I just got the NTSC Volume 2 today, and I compared it to a couple episodes from the PAL Season 2 DVD. The video quality on both versions are pretty much equal, but the Dolby Digital 5.1 is so much better on the UK PAL DVDs. The audio quality is still good on the NTSC Volume 2 version though...

NTSC Video: B-
PAL Video: B-

NTSC Audio: B-
PAL Audio: B+

Any idea if the episodes are uncut?

I didn't compare the times of the episodes on the PAL vs. the NTSC version. Is there any reason for them to be cut or uncut? If you want me to check, is there a particular episode you are curious about that's changed?

When Disney got the rights to the Marvel shows, Disney edited them.

Isn't it unlikely that the new NTSC versions or the UK PAL versions used the Disney versions?

Edited them for syndication. My guess is, these will be uncut.

Maybe. But I think the episodes of Spider-man TAS they have released on DVD so far were edited.

That would be horrible.

Keep in mind the NTSC and PAL versions are going to have slightly different runtimes b/c of the different framerates. Hopefully someone our there can verify that these are uncut.

By gum, we need every last second of Xavier grabbing his head in anguish!

I really doubt they'd use the syndicated cuts.. but if they do - no sale.

Got both Volumes today -

Each volume has the episodes on 2 disc inside a flipper case. The case itself feels a bit flimsy and at first I thought it was the new Recycled ones. Must be less plastic. No Special Features. French and Spanish subtitles.

Gizmo, where did you go to buy the DVDs? Were they put out early?

I'm a reviewer - they were sent directly from Disney.

need to grab these

I'm gonna give them a spin tonight and see how they look. Disappointed there is no special features. I remember Fox Kids having some great promos for the show during its run.

Would love to see a review.

Same. These are also in the Target ad for next week, which is kinda cool.

Working on it

I played an episode today before work (just a random one) and it looked pretty good. It destroys my 5 year old bootleg DVD set I just tossed in the trash can last week. If I had to rate the PQ right now it would be 3/5. On par with Batman: TAS PQ. Bummed these did not come with slip covers since the plastic case feels so cheap.

I got my review copies of both volumes for the site today. The average runtime of each episode calculated off the case is around 23 minutes. I checked out the first disc of Vol. 1 and the actual run times are around 21:20.

The video quality to me looks a bit muddy, but definitely better than previous sources.

hey guys!
so i have been reading alot and trying to figure out which dvds should i buy- the uk ones or the us ones.
can anyone help me with that info?
As far as i understood most ppl say that the video on both is same quality- Although its quite odd casue the uk version marked as a restored/remastered version while in the usa version case no one spoke about it.
Sound - uk versions are 5.1 but the USA ones are "just" Stereo. can u really hear the difference. does it really sounds much better?
and for the most important part - i heard that the UK versions are edited. did anyone manage to check if the US episodes are uncut? (credits' "previously on x men" etc)

cant wait to read more reviews that will help me to decide
thanks alot!

Does this mean they are syndicated episodes, and therefore edited for time? Or are the listed times just incorrect but the episodes themselves are still complete and uncut?

Anyone with an early (or review) copy know? I'd like to pick these two up tomorrow if they are uncut, but I will pass if they used syndicated versions....

Pal DVDs have more active oomph to surrounds and subwoofer. And pal DVDs start each episode with "previously on xmen".

I don't have the sets yet but one thing I'm thinking about with the runtime is Batman: The Animated Series and The Tick (which Disney put on DVD) aired on Fox along with X-Men, and the runtime for B:TAS and The Tick episodes on DVD are usually around the 21 minute mark, and none of those episodes are syndicated versions. Perhaps because of Fox's format for cartoons most of them were about that length with the actual show and the rest of the time was padded with commercials.

I've watched half of Vol. 1 and don't see any places where cuts for syndication would occur. The fact that the "Previously" recaps are on every episode, helps confirm these as uncut, becuase that would be an easy 45-60secs for them to cut for syndication.

I didn't notice any syndication cuts either but honestly I would not know if they cut a minute from each episode. Its been a while since I've seen the show all the way through and wouldn't notice small things like that.