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Region 4 Winners and Losers

Region 4 Winners and Losers

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HimalayaR4

    The Region 1 release misses out on:

  • Actually being released
  • Actually even being listed for release (as least as far as I can ascertain)

    That would make it an overwhelming choice in favour of Region 4. However, if you have a multi-region player (and if you are checking out this section then that is probably a given), you might like to check out the options available in Region 2. So far I have found two different releases, one in The Netherlands and one in France. I apologise as my Dutch is basically non-existent and my French is very rusty, but from what I can understand they have the following options.

    The Dutch Region 2 release features:

  • 2.35:1 16x9 enhanced transfer
  • Tibetan Dolby Digital 5.1 448 Kb/s soundtrack
  • Tibetan Dolby Digital 2.0 320 Kb/s soundtrack
  • Dutch subtitles
  • Making of featurette
  • Photo Gallery
  • Video Clip
  • Screensaver
  • Documentary about the Dolpo Valley, Nepal

    The French Region 2 release features:

  • 2.35:1 16x9 enhanced transfer
  • French Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack
  • French dts 5.1 soundtrack
  • Tibetan Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack
  • French subtitles
  • Making of featurette
  • Audio commentary from at least Eric Valli
  • Video Clip
  • Screensaver
  • Documentary about the Dolpo Valley, Nepal

    Judging by the comments found in reviews for these DVDs, the transfers are very good. That being the case, if perchance the language and subtitle options are acceptable to you (neither appear to have English subtitles), either of these versions would be a better choice since they feature far more extras. It should be pointed out that the Region 4 release is devoid of extras in order to keep the film on a single layer, single sided DVD, whereas the Region 2 releases are both on dual layer, single sided DVDs.