Posted by JoeBloe on 11/16/06 03:01

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:40:26 -0500, "Joshua Zyber"
<joshzyber@comcast.net> Gave us:

>"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.
>
Damn! Do you mean that they will actually be forced to watch it
correctly?!!! Heheheheheehe!

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