Day Break
POSTED BY: cljohnston108
UPDATED: Friday, April 30, 2010 20:49
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Well, I finally got the 2-disc version. For only $5. Hmmm. My thoughts on stuff....
The box looks like it could hold four discs, but when you open it up, the discs are in black paper sleeves (apparently the makers couldn't afford even the flaps for the sleeves).
And the discs themselves are NOT double sided. Bad sign. How do they fit 7 episodes (plus commentaries) on one disc? They compress stuff, that's how. The picture quality is ok. It's not HD (what it's supposed to be), but it's not bad either (though IIRC for the sound was outta synch a little bit in Ep 5 or 6).
My biggest problem is with the sound. It all sounds like it's coming from the same spot, as in, no surround sound (Hell, I don't think there's stereo sound!). All of the sounds, such as background noises, voices, foreground sounds (running water, foot steps, fiddling with objects), sound fx, and music are at the same volume. Actually, most of the time, the music is LOUDER than anything else. Tends to drown out voices and the like.
Oh well, I guess I get what I pay for. And it was only 5$. But ABC would have saved a lot of plastic and heartache from customers, if they just stayed with the 4-disc version.
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Well, I'd given up even looking for it in stores (I don't use credit cards, so I can't order things online). Everywhere I went, Best Buy, Target, etc., they'd just shrug and say they'd never heard of it.
There's a guy at my SciFi club that sells videos off a table at our weekly meetings, and I'd asked him to keep an eye out for it, but that was months ago.
Last Thursday, he tells me "Well, I found Day Break." "Really? Where?" "Believe it or not, Target." "How much do you want for it?" "Six."
I thought it was a great deal, 'cause the MSRP was $14.98.
Then I went to post to my IMDb thread, and found out that everybody else was getting it for five bucks! (Dunno if I'm gonna mention that when I see him tomorrow night.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0801425/board/nest/146132575
Yeah, those black paper sleeves are weird, and my greatest fear was confirmed when I saw the single sides.
http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/daybreakcomplete.php
I could definitely see pixelation around the opening credit titles, and aliasing on round objects and diagonals. But hey, it's the only version of the DVD I can get, right? And it only cost me 6 bucks, so...
Went to Amoeba in Hollywood last Sunday, and got a little grin when I saw a single copy of Day Break in the TV bins: "Hey great! They got it in, too! Hmmm... Gee, $24.99 is awful steep for two discs... Wait a sec, it can't be... Could it? Ohmyghod... IT IS! It's the 4-disc set!!!" (My first clue should've been that the 2-disc set isn't labeled on top.)
I bounded down the stairs to the cash register, and just about floated the whole way home!
Definitely worth the extra money! The image is perfect, and the sound has excellent directionality.
So now I have a nice DVD copy for my own viewing and a cheap one for converting friends!
I've only ever been able to have one set of the Firefly DVDs at a time, 'cos twenty bucks is more than I want to spend on some'n that's gonna get thrashed by careless people.
If there was a 2-disc set that I could get for 5 bucks...
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So, I gave a copy of the DVD to a friend (who loves shows like LOST & 24) for Christmas.
She sent me an email a few days later saying she'd blown through the entire set in 3 days (!), and that she didn't know whether to hug me or punch me.
I saw her last night, and her only comment was, "So, he's hiding in the broom closet listening to those guys, and his cell phone rings! What, he can't remember to turn his cell phone off? How lame!"
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...Rived! It's arrived! The 4-disc version has arrived! (along with BG:TotSC)
My thoughts so far.
Packaging:
Verrry nice. It's like a mini Firefly box. The plastic DVD holders have a major character on front and back, and on the inside is a pic from a cool scene. Hell, the paperboard box even has pictures on the inside where you can barely see them! (I can make out a dump truck on one side) Now, that's dedication.
I'll review the rest later, after I've watched a few.
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Originally posted by RahlMaclaren:
...Rived! It's arrived! The 4-disc version has arrived!
Coolness!
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