DVD Picture Quality differences?

garada · 08-17-2010, 12:46 AM

I believe someone mentioned in a different thread I was reading that the video quality is BETTER in the 'Season Set' releases. Is this true? If so, I'm a bit bummed because I picked up the individual discs instead of the season sets [mainly to make the 'spine picture' of the boys, plus the box set of 1-4 came with cool little action figures].

This hardly makes sense, since the individual discs are only 3 or 4 episodes per single layer disc [allowing more than 1 GB per episode], whereas the season sets have up to 7 episodes per [presumably] dual-layer disc, which also works out to roughly 1 GB per episode. I assumed they would use the exact same source material for both versions, but you know what they say about assuming. Did they re-encode or re-master the shows for the season sets?

If there is a difference in image quality, is it a big enough difference that I should ditch the individual discs? Are there ANY benefits to owning the individual releases [besides the cool spines], like exclusive 'extras' or other TMNT-centric bonus features?

Thanks in advance for any insight you guys might provide!

08-17-2010, 12:46 AM	#1
garada Thug Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Hell Island Posts: 62	DVD Picture Quality differences? I believe someone mentioned in a different thread I was reading that the video quality is BETTER in the 'Season Set' releases. Is this true? If so, I'm a bit bummed because I picked up the individual discs instead of the season sets [mainly to make the 'spine picture' of the boys, plus the box set of 1-4 came with cool little action figures]. This hardly makes sense, since the individual discs are only 3 or 4 episodes per single layer disc [allowing more than 1 GB per episode], whereas the season sets have up to 7 episodes per [presumably] dual-layer disc, which also works out to roughly 1 GB per episode. I assumed they would use the exact same source material for both versions, but you know what they say about assuming. Did they re-encode or re-master the shows for the season sets? If there is a difference in image quality, is it a big enough difference that I should ditch the individual discs? Are there ANY benefits to owning the individual releases [besides the cool spines], like exclusive 'extras' or other TMNT-centric bonus features? Thanks in advance for any insight you guys might provide!