Originally posted by: russs15
So far, two things have already come to light which are a suprise.
Firstly, it is well known that the PAL movies are shorter than the NTSC movies by 4% due to the different framerate.
For some bizarre reason, the 1991 Trilogy Special Widescreen Edition films are approx 4% longer than the other releases I have.
Star Wars 118 mins and 122 mins
Empire 119 mins and 125 mins
Jedi 126 mins and 132 mins
It is almost as if there is some type of framerate compensation to make the films play for the same length of time as the same as the theatrical and NTSC versions.
Has anyone got any ideas on this one??
So far, two things have already come to light which are a suprise.
Firstly, it is well known that the PAL movies are shorter than the NTSC movies by 4% due to the different framerate.
For some bizarre reason, the 1991 Trilogy Special Widescreen Edition films are approx 4% longer than the other releases I have.
Star Wars 118 mins and 122 mins
Empire 119 mins and 125 mins
Jedi 126 mins and 132 mins
It is almost as if there is some type of framerate compensation to make the films play for the same length of time as the same as the theatrical and NTSC versions.
Has anyone got any ideas on this one??
I have done some trials with the DVD capture of my 1991 Widescreen PAL recording of Star Wars.
Two identical players were rigged up to my TV, one playing my 1991 PAL recording of Star Wars and the other playing the Dark Jedi Definitive Collection Star Wars NTSC DVD. I set up the split-screen mode and synchronised the two together and left them playing. At the end of the film, they were still synchronised.
They matched exactly!
My 1995 Widescreen PAL recording of Star Wars was then played alongside my 1991 version and within minutes they were way out of synch. This is exactly what happens with a PAL/NTSC comparison except in this case, both were PAL recordings!!!!! Very odd.
The 1997 Star Wars Special Edition Fullscreen has just finished and Empire is being done at the moment.
The Special Edition looks very different this way as a lot of the changes are out of screenshot. In a way, this is the version I most wanted to put on DVD as it is not available from anywhere else.