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 Posted by Joshua Zyber on 11/15/06 23:40 
"manitou" <manitou910@rogers.com> wrote in message  
news:1163629350.725029.106990@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com... 
>> The content on the discs will be encoded in 1080p/24 format, exactly  
>> the 
>> same as the US releases. It's up to the player to determine whether  
>> to 
>> convert that to 60hz or 50hz for output. 
> 
> Would this not mean that Euro discs will require a double soundtrack: 
> ie, a speeded-up, pitch-corrected second track to match the 50hz 
> speedup? 
> 
> Or will Euro players have built-in audio speedup and pitch correction 
> chips? 
 
There will only be one soundtrack on the disc (aside from the various  
language dubs). I doubt pitch-correction will be a feature of the  
players. Since all European HDTVs are required to be compatible with  
60hz input, I expect that the players will default to that.
 
  
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