This is what they did they did with the Buffy DVDs. I notice it mostly with the male voices, especially Xander, but others have told me they didn't notice it at all. I'm fairly sensitive to pitch (theremin playing and all) so maybe I'm unusual.

I noticed it, too, but I remember reading your post about it before my S2 set arrived, so I was expecting it. Don't know whether I would have if I hadn't known.

I noticed it, and thought there was something wrong with my DVD player's region-freedom.

I was relieved to find out it wasn't just me.

The real issue isn't the sound, it's the digitizing artifacts. bastards.

The common solution is to map them 1 to 1, which means the footage runs 4% faster.

You know when you really notice this? It's when you're in Australia, and you have a virtual video date with a Buffista in the USA, and you're both watching the same movie and snarking about it over the phone, but you keep having to stop and let them catch up.

All of the energy spent on pressing "play" at exactly the same time is kind of wasted, you see.

and you're both watching the same movie and snarking about it over the phone, but you keep having to stop and let them catch up.

I've heard of this in other international fandoms, but I always figured it was because the Americans themselves were slow.

Awww! John H. & RL with the virtual dating!

Er. No.

Shoulda put a t /kidding in there. Sorry.

It wasn't a date kind of a date, for several obvious reasons, it was just a 'watching a video together' kind of date conducted internationally.

And the movie was the original BtVS movie starring Kristy Swanson, so a few technical difficulties didn't spoil it too much.

Remember when Buffy got period pains which warned her that vampires were around?

Kind of a spidey-sense, but more of a crampy-sense?