Region 4 Winners and Losers

    The Region 1 disc is almost identical to this one, except that it is not 16x9 enhanced. It has a very good transfer, and looks quite nice. It has exactly the same trailer as its only extra. I was not unhappy with owning it, but I wanted 16x9 enhancement. We got a bit more than that.

    The cover of our disc has essentially the same artwork as the R1, but ours is enhanced with red foil - a nice touch. The R1 is in an Alpha case (one of the ones where you have to lift the disc from one side, guaranteeing a fingerprint on the data side). We get a transparent Amaray.

    I gotta say it again. Region 1 gets a good transfer. We get a perfect transfer, and it is 16x9 enhanced. (Ed. I have to state that on direct comparison, the Region 1 DVD looks positively ordinary next to the Region 4 DVD, and the Region 1 suffers from some very noticeable and unpleasant edge enhancement which is magnificently absent from the Region 4 DVD.)

    OK, to be utterly honest, there is one thing missing from the Region 4 which is present on the Region 1. In addition to the English 5.1 soundtrack, the R1 has a Dolby Digital 2.0 surround soundtrack. I think we'll survive without it.