Posted by Max on 10/29/05 23:44

"Richard" <nospam@devnull.com> wrote in message
news:dk10vs$lrr$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> 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?
>
You bought it from ASDA you dont really need a reason to return it.

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