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Posted by ThePunisher on 10/11/06 20:04
"Joshua Zyber" <joshzyber@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "Jukka Aho" <jukka.aho@iki.fi> wrote in message
> news:bMWWg.1030$tt5.249@reader1.news.jippii.net...
> > > The fact is that PAL cannot play film-based theatrical movies
> > > without SPEEDING THEM UP 4%. That's a fact.
> > >
> > > PAL is an *incremental* improvement in resolution, chroma, and
> > > bandwidth, at the expense of having to watch your movies with the
> > > actors speaking in chipmunk voices.
> >
> > 1) 4% speedup is only a little under a semitone.
> >
> > 2) It has been technically possible to time-compress audio without
> > shifting the pitch for quite a long time now.
>
> I own many PAL DVDs, and even the ones that have been "pitch
> corrected" sound nothing like the original audio.
>
> > 3) To my European eyes, 3:2 pulldown is irritating and makes the
> > motion... odd.
>
> As irritating as you find 3:2 pulldown, that's how irritating PAL
> speedup is to people who've been raised watching NTSC.
>
> Furthermore, in my experience people watching NTSC content on a
> European television, even one supposedly compatible with NTSC, are
> not getting the best results from the format. 3:2 pulldown artifacts
> are exaggerated on them. Watching on a true NTSC television will give
> you better results. If implemented properly, 3:2 pulldown is hardly
> more objectionable than the inherent judder you'll get in any 24fps
> material in the first place.
Complete bullshit.
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ThePunisher
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