perfect blue - a question

[kvs]

was wondering.. i have the region 4/2 version (it
was cheap:D), and it is an interlaced pal source,
making me suspect it's a conversion from telecined
ntsc version. Is the ntsc dvd a progressive film
version?

Perhaps not the right forum, but...

[Zarxrax]

No, the ntsc dvd is not progressive.

[kvs]

not a very well done dvd then, I suppose. It SHOULD
have been progressive, and even more important, anamorphic.
And the transfer is not exactly the best there is either.

Oh well, can't have it all. Great movie though. :D

[Uli]

Originally posted by kvs
Oh well, can't have it all. Great movie though. :D

absolutely agreed ;)

greetz, Uli

[theReal]

I think I can add this to this thread because it also deals with the quality of DVD's:

I encounter more and more DVD's that lack the original English sound and only have two German audio tracks - I hope this is not going to be a new "region-code reinforcement" or something?

Two of the DVDs that lacked the original sound were cheaper supermarket-versions of "Seven" and "Trainspotting" (the latter also had a horrible picture quality), but the last one was the official "Hannibal" uncut edition. It was labelled "not for sale - for rental only" because it was bought at a video-rental (the only place you can buy the uncut so-called "FSK18" versions in Germany). First I thought Smartripper had messed it up, but then I saw there was only German audio on the DVD.

Are we going to lose on of the best features of DVD's - that they come with the original audio - to some pseudo anti-piracy measures??

I can tell all the anti-piracy guys that a lot of people, including me, will think twice before they buy a DVD that lacks the original audio track.
This is not exactly a "feature" that will make DVD's sell better...

[Uli]

Believe it or not:

In UK and Ireland DVDs are more expensive as in germany. Now to stop people from importing DVDs from germany ( remember, they are same region ) there is no english track or if it's there, then you have enforced german subtitles, that cannot be muted. :angry:

And about the quality... there are two sides... some get better, some get worse. The only solution is: Don't buy crap!!

greetz, Uli

[theReal]

In UK and Ireland DVDs are more expensive as in germany.Even more expensive? That is especially weird as people in Ireland tend to earn less than in Germany...
I mean, they always forget one important thing: they can try to stop piracy and maybe they can bring it down to a minimum - but this will not force people to buy more originals (well, maybe some few more, but not even enough to cover the costs of the anti-piracy campaigns...)

you have enforced german subtitles, that cannot be mutedOh, you can... convert it to DivX ;)

[Uli]

Originally posted by theReal
Oh, you can... convert it to DivX ;)

...or to SVCD... :D

greetz, Uli

BTW: f*ck the mpaa!