Posted by Richard on 10/29/05 23:35

I've just bought a copy of the newly released New Order "Collection" DVD
from an Asda store in the UK.

Panning scenes seemed to be a bit jerky, and then I noticed that the disk
was labelled as NTSC region 2/3/4/5.

I know that some players cope with the extra frames in NTSC by dropping
every 5th frame which would seem to explain the jerkiness, although it is
not really objectionable except during pans.

I have never come across this before and feel slightly cheated - lower
resolution and jerky playback. If I had wanted an NTSC copy I'd have
imported one from the US.

On amazon's UK site the title it is described as PAL so presumably there is
a PAL version available.

Is this sufficient grounds to return it for a refund as not suitable for the
purpose?

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