Region 4 Winners and Losers

    This appears to be identical to the Region 1 release, so the only substantial difference is NTSC formatting as opposed to PAL. Well not really. It seems that the Region 1 release has a Dolby Digital 4.1 soundtrack and a dts 4.1 soundtrack, at the same bit rates as our soundtracks. Now that's an interesting choice - take our five channels without the bass channel or take their four channels with the bass channel. Further complicating the issue is that whilst the usually reliable Widescreen Review has nothing really negative to say about the transfer, apart from some aliasing issues, the reviewer on DVD Empire really lays into the transfer as an almost disaster. If we accept Widescreen Review as the more authoritative source, then it sounds like there is little different between the video transfers, making your preferences regarding the audio transfers the determining factor.