[iKaos] Dragon Ball Z - 40-49 - Quad-Audio [Broadcast JPN+ENG FUNi+Ocean Dubs] - R1US Dragon Box [480p][x264][8-bit]

Previous release: Saiyan Saga Level Sets (1-39): #1054232

I'm back! After suffering not one but two hard drive failures that threatened all of my work, here are the first ten episodes of the Namek Saga!

These episodes are compiled from the following sources. Unless otherwise specified, I am the original encoder for all elements:

Video: 4x3 480p R1/US Dragon Box - from raw ISOs

Audio - 4 tracks:

1. Japanese Mono Broadcast Audio - as originally released by WinxBloom1980 (all episodes use the re-timed versions by Team Mirolo)
2. English 2007 5.1 FUNimation "Remastered" Dub w/Shunsuke Kikuchi score - from the R1/US Dragon Box
3. English 2005 2.0 FUNimation "Ultimate Uncut" Dub w/Nathan Johnson score - from the "Season" Blu-Rays
4. English 1997 2.0 Saban/Ocean Dub - A re-creation of the original English dub, custom made by me, with gaps filled in with the FUNi/Kikuchi dub in an attempt to create a relatively seamless nostalgic viewing experience. Sourced from the "Rock The Dragon" DVD Set

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FAQ (mostly from comments of previous videos):

1. What is this?
   A release of Dragon Ball Z that meets my visual and audio requirements, that I'm also sharing here with you. I release in small chunks followed by a large batch release at the end of each "season".

2. Who are you?
   I'm a semi-professional video editor doing this for fun. Like most people of a certain age I grew up with the show on Toonami but came to appreciate the original Japanese version as being the far superior version of the show. Nevertheless, I have a nostalgic attachment to the older English dubs and want to preserve them with the best video quality available. I am not happy with other releases of the Dragon Box because they are either bit-starved or have inferior audio options.

3. Why not the R2J Dragon Box?
   I ran a lot of tests with the Japanese Dragon Box, and while the quality is a bit better than the US Dragon Box, it's not worth it to me to re-sync every other audio track manually for the next 250 episodes. If you want to write me a script that will take my audio files and line them up with R2J footage, I'll gladly use that instead. Until then, here we are.

4. Why don't you do (insert different encoding settings here)?
   I'm good with these, thanks. Granted I'm not a professional so if there's something blatantly obvious that I'm missing, suggest away.

5. How much of the series are you doing?
   I plan on releasing the whole series. All episodes will have the Ocean Dub track through episode 67, and from there I will replace the track with the original 1999 FUNi dub, in all of its nostalgic glory. I have no plans to do any other Dragon Ball series or movies, although I will cover the TV specials when I get to the episodes they aired between.

Thanks to everyone here who provided feedback and support.