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Region 4 Winners and Losers

Region 4 Winners and Losers

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Saving Private Ryan (DTS)R4

    I have owned every DVD version of this film in both R1 and R4, and even originally owned the VHS video. Frustratingly, R4 consumers had to wait years before Saving Private Ryan was released locally (it was one of my very first R1 DVD imports). Now we've had to wait years to get a dts version. However, the end result is that R4 now has the ultimate DVD version. In R1 this movie is available (which much the same extras) in either Dolby Digital 5.1 or dts formats, whereas we get both, with the extras on a second disc.

R1 dts Version (also encoded at 768Kb/s)

    The Region 4 DVD misses out on:

  • Message from Steven Spielberg encouraging donations for the D-Day museum
  • English Dolby Digital Stereo Surround audio

    The Region 1 DVD misses out on:

  • English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio
  • Second disc with Into The Breach: Saving Private Ryan (25:01) featurette

R1 Dolby Digital 5.1 Version (also encoded at 448Kb/s)

    The Region 4 DVD misses out on:

  • English Dolby Digital Stereo Surround audio

    The Region 1 DVD misses out on:

  • English dts audio

    Apart from our superior PAL image, and improved transfer, our version also boasts two discs, the options of both Dolby Digital 5.1 and dts audio formats, and essentially all of the extras. Clearly, the R4 DVD is easily the winner here!