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DVD REGION 4 WHATS THE DIFFRENCE (QUALITY) TO R1,R2
Seen alot of these new releases on r4 quite alot cheaper than there r1 or r2 counterparts, but i have only ever bought r1 and r2 d.v.d,s.
so is there a diffrence in the quality, sound picture, or extras......?
RE: DVD REGION 4 WHATS THE DIFFRENCE (QUALITY) TO R1,R2
Spidey
Generally, R4s are uncut and same quality as R2 (i.e. PAL). Gotta be careful with some of the cheapies though - can be 4:3 pan & scam and not Widescreen e.g. Long Good Friday, Mona Lisa etc. I`ve a lot of R4s from Ezydvd, devoteddvd, Chaosmusic & DVDcrave. Some R4s are dual region i.e. R4/R2 and so will play on non-hacked players e.g. Sonys.
Check `em out on http://www.michaeldvd.com.au - a great site for R2/R4 disk comparisons or just technical lists for current-ish DVDs
SN
RE: DVD REGION 4 WHATS THE DIFFRENCE (QUALITY) TO R1,R2
Yeah, the distributor is sometimes different from the R2, and while that generally means no snapper cases, you can get stiffed for extras (or pan & scan - IIRC, they onlt got Harry P on P&S!!) - I recently got Oh Brother Where Art Thou R4, and while I`m generally not TOO bothered about extras, this came with zilch. As recommended above, MichaelsDVD is a good place to check which version is best. Also, they are sometimes even further behind than us when it comes to new releases.
Having said that, I`m a fan - some really good sites for supplies - my fave is http://www.devoted.com.au http://www.ezydvd.com.au also good.
RE: DVD REGION 4 WHATS THE DIFFRENCE (QUALITY) TO R1,R2
Some of the big R4 releases are the same as R1 or R2 or even better. For example, R4: Speed SE has DTS, like R2 (unlike R1), but can be cheaper. I just bought a few copies from Devoted with free shipping which works out to £12 each!
Transfer quality is the same since it`s PAL so I`ve no complaints with the multitude of discs I`ve bought from Ezy or Devoted. No snapper cases either so Training Day, Swordfish etc have nice Amaray cases. A plus in my book. :-)
RE: DVD REGION 4 WHATS THE DIFFRENCE (QUALITY) TO R1,R2
Plus if you`re a Matrix fan, the R4 Matrix has an audio commentary, isolated score with commentary and all the extras on the R2 disc, it also features quite a lot of headbutting.
RE: DVD REGION 4 WHATS THE DIFFRENCE (QUALITY) TO R1,R2
Although the Region 1 disc also has this, but it`s in NTSC, and, if I`m not mistaken it`s also in a snapper case like the R2.
The R4 is in an Amaray case.
And it`s cheaper.
RE: DVD REGION 4 WHATS THE DIFFRENCE (QUALITY) TO R1,R2
Region 4 warner dvds dont have snapper cases but for some strange reason lots of warner r4 dvds are ntsc
RE: DVD REGION 4 WHATS THE DIFFRENCE (QUALITY) TO R1,R2
If you want to compare discs from different regions, try this site; http://www.dvdcompare.org.uk
This item was edited on Thursday, 8th August 2002, 18:36
RE: DVD REGION 4 WHATS THE DIFFRENCE (QUALITY) TO R1,R2
thanks people thats what i needed to know,