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Region 4 Winners and Losers

Region 4 Winners and Losers

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Sopranos, The-Season 2R1

    About the only way that Region 4 does succeed is in the fact that we have got this over a month before the Region 1 release is due. Since there appears to be no definitive information at this time of exactly what will be included in the Region 1 release when it is issued, I went to the HBO site and checked out what they say. Based upon that, it would appear that the Region 4 release misses out on:

  • Audio commentaries from Tim Van Patten, Henry J. Bronchtein, Allen Coulter and John Patterson
  • Cast and Crew biographies
  • An episode summary
  • DVD-ROM extras
  • Full English Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack
  • Full English Dolby Digital 2.0 soundtrack

    Once again, the entire series comes on four DVDs. So once again, fewer DVDs yet the Region 1 release manages more in the way of extras. Overall, Region 1 would remain the region of choice, unless you cannot wait until November 6.

    In broad terms the only other thing working in favour of the Region 4 release once again is the price - $100 which is effectively half the price of the superior Region 1 release.