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Transformers Victory DVD Box Set Details

Madman issued a press release regarding their new Transformers Victory DVD Box Set. Read the press release, which contains details about the DVD collection, below.

MADMAN PRESENTS THE FINAL CHAPTER OF TRANSFORMERS GENERATION 1

TRANSFORMERS: VICTORY completes the trilogy of Japanese exclusive Transformers seriesâ??. Originally aired in Japan in 1989, Victory follows the events of the previously released HEADMASTERS and SUPER GOD MASTERFORCE, which in turn directly continue from the original Transformers G1 cartoon!

Set in 2025 A.D., VICTORY introduces Star Saber, the mightiest Autobot warrior and greatest swordsman in the galaxy. The Decepticons continue to invade planets, so the Autobots and humans form the Space Defense Force, with Star Saber as its leader. Leading the Decepticons is Deathzaras, who has targeted Earth as the next planet to plunder.

Each Transformers set contains fan favourite special features such as character art, toy galleries, and exclusive cover artwork by the Transformers artists at IDW comics. VICTORY includes the rarely seen TRANSFORMERS: ZONE, the last ever episode of Generation 1. A MUST-HAVE for Transformers fans!

The pinnacle of the original Japanese series, VICTORY features fantastic animation and action that both Transformers and giant robot anime fans will enjoy. Now is the perfect time to discover the unique and amazing tales previously only told in Japan , a must for the army of Transformers fans looking to discover what happened next.

For more information on the unmissable range of Transformers DVDs, including the worlds-best TRANSFORMERS: GENERATION 1 COMPLETE COLLECTION, TRANSFORMERS THE MOVIE and BEAST WARS Seasons 1-3, plus our ultra cool Transformers apparel ranges, toys and statues, free downloads and more, visit the freshly updated Transformers minisite:

https://www.madman.com.au/transformers

TRANSFORMERS: VICTORY DVD Specs and Features:

REGION FREE
English and Japanese Dialogue
4 disc set with all 32 episodes

Introductory booklet with episode guide
Includes RARE final Transformers episode: TRANSFORMERS: ZONE
All-new cover by IDW Transformers artist EJ Su
Toy gallery
Character art gallery
Japanese toy ads
Japanese toy catalogues
DVD ROM Content - the story continued in Manga

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Buddykiller 2008-05-15 @ 8:28 pm
I'm only curious about this because I've never actually tried it...I honestly didn't even think this would work (different signal/technology & lines of resolution). So, I should be able to buy a cheap DVD player that will 'magically' play PAL (we know one of these is the NAXA player). I'm still not sure how it's doing that...possibly cutting lines of resolution off the top & bottom (576 pixels --> 480 pixels)? Whatever...and after the magic DVD player converts the signal, I'm watching a PAL disc on my TV...cool.

I'll have to encode a piece of video at PAL resolution, burn it to disc, and try this out on some cheap players...perhaps I'll hop around all the electronic stores this weekend!

I still insist that an 'official' release should be made available to NTSC territories...again, the masters have to be somewhere!

just in case you didn't know, you can use tmpgenc to encode a digital file to either ntsc or pal

Blitz 2008-05-15 @ 10:21 am

well didn't Hasbro buy a load of Sunrise rights not long ago? and since Toei and Sunrise are the same people it could happen. I'm just guessing its out of lazyness that they use the PAL stuff (not that I care I got my set years ago lolz)

and I would not give much thought about TV specs most if not all TV's these days can handle it also you could just play it on any PC with a DVD player

formerly nortagem 2008-05-15 @ 4:54 am

I'm only curious about this because I've never actually tried it...I honestly didn't even think this would work (different signal/technology & lines of resolution). So, I should be able to buy a cheap DVD player that will 'magically' play PAL (we know one of these is the NAXA player). I'm still not sure how it's doing that...possibly cutting lines of resolution off the top & bottom (576 pixels --> 480 pixels)? Whatever...and after the magic DVD player converts the signal, I'm watching a PAL disc on my TV...cool.

I'll have to encode a piece of video at PAL resolution, burn it to disc, and try this out on some cheap players...perhaps I'll hop around all the electronic stores this weekend!

I still insist that an 'official' release should be made available to NTSC territories...again, the masters have to be somewhere!

New Soundwave 2008-05-15 @ 3:41 am

I play Pal dvd's in my cheap ass $25 dvd player. In my experience, the cheaper the dvd player, the better the chance it plays PAL. I have no special converters, I just put it in and they play. I make it a point to get a cheap dvd player just for my PAL discs. My current dvd player (called NAXA) I bought in a grocery store. My PAL discs are region free; I have not tried one from a region other than region 1.

Buddykiller 2008-05-15 @ 1:37 am

ah yes, primal convoy has forgotten to mention the differeneces between pal and ntsc. to the best of my knowledge any dvd player that would do the converting would be crazy expensive.

Some Americans may have sent video home movies to a European relative, only to discover that the images are scrambled and the sound quality is very poor. This is caused by a major difference in broadcast formats used by the United States and many other countries. The United States favors a format called NTSC, which is short for National Television Standards Committee, while Europe, Australia and parts of Asia use a competing format called PAL, or Phase Alternating Line.

Most of us would not be able to recognize the difference between NTSC and PAL, but then again most of us aren't television broadcast engineers. The differences really start with the electrical power system behind the transmissions. In the United States and other countries, electrical power is generated at 60 hertz, so for technical reasons the NTSC signal is also sent out at 60 'fields' per second. Since most televisions use an interlaced system, this means that 30 lines of the image are sent out, followed by the alternating 30 lines. This line alternation happens so fast that it becomes undetectable, much like a film running through a projector. The result for an NTSC television is 30 frames of a complete image appearing every second.

Since Europe uses a 50 hertz power supply, the equivalent PAL lines go out at 50 fields per second, or 25 alternating lines. PAL televisions only produce 25 complete frames per second, which can cause some problems with the proper display of motion. Think of it as the 'silent movie effect', in which the actors seem to move a little faster because there are fewer frames showing movement. If a PAL movie is converted to an NTSC tape, 5 extra frames must be added per second or the action might seem jerky. The opposite is true for an NTSC movie converted to PAL. Five frames must be removed per second or the action may seem unnaturally slow.

Another difference between NTSC and PAL formats is resolution quality. PAL may have fewer frames per second, but it also has more lines than NTSC. PAL television broadcasts contain 625 lines of resolution, compared to NTSC's 525. More lines usually means more visual information, which equals better picture quality and resolution. Whenever an NTSC videotape is converted to PAL, black bars are often used to compensate for the smaller screen aspect, much like letterboxing for widescreen movies.

When the NTSC format was first adopted in 1941, there was little discussion of color transmissions. When the technology for color television arrived, engineers had to create a broadcast method which would still allow owners of monochrome television sets to receive a picture. Color signals on the NTSC format are still not considered ideal by electronics experts. The PAL system, on the other hand, was created after the advent of color broadcasting, so color signals are much truer to the original image.

For most purposes, the difference between NTSC and PAL signals are negligible. A European television set won't work in the United States and an NTSC formatted DVD won't play on a PAL player. But many people own home movies which cannot be viewed on a competing format. For this reason, there are a number of companies which offer conversion kits from NTSC to PAL or PAL to NTSC. Some of these conversion methods can be time-consuming and variable in quality, but others provide an easy way to create a PAL video for a European relative or an NTSC DVD for a Canadian friend. Some electronic media outlets may also provide conversion services for a price.

needless to say it's all a bugger and given the connection between today's world we should decide on a farging happy medium

the legal way of doing this would be to buy the dvds, then convert them to ntsc using computer software.

formerly nortagem 2008-05-14 @ 9:10 pm

Or you know...where the hell are the NTSC masters? This was a freakin' JAPANESE series (NTSC!!!). First a Chinese DVD release (PAL), then the Austrailian version (PAL)...anbody got a history of how that happened?

I can't believe that this Japanese series is not available to Japanese viewers...?

formerly nortagem 2008-05-14 @ 9:03 pm

"So, your dvd player needs to be all region and have the ability (or your VCR or TV if you plug a cable through those as well if you wish to) to convert pal to ntsc or vice versa."

There's what I wanted to know...the DVD player is converting PAL to NTSC. So here's what I need...a list of players that are open region, can play PAL disc, and convert them to a NTSC signal. I want brands and models...anybody...

Ryu Hayabusa 2008-05-14 @ 8:55 pm
Ok, let me explain.

In the old days, before DVD, the TV world was split into NTSC and PAL. These are basically the display modes of your TV. America and Japan got NTSC and the UK, parts of Europe and Australia got PAL.

In order to play a video from one format to another, you needed to either convert the tape or use a special tape player that would convert one signal to the other and vice versa.

Then along came DVD. Vid companies started to act like videogame companies, after the success of region protection on nintendo games etc.

Thus, the companies divided the world into "regions", with some regions having the same TV standard and other countries in the same region having a completely different one. In this way, it would be difficult, impossible or just plain illegal to play or copy a DVD from one region in another.

The companies got together and even made it illegal or difficult to even buy an all region DVD player. This meant that people had to buy the DVDs from their "official" region, even if their TVs could view the image from another region , their DVD players were programmed not to. The companies were making a small fortune as people couldnt get a "new copy"from the usa and watch it back in the uk, where the film hadnt come out. It also made customers susceptible to the whims of local markets as we couldnt buy cheapyet legal imports from other countries.

However, then people got smart and others got angry. Not happy with expensive local DVDs (that often came out later than other countries) or unhappy that other countries got DVDs or special features that they didnt in their own, people started to want copied and illegal DVDs. As many all region machines at the time played copied dvds too, the companies shot themselves in their own feet by not allowing all region dvds for sale in the first place. Now, by making all non-local region dvds available to unlocked players, customers were able to buy copied dvds from "that oriental bloke down the pub".

So, your dvd player needs to be all region and have the ability (or your VCR or TV if you plug a cable through those as well if you wish to) to convert pal to ntsc or vice versa.

OR just download the software for your pc and watch any region on that (and then connect your pc to your TV like I do).

or they can just make the blasted DVD compatible with U.S DVD players so we dont have to do all of that crap!

Primal-Convoy 2008-05-14 @ 7:11 pm

Ok, let me explain.

In the old days, before DVD, the TV world was split into NTSC and PAL. These are basically the display modes of your TV. America and Japan got NTSC and the UK, parts of Europe and Australia got PAL.

In order to play a video from one format to another, you needed to either convert the tape or use a special tape player that would convert one signal to the other and vice versa.

Then along came DVD. Vid companies started to act like videogame companies, after the success of region protection on nintendo games etc.

Thus, the companies divided the world into "regions", with some regions having the same TV standard and other countries in the same region having a completely different one. In this way, it would be difficult, impossible or just plain illegal to play or copy a DVD from one region in another.

The companies got together and even made it illegal or difficult to even buy an all region DVD player. This meant that people had to buy the DVDs from their "official" region, even if their TVs could view the image from another region , their DVD players were programmed not to. The companies were making a small fortune as people couldnt get a "new copy"from the usa and watch it back in the uk, where the film hadnt come out. It also made customers susceptible to the whims of local markets as we couldnt buy cheapyet legal imports from other countries.

However, then people got smart and others got angry. Not happy with expensive local DVDs (that often came out later than other countries) or unhappy that other countries got DVDs or special features that they didnt in their own, people started to want copied and illegal DVDs. As many all region machines at the time played copied dvds too, the companies shot themselves in their own feet by not allowing all region dvds for sale in the first place. Now, by making all non-local region dvds available to unlocked players, customers were able to buy copied dvds from "that oriental bloke down the pub".

So, your dvd player needs to be all region and have the ability (or your VCR or TV if you plug a cable through those as well if you wish to) to convert pal to ntsc or vice versa.

OR just download the software for your pc and watch any region on that (and then connect your pc to your TV like I do).

Tenacious S.T.P. 2008-05-14 @ 5:54 pm

yeah, isn't this the exact same shit we allready have, just an "offical" release?

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