[EVA] DVD bitrates and "Holiday Edition" extras?

[Aaron Clark]

I will never understand how V is smart enough to get a masters in some
medieval bullshit, but can't perform a simple Google search.  If you
Google, "best Evangelion dvd set", one of the first results is a
thread on Eva Geeks explaining the differences between the sets in
detail, along with links to other, relevant, useful content.

HERE:
http://forum.evageeks.org/thread/10740/Best-DVD-set/

You're welcome.

--Aaron

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 7:02 PM, AchtungAffen <achtungaffen at gmail.com> wrote:
> IIRC Platinum itself already had lower bitrates than Renewal. In that case,
> I'd recommend as the "set to hunt down" for posterity, the original Renewal
> boxset. AFAIK that's Eva in its best quality.
>
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Codename V <
> revolutionofevangelion_dot_org at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Now that the original series DVDs are going out of print, I've been trying
>> to decide which was the one overall best DVD box set to recommend "for
>> posterity" as "the set to hunt down".
>>
>> ANNcast talked about it going out of print in podcast #100, and their
>> strong suspicion was that its more of a Khara vs Gainax problem than an
>> ADV/Section 23 problem.  As evidenced by the fact that even FUNimation
>> can't get a re-license of End of Eva.  So its more of a Japan-end problem
>> than an ADV problem.  Whatever.
>>
>> At any rate I didn't double-dip for that "Holiday Edition" repackaging of
>> the TV series box set, which is the last print run they ever had.  It was
>> "Holiday Edition" only in the sense that it was "out in time for Christmas"
>> I guess.
>>
>> I've heard that it had some basic extras, i.e. "animatics" -- though from
>> what I can glean, they weren't exactly really good "animatics".  Has anyone
>> seen those and what were they like?  Or, was it just video of the
>> storyboards which we've all *already* had access to from the Groundwork of
>> Eva books?
>>
>> Moreover, I saw some reviews say that Holiday Edition actually had a
>> *lower* quality bitrate than the thinpack?  Can this be confirmed?  In
>> which case, the thinpack is the gold standard for visual quality?
>>
>> Further, is there any noticeable difference between the bitrate on the
>> "thinpack" and the bitrate in the "full Platinum Edition box set", the one
>> with all the extras?
>>
>> While the "extras" aren't that great (Sean McCoy's insane ramblings) -- I
>> just peronally like voice actor commentaries so I think the extras are
>> worth it; i.e. having Tiffany & Allison comment on episode 9.   Did it
>> reveal thought Anno put into the show?  No, but it was just fun to have.
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