Doctor Who : Dark Water / Death In Heaven 3D Blu-ray (2014) [Region Free]

[cdx47]

Originally Posted by oldmario

just discovered this 3D release is a thing that exists, with it being only available in the US do i need to worry about any PAL/NTSC conversion as it's a BBC production?

I rarely use discs anymore so I had to go through my disc archive lol. But I found the disc and it plays fine on my ordinary UK blu-ray player. If you are talking about playing it on a US blu-ray player then the message above mine answers that. Although I would always assume that a disc only available in one region is playable in that same region

[oldmario]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

Are there some conversion issues from original broadcast -- probably some minor issues though nothing of importance that I remember.

No problems with it playing on US players -- as far as I'm aware all Bluray 3D discs are 24p (that may be a requirement)

Originally Posted by cdx47

I rarely use discs anymore so I had to go through my disc archive lol. But I found the disc and it plays fine on my ordinary UK blu-ray player. If you are talking about playing it on a US blu-ray player then the message above mine answers that. Although I would always assume that a disc only available in one region is playable in that same region

thanks for the replies, guys

probably should've mentioned i'm in the UK and i would be using it on a UK player but i guess this seems fine, my main worry was with it being slowed down with it being a US produced disc of a UK tv show but i guess with it being 3D it's a different area of video standards

[cdx47]

Originally Posted by oldmario

thanks for the replies, guys

probably should've mentioned i'm in the UK and i would be using it on a UK player but i guess this seems fine, my main worry was with it being slowed down with it being a US produced disc of a UK tv show but i guess with it being 3D it's a different area of video standards

According to Amazon it's NTSC and it seems to play fine in my blu-ray player and apparently as part of the blu-ray standard, PAL players can play NTSC by default. I was going to check the file to be certain but I have re-encoded my copy so I would have to rip the disc again to get the info.

[hariseldon]

Originally Posted by oldmario

thanks for the replies, guys

probably should've mentioned i'm in the UK and i would be using it on a UK player but i guess this seems fine, my main worry was with it being slowed down with it being a US produced disc of a UK tv show but i guess with it being 3D it's a different area of video standards

Originally Posted by cdx47

According to Amazon it's NTSC and it seems to play fine in my blu-ray player and apparently as part of the blu-ray standard, PAL players can play NTSC by default. I was going to check the file to be certain but I have re-encoded my copy so I would have to rip the disc again to get the info.

It's a 24p encode which is standard for all BD players around the world

There is probably some slowdown issues but audio is pitch corrected. I find it very difficult to detect slowdown as long as the pitch frequency is correct. People that are supersensitive or know a scene intimately may be able to pick up something, but I'm not one of those. `

[reaper232]

Being a supporter of 3D films I've been had an interest in getting these Doctor Who 3D movies, but I have a question as to whether I would need to watch previous episodes of the shows or can these be watched as standalones? Only asking cause I did watch the first Doctor Who 3D movie released and enjoyed it but not a big follower of this show.

[cdx47]

Originally Posted by reaper232

Being a supporter of 3D films I've been had an interest in getting these Doctor Who 3D movies, but I have a question as to whether I would need to watch previous episodes of the shows or can these be watched as standalones? Only asking cause I did watch the first Doctor Who 3D movie released and enjoyed it but not a big follower of this show.

That was a movie, these are episodes from the series. You can watch them as standalone but the 3D isn't that great and probably won't make much sense.

[Just_Discovered_3D]

Originally Posted by cdx47

That was a movie, these are episodes from the series. You can watch them as standalone but the 3D isn't that great and probably won't make much sense.

Thanks. In Murica, it's impossible to get an honest review of Doctor Who: it's either the bestest best thing ever, or "I don't know whatchurr talking about"

[the13thman]

Originally Posted by oldmario

thanks for the replies, guys

probably should've mentioned i'm in the UK and i would be using it on a UK player but i guess this seems fine, my main worry was with it being slowed down with it being a US produced disc of a UK tv show but i guess with it being 3D it's a different area of video standards

Dark Water/Death in Heaven is fine to import, the disc is region free and has no playback issues.

The 3D is poor however, as this is a conversion (unlike Day of the Doctor which was shot in 3D).

[cdx47]

Originally Posted by the13thman

Dark Water/Death in Heaven is fine to import, the disc is region free and has no playback issues.

The 3D is poor however, as this is a conversion (unlike Day of the Doctor which was shot in 3D).

That's an old post you are replying to. But the info is still relevant