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Far more troubling is the video problems that have been reported with the Complete Series 6 Blu-Ray sets, at least the ones released in the UK. In some scenes of some episodes, the bottom half of the picture (well, bottom 40%) of the picture looks much more "grainy" than the upper portion of the...

All three series of Torchwood were released in 1080/60 worldwide (even in the UK), so I guess that definitely says the US release of Doctor Who: Series 5 is indeed 1080/60, not 50hz.

a poster on Roobarb's forum just confirmed today that the UK release of the Series 5 boxset is indeed encoded at 50hz, so any US fans even thinking of importing better make sure their equipment can handle 1080/50i before buying.

does it handle pre-recorded PAL DVDs (if you have any)? If so, I'd suspect that maybe the burnt disc wasn't finalised to DVD-VIDEO, or maybe the BluRay player can't be made region-free for DVD discs and is so picky it expects Region 1 or else (which wouldn't seem likely).

I certainly hope they're 50hz. I have an Oppo and a multi-system TV, so my setup handles 50hz natively. A 60hz set would be somewhat akin to an unnecessary standards conversion. For what it's worth, I've heard that the only reason that Being Human was released 50hz in the UK was they didn't...

for those of you who may be thinking of importing the UK BluRay, bear in mind that there's (hopefully) a pretty good chance this time that the episodes will be encoded at 1080i at 50hz, which can cause problem for a good many BluRay players Stateside. I won't bore you with the details, but...