06-10-2003, 06:25 PM
First of all, I want to say I respect Import-Anime in that they don't want dvdr's traded on this board. I will not post my list anymore.
Next is my rant...sorry. DVDR's from R1's are in majority, better quality than HK's. For the most part, because of the company's only putting a few episodes on one disc, can be copied directly 1:1 with absolutely zero compression. That makes the disc identical in video and sound quality as the original. HK's for the most part, use compression in most of their stuff. Again there are exceptions to this rule. Some movies, when keeping the extras, need to be compressed to fit on one disc just like an HK. But really, it can be split onto two discs with nothing lost.
Now to the looks, well the HK companys do put effort into making their product look nice and that as mentioned, is part of the price. Myself, I love the look of them on my self, but simply can't afford most of it. I could have spent the money I paid for my burner on HK's or R1's but that would not near increased my collection to what I have now. It's all about the anime to me not a pretty case. As much as I would enjoy showing them off, I now have a big binder full of anime that I can watch and enjoy more.
I've never misled anyone about dvdr's and I have even gone to the length of sending out a free disc to make sure the person's player that I am trading with works with dvdr's. Sure the discs are cheaper than HK's but when you factor in the rental too it does increase the cost. Some people don't even have access to rentals, thats where even buying a dvdr set at a price of rentals is more beneficial than an HK set. You pay less and your not that worried if the show doesn't meet your expectations. I've done that myself and glad I didn't spend three times the money to have it sit. More so, some HK's you can't get yet in "Perfect Collections", thats where copying R1's is really nice. You get what you want whether it be extras or even dub\sub tracks with proper English and subtitles. Not having to worry about reading into the story to catch the jist of it.
One more thing, I do admit in some cases it is cheaper to buy the HK set than it is to rent the R1's to copy. For example, Rouroni Kenshin TV. The full R1 set is somewhere around the 20 dvd mark and with dvdr blanks that would come out to around $150 bucks. The HK set is cheaper than that and I even think there is a dub version...correct me if I am wrong.
Well there it is guys...thanks again for the rant space. I love this place and I will continue to support it as much as I can.
Dave aka "goflutie"
Next is my rant...sorry. DVDR's from R1's are in majority, better quality than HK's. For the most part, because of the company's only putting a few episodes on one disc, can be copied directly 1:1 with absolutely zero compression. That makes the disc identical in video and sound quality as the original. HK's for the most part, use compression in most of their stuff. Again there are exceptions to this rule. Some movies, when keeping the extras, need to be compressed to fit on one disc just like an HK. But really, it can be split onto two discs with nothing lost.
Now to the looks, well the HK companys do put effort into making their product look nice and that as mentioned, is part of the price. Myself, I love the look of them on my self, but simply can't afford most of it. I could have spent the money I paid for my burner on HK's or R1's but that would not near increased my collection to what I have now. It's all about the anime to me not a pretty case. As much as I would enjoy showing them off, I now have a big binder full of anime that I can watch and enjoy more.
I've never misled anyone about dvdr's and I have even gone to the length of sending out a free disc to make sure the person's player that I am trading with works with dvdr's. Sure the discs are cheaper than HK's but when you factor in the rental too it does increase the cost. Some people don't even have access to rentals, thats where even buying a dvdr set at a price of rentals is more beneficial than an HK set. You pay less and your not that worried if the show doesn't meet your expectations. I've done that myself and glad I didn't spend three times the money to have it sit. More so, some HK's you can't get yet in "Perfect Collections", thats where copying R1's is really nice. You get what you want whether it be extras or even dub\sub tracks with proper English and subtitles. Not having to worry about reading into the story to catch the jist of it.
One more thing, I do admit in some cases it is cheaper to buy the HK set than it is to rent the R1's to copy. For example, Rouroni Kenshin TV. The full R1 set is somewhere around the 20 dvd mark and with dvdr blanks that would come out to around $150 bucks. The HK set is cheaper than that and I even think there is a dub version...correct me if I am wrong.
Well there it is guys...thanks again for the rant space. I love this place and I will continue to support it as much as I can.
Dave aka "goflutie"