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First created on 31th Mar 2003. 1st Apr 2003: additional text. 2nd Apr 2003: added transition scene and eye-catch. 14th Apr 2003: lowered JPEG quality to 8. 18th Apr 2003: added new samples; added thumbnails; split into multiple pages. 12th Jul 2003: added two more images from the second boxset. 1st Aug 2003: use CSS. 30th Nov 2003: use CSS for most elements. |
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Captain Tylor is one of my favourite anime, so when it is released in R2, I didn't hesitate to get it. The question is of course, how does it compare to the R1? Is it worth it, or should I just buy the R1?
| Category | R1 | R2 |
| Bitrate | ~5.9 Mbps | ~9.0 Mbps |
| Language tracks |
English (Dolby Digital 2.0, 192 kbps) Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0, 192 kbps) Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0, 192 kbps) |
Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0, 384 kbps) |
| Subtitles | English | None |
| Others | Interlaced (digital telecine); splice marks | Progressive; splice marks; slight grain |
Note: the R1 is technically an R0. It is not region-coded.
Hopefully, these screenshots will give you an idea.
| R1 | R2 | |||
| ep 15, 0:11:31 |
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I like episode 15 (Shiny! Happy! (Deadly) Germs) very much. However,
this episode's video quality is quite low.
This is the last frame before a scene transition. Note the splice marks. |
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ep 15, 0:12:39 |
| ep 15, 0:11:46 |
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Tylor makes up his mind and prepares to leave. |
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ep 15, 0:12:55 |
These are not my first choices. One episode sticks out in my mind as overly soft -- episode 15. However, it is not in the R2 boxset 1. As such, I just "randomly" pick a few scenes to illustrate the defects I noticed on the R1 release.
If anyone has a better example, please don't hesitate to let me know. Please use episodes 1 to 14 only, because the R2 boxset 1 has only the first 14 episodes.
PowerDVD 4.0 is used. Hardware acceleration is turned off. Forced-weave mode is used. The screenshots are captured to disk as BMP files and converted to JPEG files using Adobe Photoshop 6.0. Quality is set as 9 (max is 12). No resizing and sharpening are done. The files are set to 72 dpi.
Overall, I find the video quality below my expectation for a remastered release. However, will I go on to buy the other two boxsets? You bet I will! ;-)
