monizam wrote:
majority rules..a few of the zulmies just are out to critize..
need to place your money where your mouth is..
go ahead and start releasing your own dvds..
i agree that lots of dvds are video quality but they are still better than the vhs..and price wise I have paid more for the vhs than the dvd-which also have subtitles..
there are no source for these people to get the 35mm print to transfer to dvd--so what--maybe one of you critics can supply the good stuff that you want to have
Unfortunately majority does rule, and Indians are willing to pay for shoddy product, from those music cassettes with cheap tape to the CDs made from said tapes to VHS with scrolling phone numbers and banner ads to DVDs made from VHS masters. McDonald's is the most popular restaurant in the US, it doesn't make it the best food.
It takes far too much money to buy the rights to a movie and release the DVD for most Zulmis to do it, unless some of you happen to be millionaires. Saying "Go make your own DVD" is like saying "Go run for President" if you are dissatisfied with politics. Most people don't have the resources. It doesn't make sense to say you can only criticize movies, books, music, politics, sports players, etc. if you can do it yourself. If this was the case, none of us could ever criticize anything.
YRF has a treasure trove of films at their disposal. From the BR Chopra films to the ones Yash Chopra himself produced and directed. There's no way they don't have access to those. There was a Guru Dutt retrospective in Japan a while ago with 35mm prints. Pyaasa on TCM last summer looked terrific. So these prints do exist for many classic films.
There is absolutely no excuse whatsoever for newer films to look so shoddy. Even my dad, who isn't exactly a videophile, noticed problems with Eros' Devdas, which was one of their better recent efforts. So one doesn't have to be Mhafner (his name has popped up a lot in this thread!) to know that Indian DVDs suck.
Look at Ayngaran and Tamilini DVDs. Aside from lack of progressive encoding, their discs look nice. Good colors, acceptable sharpness, not overcontrasty or fuzzy. Tamil DVDs have a smaller market than Hindi DVDs, yet they put much more effort into their DVDs than Eros.
Indian DVD companies basically say 
to the consumers when they release such product. I've found better looking stuff in the $5.88 bin at Wal-Mart!
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