Author Topic: (Group) Passpo☆ (Read 570796 times)

iamcrazymike · « **Reply #1140 on:** March 06, 2015, 06:21:18 AM »

Must be a slow couple of days . . .

mixedmedia · « **Reply #1141 on:** March 06, 2015, 06:33:03 AM »

Seriously. 3 DVDs with all kinds of random bonus footage or just spread it out. 2+ hours per each DVD! Simple!

Offtopic: I'm regretting not getting Bluray versions of stuff I got on DVD because there is bonus footage only on the Bluray version and it wasn't that much more expensive. Bluray drives got cheaper too but stupid Macs can't play them though.

iamcrazymike · « **Reply #1142 on:** March 06, 2015, 07:05:20 AM »

Personally I prefer blu-rays because 1. they're HD 2. DVDs look anywhere from significantly to somewhat worse on the TVs in my home. 3. Japanese Blu-rays are usually region free as opposed to Japanese DVDs which are usually region locked. I primarily use my North American/US model PS3 for viewing Blu-rays.

Rezar · « **Reply #1143 on:** March 06, 2015, 12:30:05 PM »

Quote from: iamcrazymike on March 06, 2015, 07:05:20 AM

...as opposed to Japanese DVDs which are usually region locked.

That is definitely 100% wrong, I think you are missing something.

1. The wast majority of both music DVD's and Blue-Rays are region free.

2. If we are talking movies I think the reason you think the Blue-Rays are region free is because they are the same region as North America whereas DVD's are the same region as Europe.

iamcrazymike · « **Reply #1144 on:** March 06, 2015, 12:47:18 PM »

Quote from: immergeil on March 06, 2015, 12:30:05 PM

1. The wast majority of both music DVD's and Blue-Rays are region free.

Of all the DVDs I have from Japan, only one is all region and the rest are coded for Region 2, while all blu-rays I have are all region.These are DVDs from limited edition albums and concert Blu-rays.

Also on the topic of PASSPO☆, they really seem to be churning these out a lot lately . . .

bluewind78 · « **Reply #1145 on:** March 06, 2015, 01:17:49 PM »

OMG...my love, Sako is soo cute in that Showroom clip! Was she supposed to be doing a Morishi monomane?

And Naomin is really hilarious!!

iamcrazymike · « **Reply #1146 on:** March 06, 2015, 01:35:47 PM »

Sometimes I find it hard to believe these two are adults

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Rezar · « **Reply #1147 on:** March 06, 2015, 02:50:59 PM »

Quote from: iamcrazymike on March 06, 2015, 12:47:18 PM

Of all the DVDs I have from Japan, only one is all region and the rest are coded for Region 2, while all blu-rays I have are all region.These are DVDs from limited edition albums and concert Blu-rays.

I have about 20 Music DVD's and only one is locked (it's a set of 2 and the other disk in that set isn't locked).

iamcrazymike · « **Reply #1148 on:** March 06, 2015, 03:04:11 PM »

Well since we're talking about the PASSPO☆ DVD, I looked at the product page on CD Japan and like most of the DVDs I have from Japan, it says the DVD is Region 2. Which is locked for me since I'm in the US.

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UPBH-1382

Rezar · « **Reply #1149 on:** March 06, 2015, 03:08:48 PM »

Quote from: iamcrazymike on March 06, 2015, 03:04:11 PM

Well since we're talking about the PASSPO☆ DVD, I looked at the product page on CD Japan and like most of the DVDs I have from Japan, it says the DVD is Region 2. Which is locked for me since I'm in the US.

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UPBH-1382

Those pages are wrong, both CD-Japan and amazon.co.jp often write that as a precation, the disc's aren't actually region locked.

iamcrazymike · « **Reply #1150 on:** March 06, 2015, 03:13:18 PM »

Quote from: immergeil on March 06, 2015, 03:08:48 PM

Those pages are wrong, both CD-Japan and amazon.co.jp often write that as a precation, thee disc's aren't actually region locked.

Then explain to me why so many of the DVDs I've gotten from those sites are locked and won't play for me.

Rezar · « **Reply #1151 on:** March 06, 2015, 03:14:02 PM »

Tell me which ones then.

iamcrazymike · « **Reply #1152 on:** March 06, 2015, 03:20:24 PM »

Some examples from my collection would be the DVDs that came with Scandal, Silent Siren, Dempagumi.Inc, and AKB48's latest albums.

Rezar · « **Reply #1153 on:** March 06, 2015, 03:25:33 PM »

As you said yourself we're talking about passpo here, all their discs are region free.

It seems we are both speaking from experience and maybe none of us are right but again only one of all the discs I have is region locked.

And I'm fairly confident that most of the music DVD's are not region locked.

Here are a couple of passpo DVD's I did it quick so it's blurry, but look for the globe where it says ALL (next to NTSC).

http://i62.tinypic.com/2zntizr.jpg

iamcrazymike · « **Reply #1154 on:** March 06, 2015, 03:32:31 PM »

This maybe true for Passpo, but so far none of the other artists I have DVDs for are All Region. This is point I'm to make as one of the reasons why I'm mentally against DVDs.

Rezar · « **Reply #1155 on:** March 06, 2015, 03:39:08 PM »

Yeah well Passpo's definitly aren't locked so you shouldn't worry about that.

I just rechecked the only music DVD I have that is locked is Babyraids, I have another that is locked but that's a documentary.

Overall I don't think Blue-rays are more likely to be region free than DVD's but for you they just happen to be the same as your region.

iamcrazymike · « **Reply #1156 on:** March 06, 2015, 03:42:21 PM »

Well there's still the issue of DVDs looking terrible on my TV. So there's that to think about

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Rezar · « **Reply #1157 on:** March 06, 2015, 03:42:59 PM »

Obviously, I would prefer Blue-rays as well.

iamcrazymike · « **Reply #1158 on:** March 06, 2015, 03:50:03 PM »

Yeah ever since we upgraded the TVs in the house to HDTVs, I started to notice all non HD content doesn't look quite right anymore

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wattstax · « **Reply #1159 on:** March 07, 2015, 07:15:26 AM »

As I am living in Europe I don't care about Japanese region codes

BluRays could be a different story as I don't know their region code in Japan if they have one. None of the groups I like releases BluRays.

But I am not so demanding when it comes to picture quality. A well recorded DVD is as good for me as a BluRay.

But could we skip the technical discussion and go back to topic?

What is your opinion on the current merchandise? Like the shirts Aipon helds in the video few posts before? In my opinion they AGAIN have outdone themselves - in a negative way.