I can't recall seeing any other DVD that was a straight port of a laserdisc release that wasn't progressive.
Let's hope GL isn't THAT crazy.
Ok yes yes yes, 1080 is still interlaced in broadcast, 29.97 and 25 fps are STILL thrown around.
But the point is, regardless of the player, UK, Australia, U.S., Japan, all frame rates should be available to everyone and the the resolutions should be fixed (720 or 1080).
So even if someone records a U.K. tv program at 25 fps at 1080i, you could still play it without needing to resize and flag it for 29.97 pulldown to play it in the U.S.
The difference is they made concessions for backwards compatibility, but they've also torn down the walls that separate a lot of content. We should also see the end of slow down, speed up and time shifting of audio.
There'll still be the occasional throwback, but on the whole things should (hopefully) become more simple.
Btw, DVD-Rebuilder handles 29.97 interlaced content just fine too. :-)
Btw, Laserman, why 72 fps? Just a random number? 3x24? Why not 48? It's still a faster framerate than anything else currently used.
Isn't 72 about the limit of the current fastest LCD panels? That would have been hard for them to implement earlier since they push a lot of LCD HDTVs.