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Originally Posted by stargazeruk
The original UK set is also spread out across 6 disks and not 4 disks and I noticed had higher bitrates so they possibly might look slightly better.
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The original is a VC-1 encode, whereas the new one is AVC. Would that make a difference bitrate wise?
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Originally Posted by stargazeruk
The Doctor who Tennant specials they never replaced the 60i disks until the steelbook but when it came to planet earth which was released the same time frame that got a 50i replacement which the original was 60i.
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The original 2007 release of Planet Earth was 24p (with a bonus disc as 60i).
The 2010 Special Edition was a new release at 50i. It had a disc replacement due to bad mastering resulting in over exposed picture, not an incorrect framerate.
The DW Specials was released January 2010. Planet Earth SE wasn't until October 2010 -
after the four individual DW Series 5 BDs were released at 50i.
So a change of policy early 2010, switching from global to region-specific releases, would explain the discrepancy here.
An interesting one to look at is Torchwood - the first three series, produced at 50i, were released in 2008/9 at 60i. Miracle Day, produced in he US at 60i, was released in the UK at 50i in 2011 (after the switch to region-specific releases).