you are missing some of the show, most of the time characters heads are cut and looks weird. I would definitely download the best quality of the regular DBZ. I heard the Dragon Box Edition is great, but I haven't seen it and can't judge for myself. As I understand, the background music is the original Japanese, and not the one made by Bruce Faulconer, but as I said, I haven't seen it and I'm not sure if that's true.Anyway, the Remastered Edition is almost the same, but I would definitely go with the regular or Dragon Box.Hope that helps you.Edit: After reading over my post it looks like I really don't like the Remastered, which isn't true. When I said that they cut some video from the top and bottom, it means it isn't true widescreen, and is only 1-2 cm's of it. It only gets really annoying at some times (though, that could be I have seen it before the remastered and was used to it a different way). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 If I was going to download DBZ, I personally wouldn't go with the Remastered Edition. They are supposedly better quality, however I was quite disappointed with the releases. They wanted to make it widescreen and so they cut some of the top and bottom of the video, so you are missing some of the show, most of the time characters heads are cut and looks weird. I would definitely download the best quality of the regular DBZ. I heard the Dragon Box Edition is great, but I haven't seen it and can't judge for myself. As I understand, the background music is the original Japanese, and not the one made by Bruce Faulconer, but as I said, I haven't seen it and I'm not sure if that's true.Anyway, the Remastered Edition is almost the same, but I would definitely go with the regular or Dragon Box.Hope that helps you.Edit: After reading over my post it looks like I really don't like the Remastered, which isn't true. When I said that they cut some video from the top and bottom, it means it isn't true widescreen, and is only 1-2 cm's of it. It only gets really annoying at some times (though, that could be I have seen it before the remastered and was used to it a different way).Actually...Dragonball Z fans are correct to say the widescreen transfer is cropped, but they also would need to admit to that the 4:3 broadcast we fans know and love was also cropped! The widescreen transfer has extended video on the left and right that was cropped for the original 4:3 TV broadcast some 18 years ago. A time when 4:3 televisions were standard. In recent times, 16:9 televisions have taken over, and we're much more widescreen oriented. The original animation aspect ration I got when I was done sizing and layering the images over each other from the 4:3 and 16:9 gave me a 16:11 aspect ratio. This my Dragon Ball Z fans... Seems to be the ORIGINAL size. 16:11 though won't look all that great on any TV set. Also makes sense though since animators make the original larger so when transferring the animation to video, there's room to play with so you don't have random spots missing on the sides, top and bottom. So if you have to ask yourself if this is a legitmate 16:9 transfer or some 4:3 cropped (cut/edited) video, the real answer is... It's a legimate 16:9 transfer. Both the 4:3 and the 16:9 are cropped from the original... In the end, it depends on personal preference.The 16:9 you get more video on the sides while the 4:3 you get more video on the top and bottom, but both of them have video that the other doesn't. Because neither was the actual original, both have been cropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arvo Posted July 2, 2011 Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 Ahh, I see. I have only seen the 4:3 version and remastered, which is why my comparison is off, I haven't seen the original. Thanks for clarifying.Have you seen the Dragon Box version? Is it better or worse? What audio do they use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted July 2, 2011 Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 Ahh, I see. I have only seen the 4:3 version and remastered, which is why my comparison is off, I haven't seen the original. Thanks for clarifying.Have you seen the Dragon Box version? Is it better or worse? What audio do they use? The Dragon Box sets include two audio options, Japanese Mono in 96kb/s stream (vs. the original 448 kb/s in the Japanese Dragon Boxes) and the English Dub w/ Japanese music 5.1 surround sound. The English 5.1 track is pretty much the same track that was on the Season Sets. The Dragon Box version is 4:3 and remastered (again), and personally it's better done. The quality of the Dragon Box is definitely better.Episode 11 remastered Dragon Box remastered Dragon Box remastered Dragon Box remastered Dragon Box remastered Dragon Box Some of these screens clearly wasn't taken on the same frame though. :/I hear that in the Season 3 Remastered set the actually got better though haven't seen any comparison to see if it's better or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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