Do you notice the 4% speed-up on Region 2 PAL DVDs?

Do you notice the 4% speed-up on Region 2 PAL DVDs?

  • Yes

    Votes: 12 17.6%
  • No

    Votes: 56 82.4%

  • Total voters
    68
I did notice it on Star Trek: Generations - the bit where it all goes into slow-motion as a photon torpedo heads toward the Klingon Bird of Prey. The tension is fantastic on the NTSC ver. - on PAL it's all over a little too quickly.
 
A friend of mine has a Denon 5600 (I think) double CD deck.
This has pitch control and you can adjust the pitch while not changing the tone.
So you won't sound like the chipmunks, you'll just talk faster...
I guess the same principle is used for PAL speedup.

This is not the same as just pitching up 4% on a record deck (bring on the chipmunks)...

- Tom -
 
Originally posted by Whatts
A friend of mine has a Denon 5600 (I think) double CD deck.
This has pitch control and you can adjust the pitch while not changing the tone.
So you won't sound like the chipmunks, you'll just talk faster...
I guess the same principle is used for PAL speedup.
Yes, that's why the pitch error is corrected on PAL during conversion from film, according to that article that I posted last. I'm glad I found that article because I have only ever been able to detect increased speed in musical tracks, never increased pitch, which I always found rather odd.
 
Originally posted by Squirrel God
I have only ever been able to detect increased speed in musical tracks, never increased pitch, which I always found rather odd.

Songs are definitely paced to action. I hear them running faster regardless of PAL thing.
 

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