The Region 4 DVD misses out on: - Dolby Digital 2.0 sound track.
- Message from Steven Spielberg calling for donations to the D-Day museum.
- 768 kb/s DTS sound track on the special DTS-only DVD release.
The Region 1 DVD misses out on: The video quality of the Region 4 PAL release is clearly superior to the Region 1 NTSC release. For purists, the 4% PAL speed up is worth considering, but so is NTSC 3:2 pull-down. Remember that Spielberg takes great care with his craft. The R4 release also plays the movie automagically, whereas the R1 release booted up the menu after loading. There is no reason to favour one DVD over the other, so I'd lean toward the Region 4 version this time for the benefits of PAL, but it's a very close call.
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