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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