Posted by Adrian on 10/30/05 09:34

Richard wrote:
> 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?

It's very likely that amazon have made an error and no PAL version exists.
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Adrian A

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