Region 4 Winners and Losers

    The Region 1 release was years ago (1999!). It offers similar specifications: 1.85:1, not 16x9 enhanced, Dolby Digital 2.0 surround encoded sound, and nothing much in the way of extras (they get a trailer that we don't). By description, their transfer may be sharper than ours, but their colours are a bit over-saturated, which is a problem we don't have.

    Looks to me like the obvious answer is to wait until they make a better disc, rather than buying either version. If you don't want to wait, I'd suggest getting the Region 4 disc, but only because it's the local product — they seem to be pretty much equivalent.