I think everyone would agree that PAL is a better system, after all it is possible on computers to play it at 24fps (and I assume this will be made avialable to future DVD Players/TVs) meaning every frame-for-frame of the video is identical to the theatrical presentation. Maybe. It could have just been a shoddy NTSC - 2 - PAL job. Even the most perfect NTSC2PAL tranfers still leave inferior quality PAL. Some movies, eg Aliens were actually shot in 25fps anyway meaning the PAL version is not only frame-for-frame correct, but also correct speed-wise. Someone would have to investigate if the quality of the PAL laserdiscs are superior to the NTSC ones. In terms of audio it would be the same. But you may as well just rip TR-47's audio job and use it with your transfer.