Video:

The Video was perfect on these DVDs I didn't notice any distortion.

Audio:

Excellent I watched it English dubbed.

Subtitle:

I did have a slight problem with digital picture distortion when I turned on the subtitles. I watch my anime English dubbed so it wasn't a issue for me

Comment:

Overall I enjoyed this series and highly recommend it.

Video:

Great quality video, I did not see any blockyness or anything to worry about.

Audio:

Sound quality is great also. The Engelish dub is a good one and the soundtrack fits the show well.

Subtitle:

Official english subs, they are grey instead of the more often used yellow colored ones. They are just as redable as the yellow kind though.

Comment:

Notes* *I watched this series on a COBY brand DVD player (DVD-224 model) with AV cable on a 25 inch RCA TV.

Video:

This set has a wonderful video quality. Each disk is recorded in variable bit rate and episodes are distributed evenly across the disks, allowing for some of the best video quality available on a sushi set. Color is deep and lines are sharp. This series uses a lot of "static" effects, like Lain, and show nearly no sign of macroblocking. There is some grain, which is oddly more evident in some scenes than in others, leading me to think that the original R1 source is responsible for this.

Audio:

English 2.0 Dolby Stereo 224kps & Japanese 2.0 Dolby Stereo 224kps No syncing or distortion issues. The dub is very well voice acted, even tho a lot of the dialog is borish and slow.

Subtitle:

No dubtitles included (who would care?), only subtitles. It appears that when MI ripped this set they recolored the subtitles from yellow to a mid-grey color (confirmed by Cidien). Apparently this was a choice made by MI and not a technical error (as stated by Bmvtoys). No missing lines and other than the color issue, they appear to be perfect rips.

Comment:

Case Front: Very well designed gatefold, featureing the artwork from the Vol. 1 release, all in deep and dark color. Case Back: The back has the exact same summary as on the previous information page (including typos) and is layed out very nicely with production credits and disk summary. Inside and DVDs: The internal art is very nice, featuring a close up of three main characters with the same image reflected smaller on the disks. Very nice and professional. The flaps are a bit plain, with only a few images and the logo. --Disk 1-- Episodes: 1-8 Extras: Interview, Outtakes, Previews, DVD Credits, Textless Opening --Disk 2-- Episodes: 9-15 Extras: Textless Closing, Outtakes, Trailers, Previews, DVD Credits --Disk 3-- Episodes: 16-22 Extras: Outtakes, Peviews, DVD Credits, Japanese/Creditless Ending My only complaint about this set at all are those ****ing push-clamp dvd holders that MI uses! I hate those things.