Sunday, January 28, 2007
Good morning everyone!
I finally got around playing my Nintendo Wii yesterday and needless to say, I got hooked. My girlfriend and I played Wii Sports hours on end, mostly boxing hehe. And now my right arm is sore, what a work out 
. No updates today, and I am still facing problems when trying to upload video tutorials. If only XZ wasn't hiding from the US federal marshals...I could have used his help 
. I'll try my best to upload these videos so hang in there just a little longer, and don't forget, next week the Vegeta DVD's are coming out!
Posted by OO7 Vegita @ 04:39 AM EST [Link] [No Comments]
Friday, January 19, 2007
This February Funimation will release their newest Dragonball Z DVD box set. This package will feature the Saiyan saga of the series and will include:
- The complete Vegeta saga: 39 Episodes on 6 discs.
- 900 Minutes of Action.
- English Voice Track with Original Japanese Music.
- Includes 24 page booklet filled with episode summaries, character descriptions and a DBZ timeline.
The box set is sold for $34.99 at the Official Funimation Dbz store. Funimation stated that this box set was digitally remastered in High Definition frame-by-frame. They claim that the new footage is presented in 16:9 format (1.78:1) with more than 20% new footage on both sides of the screen.
There are a few things that you as a buyer need to keep in mind. Firstly, these Dvds are NOT HD-DVD, they are STILL presented in Standard Definition format (720x480). Secondly, even though funimation claims that their new 16x9 format has allowed for more footage to be seen on the screen, I have to reasons to believe otherwise(I will explain below). Lastly, I am not that confident in Funimation after my experience with their "Ultimate DVDs" of the saiyan saga. After buying 2 of the dvds, I soon realized that there was nothing ultimate about them, the picture quality was horrible. The 5.1 sound however, was done quite nicely. So I don't know what to make of their new promises. Now allow me to entertain you with some before and after images:
Above is a direct comparison between the Widescreen and Fullscreen versions of the series. As you can see, the new Funimation widescreen format delivers new footage on both sides, but also cuts footage from above and bottom of the frame. I just wanted to point that out since funimation didn't mention anything about cutting footage to meet the 16:9 aspect ratio format. However, they did deliver extra footage as they promised, and 39 episodes for $34.99 is a great price. Widescreen footage was captured from the Funimation Dvd Trailers. It would be great if someone could upload some images from the Dvds in the upcoming weeks for the rest of the people to see the quality. 007, over and out 
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Posted by OO7 Vegita @ 09:47 PM EST [Link] [12 comments]
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Hello!
I can't believe the holidays are finished already, that was a quick few couple of weeks. I have created the Adobe After effects tutorial page where you can browse the uploaded video tutorials. Remember, you can access this page by going under the FANS section in the left menu, and selecting the tutorials link. I will be adding some new videos soon, you can continue to request tutorials in the comments pages, I will read them and decide what to make next. No other updates at the moment. See you later!
Click Here For Tutorial Page!
Posted by OO7 Vegita @ 03:10 PM EST [Link]
