Posted by
Simon Wickes on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Running-Time-of-Episodes-tp1493180p1493182.html
At 10:03 PM 14-07-2001, you wrote:
> >Does anyone know whether the running time of each episode of UFO was
> >originally set at 50 minutes?
>
>Yes -- on the Japanese UFO laserdiscs, every episode is longer than
>49 minutes. However, on a video in the PAL format, episodes are
>typically 47 minutes, because they are sped up by 4% -- the original
>24 frame/sec film is transferred to 25 frame/sec video, where in
>the USA, they repeat frames to keep the speed the same. The
>episodes sold by Cinema Classics are simply NTSC conversions of the
>old Polygram PAL videotapes, therefore they are sped up 4% as well.
>There are not edited -- they are simply sped up.
>
At the risk of getting a long and boring frames/sec thread going, how long
is an episode of UFO? To make things simple, imagine watching an unedited
print at a private screening with the film running at the correct speed.
How long would that be?
Also, which is closer to the film timing, the NTSC or the PAL version?
And while I have your attention, I was thinking that an approach to the UFO
CDs like that taken for the Prisoner would be the best way to go. However,
another approach which I think is worth considering is.....
a DVD audio release!
Why not? Some albums are already being released on DVD audio (some in
DTS!). I'm sure all the UFO music would fit on one disc. Of course, I don't
know how many people have their DVD player hooked up to their stereo. I do,
but then again, I was pretty much aiming for that from the start.
cheers,
Simon
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Simon Wickes
New Jersey, USA