![alt text][logo] [logo]: https://i.imgur.com/veom4TP.jpg "Logo Title Text 2" ### Steins;Gate - Enthusiast's Collected Edition *The best picture quality, Dual Audio & The finest subtitles* > Join the [Discord!](https://discord.gg/PMrccmpYTu) We're looking for translation checkers and some typesetters for the Ghibli project. The Dynit circle jerk continues... Here we have the best edition of Steins;Gate to date. The huge amount of banding has been reduced and detail that was lost on the JPBD has been retained and made visible by the better encoding done by mp3dom at Dynit. All I did for this torrent was mux and retime deanzel's great release with the video from the ITBD so that you're getting all the same amazing subtitles (+italian subs from the ITBD), but now with the best possible picture quality. [27 comparisons between the ITBD, JPBD, Beatrice-raws, Deanzel, AOmundson](https://slow.pics/c/cPomRUEC) As you might know, Steins;Gate has *lots* of *very noticeable* banding, which seems to be [a result of how it was produced by the studio.](https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=14388853) (scroll down to post #1497 in that thread for mp3dom's explanation). Because of that, every Bluray release of the series suffers from banding in varying degrees, with Dynit's release being the best case scenario thus far. The banding is not all gone here, but I feel like this is the best we're going to get. It is better than anything else available for sure. The other big thing that stuck out to me was that the JPBD looks as though it has some filter or something applied that causes the lineart and other smaller elements to become smeared/smudged or to even disappear completely in dark areas. You can find this occurring in many of the comparisons. For example, check out the bottom right corner in comparison [#4](https://slow.pics/c/Eri44G3l), where the lines have vanished on the JPBD, but are clearly visible on the ITBD. Or in [#5](https://slow.pics/c/S1jlP4oe), look at Mayuri's hair on the left and you'll again see that the lines are smeared on the JPBD compared to the ITBD, where they're actually discernible. If the file size is too much for you, I recommend you get deanzel's or Beatrice's release (even if they do unfortunately use the JPBD's video) as a smaller alternative. 170 gigs for *one show* is a lot, but for people like me who literally don't care and just want the best possible version, this is the best choice. ### Specifics of this release All tracks were retimed to match the ITBD. Video: 1. IT BD Remux (1920x1080, 23.976fps) Audio: 1. Japanese 2.0 FLAC (JPBD) (default) 2. English 5.1 FLAC (USBD) Subtitles: 1. Signs & Songs (Steins;Sub modified) (.ass) 2. Commie (BSEnc modified) (default) (.ass) 3. Steins;Sub (deanzel modified) (.ass) 4. English (USBD) (.pgs) 5. Italian (ITBD) (.pgs) 6. Italian Signs (ITBD) (.pgs) [MediaInfo](https://pastebin.com/raw/L0Ra54Pt) ![alt text][logo2] [logo2]: https://i.imgur.com/fyU5Tnj.png "asdasd" *- hydes*