The Lizard King

Like many of you, I don't have a ton of free time on my hands. In between working multiple jobs, taking care of the children, and attending to my wife's whims and needs, I lead a pretty busy lifestyle. This means that when I finally have a block of time to watch a movie, I appreciate the 4% speedup of PAL, as the movie finishes faster than its NTSC counterpart, and I can get back to the daily grind of everyday life!

That is all.

TLK

TheDuke

Cool story bro

-TRANCE-

I hate PAL.

The Lizard King

I did, too, until fairly recently. Now, I see the benefits of a movie that finishes faster than it does on NTSC (or theatrically, for that matter).

TLK

Trevor

Related, but I'll sometimes watch parts of 'slow' films at 1.5 speed.

JakeNeff

I watch some documentaries and almost all commentaries at 1.5x speed.

Numanoid

I just fly around the eath at super speed if I feel that I've wasted too much time on a movie.

Trevor

I think I knew this trick, but if not, you just saved me hundreds of hours of time.

nemein

I watch most DVDs at 1.5 times... just gotten used to it and anything else seems slow

JakeNeff

I've been doing it for a few years now. It is surprisingly easy to understand almost anything at 1.5 speed, which is all I care about with a commentary/behind the scenes stuff. For the movie/TV show itself, pacing is important and while I CAN watch it sped up, it is much less engaging.

I also listen to podcasts at work at 1.5 speed. I don't hear everything (since my concentration is elsewhere for the most part), but that's not really the point.

Trevor

Love the originality of the original title, but this new one will get more views. Thanks Nemein!

RagingBull80

Are you guys serious?

DonnachaOne

What software/hardware do you use to watch/listen to commentaries at 1.5x speed?

Trevor

Some players will do it, the PS3 for sure.

And on the PC I think VLC player does.

JakeNeff

When I'm watching the TV, I use the PS3. On the computer, I recently started using the free VLC media player. I have never had a problem with an audio commentary not playing at 1.5 speed, but on a few discs that have PiP video commentaries, the PiP disappears when you speed it up.

nemein

I use Power DVD and it has options of 1.2x 1.4x (I think?) 1.5x & 2x w/ audio still enabled. I believe you can do 3x w/ subtitles/cc still going but anything fast than that is just video (which is usually more a series of jump cuts at that point).

JakeNeff

VLC at least goes up to 2x with audio/subs (didn't check beyond that) and pretty sure it increases in increments of .05x.

nemein

I am... I know some people will say you're wrecking the pacing but I find it particularly helpful/useful w/ TV on DVD and "B"/DtD movies.

hasslein

I also find when I watch in rapid play I enjoy the movies more (than previous viewings)... Films merit an extra star because they (for the most part) never drag...

Kory

Has anybody gotten Blu-rays to play using VLC on their computer? I've been forced to use PowerDVD, which I hate.

Litfuel716

Oh come on how much time do you really save on Pal movie? I just watch the first five minutes and the last five minutes saves oodles of time (yes that was an attempt at a joke. I nominate this top ten bizzare thread of all time.

nemein

But then you miss the whole movie... if you're going to do that you might as well just read the synopsis and be done w/ it. Watching at 1.5x or 2x you still see the whole movie... just in less time

worrywort

I watched the Inglorious Bastards extras at 1.5X speed. QT already speaks at that speed, so it was like watching a long Micro Machines commercial.

JakeNeff

Except with a lot more blood.

Cheato

Seeing someone praise PAl speedup fills me with rage. Rage, I tell you!

The only thing that consoles me is that while I'm enjoying a movie at proper speed, you're "working multiple jobs, taking care of the children, and attending to [your] wife's whims and needs." In fact, I'll go watch another movie right now.