Yes, that's exactly true. It's what we've all been doing since films were first shown on tv. It's normal for us, we're happy with it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 12:01 AM Subject: [opendtv] Re: 20040830 Mark's Monday Memo > And, mostly dubbed or subtitled from English ? > > John Willkie > > -----Original Message----- > From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Don McCroskey > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 11:41 PM > To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [opendtv] Re: 20040830 Mark's Monday Memo > > > Does that mean that "the vast majority of Europeans" don't mind > watching picture and sound at a speed that is 4% higher than the film > acquisition rate? > > -----Original Message----- > From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Roberts > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 2:46 AM > To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [opendtv] Re: 20040830 Mark's Monday Memo > > The 3:2 pull-down that 60Hz demands for showing film looks truly > appalling to the vast majority of Europeans. It's really horrid. NTSC > dvds sold here are rapidly junked in favour of proper ones, not only > sharper but much more regular smooth motion. From time to time, a > purchase deal for a US film-made programme goes wrong and we get a > standards-conversion of the 59.94Hz video instead of a proper rescan > of the film. Phone lines get hot with the public complaints. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barry Wilkins" <Barry.Wilkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 5:59 AM > Subject: [opendtv] Re: 20040830 Mark's Monday Memo > > > > I have the same "problem" looking out my lounge window every days > end. > > The new plasma display sits in the corner beckoning me to watch. But > my > > eyes are drawn across the bay to the distant snow covered mountains > and > > the setting sun. > > > > Now that I've been "educated" on this issue of flicker, I note with > a > > bit of research that Europeans apparently can suffer a similar > annoyance > > problem with film judder due to 3:2 pull down that, according to the > > document I'm reading, does not affect Americans as they have "grown > used > > to it from childhood" > > > > Barry Wilkins=20 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Schubin [mailto:tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 > > Sent: Wednesday, 1 September 2004 2:51 p.m. > > To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [opendtv] Re: 20040830 Mark's Monday Memo > > > > > > > Whilst in NZ Mark, did you see any of the dreaded 50Hz flicker > > syndrome? > > > > Barry Wilkins =3D20 > > > > Alas, yes. We were shooting in Wellington and also noticed it in > hotels > > in Fox Glacier, Haast, Dunedin, and Christchurch. > > > > But it was hard to think about watching TV in such a wonderful > place. > > > > TTFN, > > Mark > > =20 > > =20 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings > at > > FreeLists.org=20 > > > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the > word > > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings > at > FreeLists.org > > > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the > word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.