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Region 4 Winners and Losers

Region 4 Winners and Losers

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Title

Best

American Beauty

The Region 1 version of this disc contains some additional extras, the most interesting being the inclusion of a DTS audio track. I read two U.S reviews of this DVD and both were very pleased with the quality of the Region 1 disc. Of particular interest was the review of the DTS soundtrack by Widescreen Review in which they claim that "The DTS edges out slightly for having a low end that is a touch fuller and for subtly better defined spatial imaging". Both reviews were pleased with the quality of the video transfer which has the same aspect ratio as our own and is also 16x9 enhanced.

The Region 1 version of this disc misses out on:

Nothing

The Region 4 version of this disc misses out on:

A DTS audio transfer
DVD-ROM material
Cast and Crew Biographies

The availability of a DTS audio transfer is certainly attractive as are the additional extras but one must balance these positives with the lower resolution and 3:2 pull-down artefacts that come with NTSC transfers. I'm going to call this a tie as the quality, price and availability of the local product is counterbalanced by the attraction of additional extras, in particular the DTS audio, in the Region 1 version.