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Old 01-03-04, 11:27 AM
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PAL conversion question....

I've recently purchased a PIONEER DV-363 region-free player and watched my first R2 disc. I noticed the playback had a VERY slight "Max Headroom" quality about it, like it was missing occasional frames or something. Its not really terrible, but sometimes distracting now that I've noticed it. Is this a normal problem with PAL to NTSC conversions? Can anything be done to correct it?
Old 01-05-04, 12:23 AM
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Well, PAL is 25 FPS so maybe that could have something to do with it.
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Some cheap players just drop the frame #25 every second, which can be very annoying.

High-end players do a variety of different conversions, but usually just slow down so every frame is played, but at a slightly slower speed. This effects the audio though (some players can fix that also, but not many).

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