The Movies I Liked

Rikhav, thank you very much for your writing, i am having some movie of region 1, i will play it some day and check the special effects.

Once it is proved for me, that these region 1, etc, from abroad are much better DVDs then i can assure you that i will reduce considerably of my buying DVDs locally from here.

There is one place in Mumbai, which sells these original DVDs, but they want around 1500 bucks for each, this is huge money.

Vinay.

If you check out the thread Sreekanth has in detail explained how the Indian companies dont use up to the quality master to make the dvds and that is the reason for lack of quality.

Watched the movie 21. Its a movie all about gambling and BLACKJACK to be precise. Interesting movie to watch

Here is the link for more details about the movie
21 (2008 film - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Rikhav, thanks about this movie 21, i will buy it in due course, as these gambling story lines are of my interest.

About soundsgreat earlier detailed writing on why Indian DVD qualities are not good, my knowledge is to the minimum, some other members can throw more light on it, but then you know at the end of the day the beans are spilled when we watch a imported DVD and the Indian dvd, i used to always think that Sony is the best for DVD, when sounds great said that Sony is bad i was just not ready to believe it, what has happened is that around 2 days ago when i was watching a Sony's dvd, a movie with loads of action scenes, and the effects were just not there, then i realized that there have been earlier movies which i saw of Sony dvd, they also had a similar fate, but maybe some were better, so today i have become very bitter about Sony dvd.


Vinay.

Om Shanti Om on bluray, stunning picture & sound. Further bit rate details here (towards last post)

Hi,



Vinay First of all let me Clarify that if Am silent that does not mean that I agree or the fact is right ! I will not comment for any and every thing ! So please take a note of this !! Am not here to argue and prove Am right every time or have misunderstanding with the members,Hence will choose carefully only which ever needs the reply or comment,which is worthy enough and reply or comment to only those !! This is applicable to this very thread and every thread thats posted in the forum !!

If I sound rude with the above statements then Am sorry but I can't help it !! but thats not the intention !!

Now coming to your queries, Vinay the site I've given you is legitimate website and will only sell original which is brand new !! so put to rest the doubts of you getting the dvd wrapped in paper !! it will have jewel cases or whichever the one that the DVD manufacturer has originally launched it with !!

The credit card,you can open an paypal account and transfer the money through it ! paypal is available in every country !!

The Quality, I've already told you about this ! and another point and most important one !! I will never suggest or recommend anything that does not confirm to my standards ( Yes I have a quality standard for every damn thing in life and way of doing things) or the general standard that is there ! If one wants to misinterpret this then again,its their level of intelligence !! I will not bother ! More over if the original region 1 is not up to the mark then we should all stop watching the movies on the DVD's forever thats all !!

The damages,yes only if you choose the govt postal service !! not in the case of private courier services which is most preferred by the online stores themselves !! So in that the chances are very bleak !!

Customes Duty, Am not very sure bout that !! coz couple of times when I ordered I didn't have to pay any ! but in any case you are a man with contacts ! so I think that should not be a big deal for you !!


Hope I've answered all your queries point to point ! If I've left any please ask so that I can throw some light on them as well !!

Regards.

I've never got a chance to visit Prasad Labs to comment on their facility, hence I cannot comment on these. But every single DVD i bought from India were dissappointing.

Still have to agree with Venkat on the quality of some Tamil movies that I've seen [but they are Aygaran productions, remastered in singapore] are on par with any english movies when it comes to quality barring the ignorance of technical guys. I did a blind test during a forum session at my home, many of the members misunderstood the original material as bluray.

Soundsgreat,

Indeed when someone is silent it does not mean that one agrees with something, but than what i strongly feel is that if someone has made a point about something, and later someone does not agree, then there should be exchange of posts to understand what is correct or wrong, there can so many clarifications, results, etc for mutual benefits.

I do realize now that you have a good point that the site is legitimate website, so it will be worth taking a chance, at the best i can use a risk management, order one or two DVDs's, i like the way you explained me on this, thank you very much.

About the credit card, thanks for giving me a way out, i would have not realized this.

Indeed your recommendation matters to me, that is why i did not buy those 20 DVDs's of james bond, it is just that i was worried, over here too, you have explained to me so nicely and i have understood, so i think you are saying that if one can get the original region one, then it will be a good quality DVD in all respects.

About the courier, i did not realize that the sites, have a set of private couriers who know how to handle such fragile items, so my fear on this count has gone, thank you very much.

About customs duty, again, i like the way you explained me, and the beauty is that you have been getting DVDs's from abroad without much problem, so it is simple for me then, order 1 or 2 copies, see if the duty is charged, and if charged is it viable or no, having said that, even if the cost with duty is some what higher than the DVD cost over here, i am ever willing to pay, if the quality of DVD is good in form of the effects, picture quality, etc.

I once again say thank you for answering me so much point by point, if all goes well then maybe i will always import the English movies from abroad.

Vinay.

Gents, this thread is starting to get a little argumentative so I will just stop commenting.

At the same time there are certain things that I would like to clarify. The region codes are small tokens or codes placed on the DVD and recognised by the DVD player. This has nothing to do with the quality of the manufacturing process. So when we say Region 1 DVD we are assuming that we are referring to DVD manufactured in the US.

Vinay to answer you question on the Bond movies, 22 movies at INR12,000 comes to roughly 545 per DVD. If I am not wrong, this is the rough price of DVDs sold individually also. If you like one of the single DVD, I am sure the retailer would be happy to get you all the DVDs at a huge discount.

Over the next few days, I shall see what Bond movies are available individually, and may try a few old ones to see the quality.

Sunil, i like the idea of a blind test, and this is some news to me that all DVDs bought from India, you found it disappointing, does this refer to both English and Hindi movies?

Thank you very much for showing the photo of SPL.

Vinay.

Venkatcr,

You are new at this forum, many a times there are arguments happening over here, as long as it is healthy it is fine, but the problem begins when one gets into in-direct ragging, etc, and when you catch someone, then he will say no i meant it this way and that way, and you should see how evasive people get.

Now about these region codes which you are saying, now this is another news for me, thank you very much for explaining your point of view on regions, people like us who do not understand much on these things, it becomes all the more important that there should be a few counters what is being said, then only we can read between the lines what could be the correct thing, it is quite un-fair when there is no counter, just because one things he is right, etc.

I allready told you why i am not buying one DVD of James bond movie, these 22 movies come with a very good DVD rack, and one or two accessories which were used in bond movies. I greatly appreciate your efforts on finding about the quality of the older bond movies.

I will give you the details of the Chennai, member who is working on acoustics.

Vinay.