29th Nov 2003: use CSS for most elements.
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First created on 12th Aug 2003. 29th Nov 2003: use CSS for most elements. |
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Like Slayers, the R2 DVD version of Slayers Next is way below expectation, regardless of its price (4300 yen in Jun 2003; ~US$36 for 4 episodes). Unfortunately, I bought two discs (together with one disc of Slayers). It was released in Oct 1999. Next time, I will be wary of DVD releases before the year 2001.
The R1 version has no chapter stops, which is rather inconvenient when you want to skip the opening song.
| Category | R2 | R1 |
| Bitrate | ~9.7 Mbps | 6.37 Mbps |
| Language tracks | Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0, 384 kbps) |
English (Dolby Digital 2.0, 192 kbps) Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0, 192 kbps) |
| Subtitles | None | English |
| Others | Interlaced (analog telecine); soft; slight EE | Interlaced (analog telecine); soft; slight EE |
| Time | R1 DVD | R2 DVD | ||
| ep 1, 0:15:21 |
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Lina, the thief. :-)
The R1 is very slightly softer. |
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| ep 1, 0:20:03 |
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Lina fires off her Dragon Slave.
No artifacts. |
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| ep 2, 0:32:28 |
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Lina and gang discussing whether Xellos is trustworthy; interrupted by Xellos. |
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| ep 2, 0:42:10 |
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You don't want to upset Zelagdis.
No motion artifacting. The R2 is marginally better. |
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| ep 2, 0:42:55 |
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| ep 2, 0:43:51 |
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Our heroes after a hard day. |
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PowerDVD 4.0 is used; no hardware acceleration; original video profile. Bob mode is used. No resizing or sharpening is done. They are converted from BMP to JPEG (quality 9) using Photoshop 6.0.