DVDISO or 1080p Blueray rip video file?

[Diaphantos]

So, like many of you I have a decent sized collection of anime on my hard drive. I generally have both DVDISOs and 1080p video files that are Blue Ray rips. For whatever reason I haven't run into Blue ray Isos. The DVDISOs have horrible quality compared to blue ray, but they come with certain extras like audio commentary and PVs. They're not much, but they're appealing enough that I've kept the DVDISOs on my hard drive just so I could see them. On the flip side, the Blueray rips are so much more beautiful, but very few releases come with all of the extras that come with the DVDISOs.


So, question is, do you prefer DVDISOs with their extras, or the blue ray rips for the beautiful main video?



On a more personal note, which groups have releases which contain the "extras" in a non DVDISO format? For example, Zero raws released Durarara! with the audio commentary in a separate folder as mp3 files, which I then added to the main video file. I'd prefer if the video file came with both audio tracks together, simply because I don't trust myself with editing files. Similarly, none of the releases of Tiger&Bunny that I've downloaded came with the Drama CDs which came as a bonus with the Blueray discs. I'd prefer to get them all together instead of running around to all corners of the web trying to find them.

[jaybug]

I suppose that if you want all that stuff, you might have to buy it yourself. It takes a special person to be so altruistic to give away for free what they had to spend their money, or credit card+interest payments on.

I think that a lot of the comedy shows can go all the way down to SD before you wished you had better quality. Most shows are not made with enough attention to detail to warrant Blu Ray. But that is my opinion. BD's are for Ghibli films, the older Production I.G. shows, and maybe this Red Data Girl show just starting. 

I watch my anime on my TV. I bought the TV as a combo pack with the Blu Ray player included. The TV is not good enough to  watch Blu Rays on it, not really.

[Mcgreag]

Personally I think that most of the extras put on DVDs are a joke. It's like they need to put something there no matter what it is just so that they can put "Extra Material" on the cover.

[sawakosadako]

Same with Jaybug, only download 1080 for certain anime. It's just that I'd rather save space for other anime.

[Diaphantos]

Personally I think that most of the extras put on DVDs are a joke. It's like they need to put something there no matter what it is just so that they can put "Extra Material" on the cover.

I agree, most of it is fairly worthless. The only ones which I've found to be worthwhile are the audio commentaries from Angel Beats! and the Monogatari Series.

[Zalis116]

Neither; in the absence of actual retail discs, I prefer DVD-rips or sometimes Blu-Ray rips downscaled to DVD-ish resolutions. PVs are not much different from trailers or commercials, commentaries are mainly VAs chattering about random stuff, other live-action extras tend to be creepy otaku stuff, and worthwhile extras like animated ecchi omakes tend to get released through the normal channels. I guess production staff / creator interviews could be worth watching, but I wouldn't waste a bunch of extra space/bandwidth DLing isos/bdmvs (which do sometimes appear on nyaa/ADC) just to get them.

[megido-rev.M]

DVD images are way too much.

[zherok]

For whatever reason I haven't run into Blue ray Isos.

Fan interest generally requires subbing, and you can't really get that with a Japanese blu-ray iso. There's also the matter of distributing the things. Who wants to distribute 5-7 blu-rays for a 13 episode show when you can fit the entire thing on a single one by encoding it?

Tenshi of Coalgirls did remuxes of a couple episodes; a 12 episode run was 73gb, over 50% larger than his already gigantic and likely placebo bit-rate encoded 1080p release. He didn't even complete the show, probably because interest in 6gb episodes is terribly low.

So, question is, do you prefer DVDISOs with their extras, or the blue ray rips for the beautiful main video?

I usually get 720p BD rips. Don't really care about the extras unless they're additional content. Don't need promo videos or commentary (which I can't understand by itself, and probably won't care about should I ever know enough to.)

On a more personal note, which groups have releases which contain the "extras" in a non DVDISO format?

ANE seems to for their releases. But they haven't done anything since mid-last year. Coalgirls occasionally includes a few things (Nisenomongatari has xdelta for commentary, Denpa Onna has BD menus encoded.) tlacatlc6 was rather through about extras with his releases, but he looks to have disappeared around last August.

[jaybug]

As a point of curiosity, do you watch everything on US BD releases, for any and every show that you watch, rent or buy? If not, why would you expect to see that treatment for fansubbed anime?

[Diaphantos]

As a point of curiosity, do you watch everything on US BD releases, for any and every show that you watch, rent or buy? If not, why would you expect to see that treatment for fansubbed anime?

It's the internet. I expect to be able to find most things on here. I do try to get the highest quality movies for my film collection, though I agree not all of them are worth it.

I admit I hadn't considered the trouble that comes with distributing Blueray isos.

Perhaps the difference in my tastes are because I'm Japanese. I can understand the audio commentaries, I'm a fan of several voice actors and actively listen to their radios and other events, and the live action shots such as "this anime scene was based on this real life place" are of places I can actually go to in real life.

[sams88]

As a point of curiosity, do you watch everything on US BD releases, for any and every show that you watch, rent or buy? If not, why would you expect to see that treatment for fansubbed anime?

It's the internet. I expect to be able to find most things on here. I do try to get the highest quality movies for my film collection, though I agree not all of them are worth it.

I admit I hadn't considered the trouble that comes with distributing Blueray isos.

Perhaps the difference in my tastes are because I'm Japanese. I can understand the audio commentaries, I'm a fan of several voice actors and actively listen to their radios and other events, and the live action shots such as "this anime scene was based on this real life place" are of places I can actually go to in real life.

Lucky you, did you go to Oorai Prefecture to see where the scenes of Girls und Panzer were inspired from ?

A question though, if you are Japanese why don't you buy the Blue-Ray ? I know they are expensive at first, but if you like listening to commentaries then you could buy them after the hype settled.

I have a friend who bought DVD and Blue-ray for his favorite movies for cheap after the hype is down, you could do the same, it is not like you can't buy the material as you are in Japan.

[Diaphantos]

Lucky you, did you go to Oorai Prefecture to see where the scenes of Girls und Panzer were inspired from ?

I haven't seen the series, so I haven't visited any of those places, but there's no such thing as an Oorai Prefecture...

A question though, if you are Japanese why don't you buy the Blue-Ray ... it is not like you can't buy the material as you are in Japan.

I'm a Japanese national living in America. I go back about a dozen times a year, but I don't have the time to go shopping for BDs or the luggage space to carry a whole bunch of BDs back with me. Instead, I leave my physical collection with a friend in Japan, but I also keep a digital collection on my hard drive. She's free to view my collection when she wants, and in exchange she buys things for me that I can't get while I'm in the States.

[sams88]

Lucky you, did you go to Oorai Prefecture to see where the scenes of Girls und Panzer were inspired from ?

I haven't seen the series, so I haven't visited any of those places, but there's no such thing as an Oorai Prefecture...

Sorry that was a typo, it should Oarai Prefecture, or least that is the name of the town.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Carai

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_und_Panzer

A question though, if you are Japanese why don't you buy the Blue-Ray ... it is not like you can't buy the material as you are in Japan.

I'm a Japanese national living in America. I go back about a dozen times a year, but I don't have the time to go shopping for BDs or the luggage space to carry a whole bunch of BDs back with me. Instead, I leave my physical collection with a friend in Japan, but I also keep a digital collection on my hard drive. She's free to view my collection when she wants, and in exchange she buys things for me that I can't get while I'm in the States.

So you should be able to get the BDs you want, so why are you asking for BDs ISO on the internet ?

Do BD really weight that much ? I sometimes travel with a box of 20 DVDs, only because I don't have a BD reader.

[Diaphantos]

Lucky you, did you go to Oorai Prefecture to see where the scenes of Girls und Panzer were inspired from ?

I haven't seen the series, so I haven't visited any of those places, but there's no such thing as an Oorai Prefecture...

Sorry that was a typo, it should Oarai Prefecture, or least that is the name of the town.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Carai

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_und_Panzer

A question though, if you are Japanese why don't you buy the Blue-Ray ... it is not like you can't buy the material as you are in Japan.

I'm a Japanese national living in America. I go back about a dozen times a year, but I don't have the time to go shopping for BDs or the luggage space to carry a whole bunch of BDs back with me. Instead, I leave my physical collection with a friend in Japan, but I also keep a digital collection on my hard drive. She's free to view my collection when she wants, and in exchange she buys things for me that I can't get while I'm in the States.

So you should be able to get the BDs you want, so why are you asking for BDs ISO on the internet ?

Do BD really weight that much ? I sometimes travel with a box of 20 DVDs, only because I don't have a BD reader.

Never heard of the place, but if I like the anime and ever have to go to Ibaragi Prefecture I might check it out.

I'd like to have the same collection on my hard drive as I do in real life, but I don't know how to rip blue ray discs my self.

It's not weight, it's space. I have daily supplies in stockpiled Japan, so I generally get on a plane with just a backpack.

[sams88]

Lucky you, did you go to Oorai Prefecture to see where the scenes of Girls und Panzer were inspired from ?

I haven't seen the series, so I haven't visited any of those places, but there's no such thing as an Oorai Prefecture...

Sorry that was a typo, it should Oarai Prefecture, or least that is the name of the town.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Carai

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_und_Panzer

A question though, if you are Japanese why don't you buy the Blue-Ray ... it is not like you can't buy the material as you are in Japan.

I'm a Japanese national living in America. I go back about a dozen times a year, but I don't have the time to go shopping for BDs or the luggage space to carry a whole bunch of BDs back with me. Instead, I leave my physical collection with a friend in Japan, but I also keep a digital collection on my hard drive. She's free to view my collection when she wants, and in exchange she buys things for me that I can't get while I'm in the States.

So you should be able to get the BDs you want, so why are you asking for BDs ISO on the internet ?

Do BD really weight that much ? I sometimes travel with a box of 20 DVDs, only because I don't have a BD reader.

Never heard of the place, but if I like the anime and ever have to go to Ibaragi Prefecture I might check it out.

I'd like to have the same collection on my hard drive as I do in real life, but I don't know how to rip blue ray discs my self.

It's not weight, it's space. I have daily supplies in stockpiled Japan, so I generally get on a plane with just a backpack.

Try this Lifehacker tip next time you are in Japan then: The Hassle-Free Guide to Ripping Your Blu-Ray Collection - http://lifehacker.com/5559007/the-hassle+free-guide-to-ripping-your-blu+ray-collection

[Diaphantos]

Lucky you, did you go to Oorai Prefecture to see where the scenes of Girls und Panzer were inspired from ?

I haven't seen the series, so I haven't visited any of those places, but there's no such thing as an Oorai Prefecture...

Sorry that was a typo, it should Oarai Prefecture, or least that is the name of the town.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Carai

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_und_Panzer

A question though, if you are Japanese why don't you buy the Blue-Ray ... it is not like you can't buy the material as you are in Japan.

I'm a Japanese national living in America. I go back about a dozen times a year, but I don't have the time to go shopping for BDs or the luggage space to carry a whole bunch of BDs back with me. Instead, I leave my physical collection with a friend in Japan, but I also keep a digital collection on my hard drive. She's free to view my collection when she wants, and in exchange she buys things for me that I can't get while I'm in the States.

So you should be able to get the BDs you want, so why are you asking for BDs ISO on the internet ?

Do BD really weight that much ? I sometimes travel with a box of 20 DVDs, only because I don't have a BD reader.

Never heard of the place, but if I like the anime and ever have to go to Ibaragi Prefecture I might check it out.

I'd like to have the same collection on my hard drive as I do in real life, but I don't know how to rip blue ray discs my self.

It's not weight, it's space. I have daily supplies in stockpiled Japan, so I generally get on a plane with just a backpack.

Try this Lifehacker tip next time you are in Japan then: The Hassle-Free Guide to Ripping Your Blu-Ray Collection - http://lifehacker.com/5559007/the-hassle+free-guide-to-ripping-your-blu+ray-collection

I'll give it a try on my next trip, though I'm not sure how many rounds I'll have to make to bring back my entire collection on a USB stick lol