), then over at abhdtv.com they've been doing some tests with Pro Coder 2, to bring the framerate down to 23.97.The long and the short of it, is if you're going to play this back on a computer, you can probably do something about the framerate, and if you going to flip this into another format, you can probably do something about the framerate.
In terms of Pros and Cons for the US Broadcasts:
Pros
- US Broadcasts will be in MPEG-2? Easy to play
- Correct Film speed
Cons
- Very Hard to Impossible to extract from a PVR
- 3:2 Motion Judder
In terms of Pros and Cons for Euro Broadcasts (Taking in the original trilogy from Germany and the prequel trilogy from SkyHD in the UK, who will also be showing the OT)
Pros
- H264 Video should be better / smaller?
- Easier to rip
- No Judder
Cons
- 4% PAL Speedup
- Higher CPU Requirements for playback
- Original Trilogy currently only available in German Flavour
By this side of Christmas we should be seeing something hitting the net, and who knows what the fans will do with these sources by May 2007?