<p>There is no visible difference, unless the DVD/BR publisher labels their discs as such.  Any region code (or even region-free data) can be burned or pressed on to any media.</p>

<p>Furthermore, region encoding (at least on DVDs, and I assume on BRs) has nothing (technically) to do with the video format.  Now, you're <em>likely</em> to find Region-1 DVDs in NTSC format, Region 1 is the U.S. and Canada, and the U.S. and Canada use NTSC, but there's no technical barrier to creating a R1 DVD in PAL format.</p>

<p>See the Wikipedia article on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code" rel="nofollow">DVD Region codes</a>, and specifically the section on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code#PAL.2FSECAM_vs._NTSC" rel="nofollow">NTSC vs. PAL</a>.</p>

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Flimzy
<p>You can only see the difference in compression of those 2 dvds, as for FPS, untrained eyes wont see the difference in 1 fps. trained eyes do.</p>

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Compression and FPS have nothing to do with region encoding. At all.
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<p>I was wondering whether there is any visible difference between Region 1 and Region 2 movies. Region 1 is encoded in 23.976 fps standard, right? And Region 2 is 25 fps.</p>

<p>But as I assume the movies are shot in 23.976 only, the R2 releases are just some convert/recode to be compatible with the region.</p>

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  <p>Which ultimately leads me to a question: If presented with a movie
  playing from R1 and R2 discs simultaneously, can a trained eye see any
  difference?</p>
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<p>I know for a fact an eye can see the difference between 23.976 fps and 25 fps. A lot of low-budget movies/web series are being released lately since the Canon dSLRs can record video and there definitely is a visible difference between the standard 24 film fps and the "fluid, unnatural" 25 fps.</p>

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You seem to have asked several questions here.  **Is there a visible difference between DVDs for variuos regions?** and **Does region coding imply frame rate?** Along with some commentary about frame rates. You would probably do well to turn this into two or three separate questions.
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Are there any (visible) differences between R1 and R2 DVDs (or blu-rays, thereof)?
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# Are there any (visible) differences between R1 and R2 DVDs (or blu-rays, thereof)?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2011-10-15)

I was wondering whether there is any visible difference between Region 1 and Region 2 movies. Region 1 is encoded in 23.976 fps standard, right? And Region 2 is 25 fps.

But as I assume the movies are shot in 23.976 only, the R2 releases are just some convert/recode to be compatible with the region.

> Which ultimately leads me to a question: If presented with a movie
> playing from R1 and R2 discs simultaneously, can a trained eye see any
> difference?

I know for a fact an eye can see the difference between 23.976 fps and 25 fps. A lot of low-budget movies/web series are being released lately since the Canon dSLRs can record video and there definitely is a visible difference between the standard 24 film fps and the "fluid, unnatural" 25 fps.

**Tags:** video

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You seem to have asked several questions here.  **Is there a visible difference between DVDs for variuos regions?** and **Does region coding imply frame rate?** Along with some commentary about frame rates. You would probably do well to turn this into two or three separate questions.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2011-10-15. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

There is no visible difference, unless the DVD/BR publisher labels their discs as such. Any region code (or even region-free data) can be burned or pressed on to any media.

Furthermore, region encoding (at least on DVDs, and I assume on BRs) has nothing (technically) to do with the video format. Now, you're *likely* to find Region-1 DVDs in NTSC format, Region 1 is the U.S. and Canada, and the U.S. and Canada use NTSC, but there's no technical barrier to creating a R1 DVD in PAL format.

See the Wikipedia article on [DVD Region codes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code), and specifically the section on [NTSC vs. PAL](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code#PAL.2FSECAM_vs._NTSC).


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### Answer by username_2 on 2011-10-17. Score: 0

You can only see the difference in compression of those 2 dvds, as for FPS, untrained eyes wont see the difference in 1 fps. trained eyes do.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Compression and FPS have nothing to do with region encoding. At all.  

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