Page 1 of LOTR:SE Region 2 Sound Problem

I`ve just watched the region 2 extended LOTR
and I`m sure I heard sound glitches, particularly
in the music when there are sustained strings.
I was listening to the DD5.1 and 2.0 soundtracks
(I haven`t got a DTS decoder).

I read about these problems with the 2 disk edition
due to PAL pitch shifting but naively assumed they`d
fix it for the SE. Apparently not.

Has anyone else had a listen to the r.2?

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I haven`t got the Extended Edition, but there were no problems with the 2 disc set.

theres a debate over on dvdforums about it

You might find answers here - in the review of the 4 disc version it lists all the sound `glitches` on the region 4 version so I would assume that the region 2 is afflicted in the same way.

http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews/Reviews.asp?ReviewID=2244

BEWARE OF SPOILERS in this review - you have been warned .....

:-)

I have the R1 set, so can`t say if this is true, but I think that the review below is slightly harsh.

http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/reviews/comments.asp?DiscIndex=2653

Just how bad can it be? While audio dropouts are a pain, I really don`t think it could reduce a fantastic score like FOTR to the level the score would indicate...

I watched it yesterday and it seemed fine. I haven`t any problems on the 2 disc version either.

This item was edited on Wednesday, 13th November 2002, 14:15

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people who have a big tv and a good surround kit <like me> will notice the glitches in the sound. I have spoken to New Line about this and they said it occured when the NTSC was converted to PAL. In order for the PAL film to stay in good sound quality the sound has to shift every 20 mins or so to get then PAL Diologue sync correct otherwise the mouths would be moving and the sound would come out about 10 secs later.

If you have a little portable 14 inch TV or just a normal nicam/mono TV Playback. You will obviously not notice it because your sound playback is crap.

And thats that!

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people who have a big tv and a good surround kit <like me> will notice the glitches in the sound. I have spoken to New Line about this and they said it occured when the NTSC was converted to PAL. In order for the PAL film to stay in good sound quality the sound has to shift every 20 mins or so to get the PAL Diologue sync correct otherwise the mouths would be moving and the sound would come out about 10 secs later.

If you have a little portable 14 inch TV or just a normal nicam/mono TV Playback. You will obviously not notice it because your sound playback is crap.

And thats that!

Also All Entertainment in Video DVDS Have the same sync problem in the sound causing a glitch.

I own over 21 discs with this. Basically their converstion method for
Dimension Movies is crap!

I say ditch Entertainment in Video DVDS and replace them with Dimension Films which is their USA counterpart.

Example: look at the crummy Entertainment in video version of The Crow compared to the 2 disc Dimension films DVD Collectors Edition and I`ve proved my point.

I still don`t notice this, and I have a DD 5.1/DTS setup and a BIG TV.