Yeah, I would totally bite if they were released in HD.
Actually, getting to know whether they plan on the HD release (if possible) matters since I don't want to buy a lower quality if I can help it (since I've moving over to Blu-Ray).
I don't see the point in them doing the Blu-Rays for the One Piece episodes as they're already 200+ episodes in and I think it'd be better if they did Blu-Ray releases for just the films.
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''Inherited will. Destiny of the age. The dreams of the people. These are things that will not be stopped. As long as people continue to pursue the meaning of freedom. These things will never cease to be.''-Gol D. Roger
I'm pretty sure its been pointed out before that One Piece isn't released on bluray even in Japan, so there's Zero chance of that happening here anytime soon.
First off, the High Resolution thing is not HD if that's what you were thinking (they just cropped the animation to make it look 16:9 and upscaled it). It's impossible to make HD masters for the first 206 episodes since it was produced in 4:3 Standard Definition with digital ink and paint. All you would get is an upscale, which is something Blu-Ray Players already do to the FUNi DVDs.
This seems a little misinformed. Anything no matter how old, can be made into HD if a physical film master exists. The process of making something in HD depends on the resolution the film is scanned at. Most things that appear on Blu-ray in fact get scanned at way higher then 1080P such as 4K resolutions, and then down sampled to 1080P which gives greater clarity to the image. So unless TOEI is sending One Piece over to Funimation on hard drives, then 1080P One Piece from episode one is completely possible.
And even beyond just resolution, another benefit of Blu-ray is the high bitrate it allows. Even if the discs still displayed 480P resolutions, the bump in bitrate would still make it a better experience because it would eliminate any artifcating or banding caused by video compression. One Piece in 480P running at 30+Mbs is far better then it running at the 3 - 8 Mbs it runs on on DVD.
Edited by:Monki D. Rufion 01/12/2013 - 12:51am. Reason:
It's not possible. Fact of the matter is Digitally Inked and Painted Animation produced in Standard Definition cannot ever truly be made into HD, only upscales. This is why the re-airings of old One Piece episodes cropped into 16:9 has always been advertised and shown to be a "High-Resolution" version of the original East Blue Saga.
There's a quality increase but not by much. If One Piece wasn't digital and made only with standard definition in mind since Episode 1, then and only then would HD masters of Episodes 1-206 be possible for it. Toei definitely would've made those re-airings they've been doing since last year HD if it was possible.
If it could be done do you honestly think Toei would've never aired those masters on TV? They've been airing One Piece for almost a decade in HD, and since last year they've been re-airing the series in 16:9 widescreen from Episode 1 on, and while it's an upscale advertised as a "High-Resolution Version", it's still very far apart from High Definition.
To be honest this isn't really something up for debate. You're free to continue disagreeing but this discussion's clearly going nowhere.
It's not possible. Fact of the matter is Digitally Inked and Painted Animation produced in Standard Definition cannot ever truly be made into HD, only upscales. This is why the re-airings of old One Piece episodes cropped into 16:9 has always been advertised and shown to be a "High-Resolution" version of the original East Blue Saga.There's a quality increase but not by much. If One Piece wasn't digital and made only with standard definition in mind since Episode 1, then and only then would HD masters of Episodes 1-206 be possible for it. Toei definitely would've made those re-airings they've been doing since last year HD if it was possible.If it could be done do you honestly think Toei would've never aired those masters on TV? They've been airing One Piece for almost a decade in HD, and since last year they've been re-airing the series in 16:9 widescreen from Episode 1 on, and while it's an upscale advertised as a "High-Resolution Version", it's still very far apart from High Definition.To be honest this isn't really something up for debate. You're free to continue disagreeing but this discussion's clearly going nowhere.
I think you misinterpret what High Definition means. High Definition and High Resolution are synonymous terms so long as the high resolution is actually beyond 1280x720. HD doesn't really imply anything more then that. Whether or not the digital art can yield more detail is another argument. But if you can render the master at resolutions above 1280x720 it is considered HD, even if it is 4:3 aspect ratio.
Edited by:Monki D. Rufion 01/16/2013 - 10:49pm. Reason:
Yeah, I would totally bite if they were released in HD.
Actually, getting to know whether they plan on the HD release (if possible) matters since I don't want to buy a lower quality if I can help it (since I've moving over to Blu-Ray).
And hey, did I say I love One Piece? :D
I don't see the point in them doing the Blu-Rays for the One Piece episodes as they're already 200+ episodes in and I think it'd be better if they did Blu-Ray releases for just the films.
''Inherited will. Destiny of the age. The dreams of the people. These are things that will not be stopped. As long as people continue to pursue the meaning of freedom. These things will never cease to be.'' - Gol D. Roger
I'm pretty sure its been pointed out before that One Piece isn't released on bluray even in Japan, so there's Zero chance of that happening here anytime soon.
This seems a little misinformed. Anything no matter how old, can be made into HD if a physical film master exists. The process of making something in HD depends on the resolution the film is scanned at. Most things that appear on Blu-ray in fact get scanned at way higher then 1080P such as 4K resolutions, and then down sampled to 1080P which gives greater clarity to the image. So unless TOEI is sending One Piece over to Funimation on hard drives, then 1080P One Piece from episode one is completely possible.
And even beyond just resolution, another benefit of Blu-ray is the high bitrate it allows. Even if the discs still displayed 480P resolutions, the bump in bitrate would still make it a better experience because it would eliminate any artifcating or banding caused by video compression. One Piece in 480P running at 30+Mbs is far better then it running at the 3 - 8 Mbs it runs on on DVD.
It's not possible. Fact of the matter is Digitally Inked and Painted Animation produced in Standard Definition cannot ever truly be made into HD, only upscales. This is why the re-airings of old One Piece episodes cropped into 16:9 has always been advertised and shown to be a "High-Resolution" version of the original East Blue Saga.
There's a quality increase but not by much. If One Piece wasn't digital and made only with standard definition in mind since Episode 1, then and only then would HD masters of Episodes 1-206 be possible for it. Toei definitely would've made those re-airings they've been doing since last year HD if it was possible.
If it could be done do you honestly think Toei would've never aired those masters on TV? They've been airing One Piece for almost a decade in HD, and since last year they've been re-airing the series in 16:9 widescreen from Episode 1 on, and while it's an upscale advertised as a "High-Resolution Version", it's still very far apart from High Definition.
To be honest this isn't really something up for debate. You're free to continue disagreeing but this discussion's clearly going nowhere.
I think you misinterpret what High Definition means. High Definition and High Resolution are synonymous terms so long as the high resolution is actually beyond 1280x720. HD doesn't really imply anything more then that. Whether or not the digital art can yield more detail is another argument. But if you can render the master at resolutions above 1280x720 it is considered HD, even if it is 4:3 aspect ratio.