From interference: "You have good ears, it is indeed slightly sped up,
but not really not for time constraints. PAL is the encoding system
used in the UK, and is by nature sped up 4% compared to NTSC, which is
used in America. Anything you watch on TV (including obviously the
BBC) in the UK and Europe (and a good part of the rest of the world)
is in PAL and features this speedup. It's also present on most DVD's
(bought not Blu Ray) bought in the UK (Region 2) and other parts of
the world. It's generally not noticeable, but one of the effects (in
addition to a slightly shorter running time) is that sounds will be at
a slightly higher pitch vs. NTSC, and if you're from North America and
are used to watching TV there, and are very familiar w/a particular
voice or movie, and you have good ears, you can sometimes hear it."
I don't know it that's true or if it's something to do with the files
I've seen or my PC. But that is a unbelievable annoying thing, I still
enjoyed the movie though. It's just that everybody sounds a bit like
chipmunks when they talk and much of the music is just slightly OFF.
The only other time I can remember hearing stuff like this is the
Region 2 Ratle and Hum, it's totally useless. So I have both Region 1
and 2 and had to make sure I had a region free DVD player so I could
see the Region 1 version instead.
Unbelievable. EWB