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Region 2 DVD is available

posted 20 years ago by HPDeskjet
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If you want the DVD it's been out in Israel for a few months. It has English subtitles and several Extras. I bought my copy here:

http://www.israel-music.com/various/walk_on_water/dvd/

Region 2 (PAL)
Dolby Digital 5.1 (Hebrew/English Speech)
Subtitles: Hebrew/English Subtitles (Optional)
16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen

It's an excellent transfer, no blemish to be seen and the 5.1 sound mix is excellent if you have a home theatre system.

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[–] swindon 20 years ago

Thank you!!! I've been looking this everywhere.

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[–] HPDeskjet 19 years ago

The PAL (Phase Alternating Line) system is a superior system to the NTSC (National Television System Committee) system used in the US and other countries. In principle, PAL DVDs have a compelling advantage over NTSC DVDs. PAL DVDs have 576 pixels of vertical resolution versus the NTSC 480 pixels of vertical resolution. That's a 20% increase in resolution for a PAL DVD as compared to an NTSC DVD. Increased resolution translates into a better looking image. For widescreen movies, 16x9 enhanced PAL DVDs provide the highest resolution image, and are theoretically the version of choice.
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[–] edi67 19 years ago

You should be aware that PAL DVDs, while having higher resolution, play at a rate of 25 frames per second, whereas the original film was shot at 24 frames per second. This 4% speed up is very annoying to some people. NTSC DVDs, in comparison, play at 23.976 frames per second, which is virtually identical to the original rate.

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[–] edi67 19 years ago

I own several films in both PAL and NTSC versions and, to me, the difference in frame rate is VERY noticeable. The actors' voices have an unnatural pitch.

[–] HPDeskjet 19 years ago

I think that it comes down to whether you want to have better picture quality and are willing to compromise with the 4% speed-up with PAL, or, whether you want a near perfect soundtrack and a lesser picture quality. Most people do not really notice the 4% speed-up, but to some it can be highly irritating.

Yes, films on NTSC DVDs play back at the correct speed, but they achieve this by utilizing a process called "3:2 pull-down" and the net effect of this is that any image pan is not smooth, but takes place in a series of uneven steps, an artefact known as judder. This is more noticeable on some discs than others and some people find NTSC discs unwatchable because of this. I personally find it extremely annoying, it doesn't however make my NTSC discs uwatchable. 'Judder' does not occur on PAL discs. For widescreen movies, 16x9 enhanced PAL DVDs provide the highest resolution image, and are theoretically the version of choice. If the PAL version of a widescreen movie is not 16x9 enhanced, then my version of choice is a 16x9 enhanced NTSC DVD.

Finally, PAL and NTSC are words and formats that are applied to DVD for convenience, and because of historical convention. There is nothing fundamental about a DVD which makes it either PAL or NTSC, but for simplicity and brevity.

For a full explanation of the differences you can go here:

http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Articles/PALvsNTSC/PALvsNTSC.asp

For more on PAL's 4% speed-up you can go here:

http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Articles/PALSpeedUp/PALSpeedUp.asp

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