Posted by Joshua Zyber on 10/20/05 22:30

"P Pron" <paulatspambegone.pron@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Joshua Zyber wrote:
> || "anthony" <anthonyjhcnospam@netscape.net> wrote in message
> || news:1129791845.632449.126230@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> ||| That's supposing, of course, that you have a multiregion DVD
> ||| player and a TV that can handle the superior PAL format
> ||
> || PAL is only slightly superior in picture, and decidedly inferior in
> || audio. But you knew that, of course.
>
> In what way is PAL decidely inferior in audio?

PAL video is sped up 4% in the conversion from 24fps film to 25fps PAL.
PAL DVDs of movies run faster than NTSC DVDs of the same movies. This
also affects the pitch of the audio, and can be very noticeable
especially in music.

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