blue wrote:

> I'm considering getting the newly remastered Evangelion Renewal DVDs
> from Japan, mostly because what's been released in the states was
> poorly done. The most bothering effects were the constant jitter
> alongside drawn lines (aliasing artifacts? seen in Manga's release of
> the two films when pausing or going frame-by-frame).
> 
> I'm not refering to the screen jitter when transitioning from one cut
> to another,and the movies didn't have them in the first place,
> although I heard that was also fixed.
> 
> To those who've seen this new DVD edition, is the line jitter still
> present?

Keep in mind 2 things:
1) The new Japanese Evagelion Renewal DVDs don't include the two movies,
just the 26 TV episodes.
2) They also don't have English subtitles.

I've never seen the Renewal DVDs, but I understand that their main selling
points are reduced jitter, enhanced colors, and an entirely remixed audio
track. If this problem you're describing was extant in the TV series as
well, I don't know if they fixed it.

Personally, I think that poor DVD encoding can contribute to errors in
animation, and that the MPEG standard lends itself better to live-action.
But I only have circumstantial evidence to back that up.

On a related note, I don't think the Director's Cut DVDs coming out in the
US now were made from the Renewal masters, although ADV has certainly
improved things over their original release. On the other hand, I thought
their new subtitle translations were horrible.

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