Video:
Great video quality here. Rich colours and a total absence of pixellation make it a joy to view from beginning to end.
Audio:
Every sound is captured in all its glory to be totally enjoyed in good old fashioned 2.0 stereo sound. I thought that the opening song sounded a little muffled in a few parts but when I checked it against all the other openings I found that it was just the way the song was recorded. Given the high quality of the sound throughout the entire series I can't imagine the muffled sound was a result of the encoding by EZDVD
Subtitle:
Every sound is captured in all its glory to be totally enjoyed in good old fashioned 2.0 stereo sound. I thought that the opening song sounded a little muffled in a few parts but when I checked it against all the other openings I found that it was just the way the song was recorded. Given the high quality of the sound throughout the entire series I can't imagine the muffled sound was a result of the encoding by EZDVD
Comment:
This set felt like it was slapped together in a hurry. The menu is easy enough to understand but very basic. There are no chapter breaks during the episodes following the intro or at the halfway point. Even the chapter breaks between episodes are sloppy so that when you skip to the next episode you end up seeing the very tail end of previews from the previous chapter.
I recommend this set for people who like having a nice box on their shelf and absolutely can't wait for the R1s to be released (or for someone to make a HK set using some of the fansubs that are out there for this series).
This is roughly the first two thirds of the fourth stage of the series. As I write this Episode 18 is the most recent episode to have been broadcast in Japan. Getting your hands on these 14 episodes now is pretty nice given that most people in North America are going to be waiting at least another year... if not longer before they will be available through R1 channels.
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