Posted by Marc Martin on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Running-Time-of-episodes-tp1495437p1495438.html

>Anyone out there know how long the first episode "Identified" is?
>The reason I'm asking is I believe the time of the DVD release is
>49:08 which seems to me a little short - I also do notice that
>everything is speeded up a bit - the start music just sounds a bit
>too fast.

In NTSC, IDENTIFIED is 51 minutes long. However, in PAL it is
49 minutes, because in PAL the film is run 4% faster than it
is in NTSC. I did an A/B test of a UFO DVD with a Japanese
laserdisc, and the difference in speed & pitch is really noticeable
when comparing them directly. I also had to keep pausing the DVDs
to let the laserdiscs "catch up"!

However, when it came to picture & sound quality, there was
no contest -- the DVDs were superior in every way to the
laserdiscs...

Marc