Posted by Marc Martin on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Running-Time-of-episodes-tp1495437p1495450.html

>Aren't we being a little anal about this "sped up 4%"
>issue? I've got the discs, they look and *sound*
>great!

Well, on a mailing list with 350 people on it, you're
going to have to expect that some fraction of it
is going to be a little anal... :-)

I think that some people are more sensitive to this
than others. I also think that for those of us who
grew up with the slower versions, audiotaped them,
listened to them hundreds of times as a child until
they are imprinted on our brains, anything that's
faster *is* noticeable. Also, for anyone who had
the Japanese laserdiscs (or video copies of them),
they might also notice that people are moving
around faster, talking faster, and the pitch is
higher.

I'm not saying that this *ruins* the DVDs, nor
does it take away from the amazing picture and sound
quality. But for those that really want
the slower versions, the A&E versions coming
out in July should indeed be slower.

As James said, this topic comes up from time to
time, and people have different opinions about
this, and nobody is going to change anyone else's
opinion, so there's really no point in trying.

What we can do however is educate people about
the DVD's, and let them decide for themselves
what they want to do about it. I personally
prefer the slower versions, so I hope that A&E
doesn't screw up these great transfers!

Marc