[Official Message] A CLIP BOX 1998-2011 on DVD & Blu-ray (1. January 2012)

[ExodusUK]

I can imagine Avex passing off "HD Edit"s as the bonus stuff for a few key music videos reedited into HD using the original film.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Ayufan11

Does anyone know what era of music videos and on were shot in HD?

There are HD masters of stuff recorded in 1999/2000 so I imagine most of her videos were done in HD.

[Piccolo]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

There are HD masters of stuff recorded in 1999/2000 so I imagine most of her videos were done in HD.

Source?

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Piccolo

Source?

I'm just going by the HD releases of others' concerts from 1999 and 2000 as well as the footage we've seen from the ayumi hamasaki 10th anniversary LIVE compilation that was in HD.

Spoiler:

Of course, not all of them are. It's a bit strange how concert tour 2000, DOME TOUR 2001 and STADIUM TOUR 2002 are in 16:9 and others afterward are 4:3.

The part 2 had more recent concerts and only AT03-04 was in 4:3.

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[tasking]

Could the frames have been stretched or zoomed in to fit?

[truehappiness]

The quality was really good in those files, so I'm not sure if they were stretched/zoomed in. Also, the ones that were originally 4:3 got the bars on the side to compensate. The first mention of "HD cameras" being used for filming was during AT05's DVD release since she had like 30-40 of them.

[isthisLOL?]

To my knowledge ST02 was Ayumi's first tour filmed using HD cameras, but not all cameras used were HD, it was a mix(obvious even when watching the DVD because the image of the HD cameras is still a bit sharper), her first concert filmed fully in HD was AT05.
However, that doesn't have to mean anything when it comes to PVs. It depends more on if they were recorded on film or digitally. Concerts are generally filmed digitally since the pure amount of cameras makes digital recording a LOT easier, faster and cheaper. Film would be impossible to use live. Film can be mastered at 1080i Full-HD in incredible quality as long as the originals are used but most digital recordings of that time were not in HD. My guess is that if she recorded digitally(it may be a mix, too) filming PVs in HD didn't begin any earlier than 2003, if she began then. Especially the PVs for Love Songs show film grain(but that may be digitally inserted to create an effect and not real) so those probably CAN be mastered at Full-HD in great quality while the Five PVs seem to be digital and in true HD.

Someone has to watch making-ofs and look for the types of cameras used lol

[Ayufan11]

bleck... 2005? I'd like to have Ourselves in HD x;

[RayJason]

It sure would be nice to have her PV's and live performances in HD quality, but I'm not that 'hardcore'. I can count the PV's I like on one hand. It's sure disappointing that this is announced as I see it as unneeded (for me that is). I think that the sales will stay under 50.000 (maybe even 25.000 </exaggerating>).

I might end up downloading the HD versions of Rule, Mirrorcle World and Ballad XD.

[truehappiness]

Well, even if they only sell 5,000 they will be making quite a bit of money, lol.

[isthisLOL?]

The sales will probably stay below 25k, maybe even 10k, but this is not a release for big masses, they know only a small part of fans will be interested so it's not like they will be expecting more. In fact, selling 10k of these will be like selling 1kk of an Ayu album(since Ayu's albums are damn expensive productions with the amount of expensive PVs, the locations she travels to, the wellknown people she works with...).

[truehappiness]

It will DEFINITELY be interesting if it sold well.

COMPLETE CLIP BOX was incredibly expensive at the time of release (and Ayu was more popular) and that ended up selling 64k at an MSRP of 10,290yen.

[TeamAyu2004]

Even if all that contend wasn't filmed in HD it would be super easy to upscale it to blu-ray/hd, so not having or having that HD cameras is irrelevant.

I havn't ordered mine yet, waiting on some moneyies!!

[waterballoon]

i think it'd help if they put in the Pachinko clips, but yeah... lol

[mellody]

Seiko Matsuda has released something like this before with more contents but much cheaper. Look at this: Seiko Matsuda Video Diamond Bible.

Anyway, I think this is just the beginning, can you imagine if Ayu will release something like this in the future?
Seiko Matsuda Single Collection 30th Anniversary Box ~The Voice of a Queen~
Seiko Matsuda (box set)

[adantatu2]

i hope the old videos don't get the bars on the side

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by mellody

Seiko Matsuda has released something like this before with more contents but much cheaper. Look at this: Seiko Matsuda Video Diamond Bible.

Anyway, I think this is just the beginning, can you imagine Ayu will release something like this in the future?
Seiko Matsuda Single Collection 30th Anniversary Box ~The Voice of a Queen~
Seiko Matsuda (box set)

Hers was an odd mix of live and PVs though. If it were all PVs, I think it'd have cost more. And I think she has half the discs of Ayu's set as well?

[emi♡]

I honestly don't think the price is THAT outrageous.

Isn't this stuff like always crazy expensive? It seems quite typical to me for such a large thing...maybe I'm crazy...

It would be cool if there was like, stuff stuff in it though. Like postcards, or pamphlets or something...just extra stuff besides just the discs...

did the other clip boxes come with anything extra like that?

[brener]

the price isnt that HUGE, it's expensive i know, but not ridiculous, i'm sure avex will make it worthy

[Tony G]

PVs in HD as far back as 2003 would be a dream. Memorial Address PVs in HD *drool*

But somehow I doubt those videos were filmed in true HD. The first proper HD concert of hers was AT05, as already mentioned, so why would her PVs be filmed in HD quality before then? You would think concerts got the HD treatment before PVs did. There's going to be a ton of upscaling done to most of these videos, which will be nice and all, but it won't be true HD and hardly justifies the price.

"having HD cameras is not important because the video can be upscaled" is very stupid logic. Blu-ray is pointless if the content is not true high definition. Otherwise go get the DVD, put it in a blu-ray player and voila, free upscaling before your very eyes.