Sneaky Oliver 21,319 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Now that you said it, ARUTW and Fun Tonight felt a little sped up Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clownery 3,857 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 9 hours ago, darkgaga said: Apparantly it is an issue in Europe to do with refresh rates. On the Dutch HBO max the duration of the film is 1h47m. So 10 minutes shorter than the US version… HuhhHHHHH???? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy232000 9,875 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 The ending of ARUTW did feel rushed to me, but I figured that’s how she sang it Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson123 35,826 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 I’m from Mexico and didn’t notice anything til Hold My Hand. It seems like they removed some tiny seconds so it wouldn’t feel like the song drags for long but idk it seemed ok. Next time I watch it I’ll probably notice these things because it’s been a while since I’ve seen YouTube videos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudraCNG 14,319 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 (edited) It's 2024 and we Europeans still have to deal with this stupid conversions and FPS changes that sped up films and tv shows. I can't understand it ffs. I thought we left all of this behind with the HD era. Edited May 26 by RudraCNG 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelament 0 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 1 hour ago, RudraCNG said: It's 2024 and we Europeans still have to deal with this stupid conversions and FPS changes that sped up films and tv shows. I can't understand it ffs. I thought we left all of this behind with the HD era. We kind of did tho, this is an absurd exception and seems more like a mistake. I live in Europe and can’t remember the last time I saw a movie’s length be shorter on our streaming services. And more importantly, I don’t recall even during the SD/DVD era seeing a 118 min film be 10 minutes shorter due to NTSC/PAL differences. That’s quite a lot. For comparison, Titanic, at 3+ hrs, was just 7 minutes shorter in PAL releases. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudraCNG 14,319 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 (edited) 2 hours ago, thelament said: We kind of did tho, this is an absurd exception and seems more like a mistake. I live in Europe and can’t remember the last time I saw a movie’s length be shorter on our streaming services. And more importantly, I don’t recall even during the SD/DVD era seeing a 118 min film be 10 minutes shorter due to NTSC/PAL differences. That’s quite a lot. For comparison, Titanic, at 3+ hrs, was just 7 minutes shorter in PAL releases. It is an exception indeed (not the only one, though), but not a mistake. Max streams all their content at 25 fps in Europe and 24 in the US for some reason. Edited May 26 by RudraCNG Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelament 0 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 19 hours ago, RudraCNG said: It is an exception indeed (not the only one, though), but not a mistake. Max streams all their content at 25 fps in Europe and 24 in the US for some reason. Seriously?! Was this ever the case with HBO Max? Feels super amateur, embarassing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudraCNG 14,319 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 (edited) 1 hour ago, thelament said: Seriously?! Was this ever the case with HBO Max? Feels super amateur, embarassing. Yeah, it is because HBO in Europe gets its source files from HBO Nordic, which provides content to cable providers that still stream broadcast in PAL, so we have to deal with this 25 fps bull****. Here's an article about it (even if it talks about Spain, ofc it applies to all Europe): https://www.bullfrag.com/you-cant-watch-hbo-max-in-4k-in-spain-and-we-already-know-why/ "Thus, the masters obtained from HBO Nordic come, in many cases, from HDTV broadcasts to which the audio in Spanish is added. Therefore, the content does not come from the United States, but comes from HBO Nordic. The same goes for subtitles, where if something isn’t subtitled in Spanish on HBO Nordic, it will not be in Spain either. This last point is something they are working on to solve as soon as possible, although they have a long way to go." "Another peculiarity of the service is that all the content will be 25fps, which is the European standard, instead of whatever it’s originally mastered to. This is because in Europe everything has to go at 25fps, as the service is still seen as an internet variant of linear TV." Edited May 27 by RudraCNG Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToGa 67 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 So the best is to get HBO Max in the USA and watch via VPN? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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