What about Dil Chahta Hai dvd, Rana? Is that also from progressive source?

I forgot about DCH. I am not sure if it is from progressive source.
This is what Ali said about DCH DVD:

"Preview up;
http://www.zulm.net/article.php?sid=346
... this has to be one of better Indian DVDs to come out in a long time. The quality is very good - only downers being the slight compression artefacts (and maybe DNR effects) evident - but its a film that’s over 3 hours long and Spark have done decent enough job with film on one disc and extras on a second disc.

Ali"

I think, somewhere, Ali said, it was not from progressive source. I may be wrong.

I wonder if Ali could clarify this please.

Thanks.

Rana

Re: DCH, no its not from a progressive source.

Ali

Foa Ali!! Well! u seemed to be quite impressed with Lagaan dvd!! I think expecting some thing very good and special from CT was a let down for me!!well, life continues!!
Now crouching tiger, wone oscar, what columbia gave us a dvd of same transfer as yheir hong kong version with same special feature a bit more!!! i had hong kong version for $8 believe me it was very simillar!!Does any body has both a comparative review will be really educational!!

I still feel Fiza by DEI was a better dvd than Lagaan by CT, value and more!!
May i request Ali to give us a comparative review with ur present format and standard for again, educational sake!!I would really appreciate!!thanx

That’s a great idea, Ali. Let’s see, using the same disc space, how a 4 hr DVD done by a Hollywood DVD maker compares with a 3 hr DVD done by the best among the Indian DVD makers. Michel has often mentioned excessive DVNR. Perhaps that is not the case in CT’s LAGAAN. Also, I am certain, CT’s LAGAAN picture is not squashed.

Thanks.

Rana

Why is there no mention of Lagaan's dvd of columbia tristar's dvd webpage?

http://www.cthe.com/ - search for Lagaan and all will be revealed.

Ali

Even a bit of Flash animation on there to promote Lagaan;

http://www.cthe.com/Flash/Lagaan/lagaan_CTHE_popup.html

Ali

Hi! Ali, how abt my request on comparative reviews of LAGAAN vs Pirated version.

DDLJ vs pirated version.

Lagaan vs Fiza or ur pick whatever u think was one of the best hindi dvd till date before LAGAAN came out!!

Not got either pirate of Lagaan & DDLJ - I will do a new style review of Fiza and others when I get more time.

As for Fiza being better than Lagaan - I'm not too sure. This Lagaan DVD is good - the fundamentals are right which DEI couldn’t manage on Fiza DVD- But Fiza DVD print is cleaner, and has that much better compression due to slightly better bit rate - but the image on Fiza doesn’t look as sharp because of DEI infamous sloppy noise reduction - the image at time has that fuzziness about it which is not that apparent on the Lagaan DVD. Lagaan on the other hand suffers from compression problems on fast moving scenes when the picture becomes hazy and loses detail.

I think Fiza was very first review I did on zulm – and if I rated it again I’ll still rate the DVD 8/10. Fiza and Lagaan are both some of best Indian DVDs available – and each have flaws but I still rate both 8/10.

Ali

For sheer quality sake!! I agree give and take!!

But again i expect CT to give us a better quality product than DEI or any body else with their own shortcomings and compression problem!

Well! seems like Faddy have both version of DDLJ and Sunny might come up with LAGAAN comparison!!hopefully

Rogers Video Stores in GTA will have Lagaan DVD as of Jan 22 as a 2-day rental.

The DVD is available for sale on their web site for CAD $34.99 (plus S&H).

Here's the link

I think its all about expectations and I'm happy with the verdict actually...If DEi had done the same dvd, everyone would have said it is the best Indian dvd.

OK...i went to the columbia tristar website...and checked out the DVD features for LAGAAN. This what the site gave me:

DVD Special Features


Languages:English

Length:225 minutes

Scene Selection:Yes

Full Screen:

Wide Screen:Yes

Subtitles:Chinese, English, French Portuguese, Korean Thai, Spanish

Added Features:Digitally Mastered Audio & Anamorphic Video

Audio: Original Language - English and Hindi 5.1 (Dolby Digital) and 2-Channel (Dolby Surround)

Scene Unseen

Filmographies

Interactive Menus

Production Notes

Number of Trailers:2

Sound Type:Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Surround Sound

Aspect Ratio:2.35:1.


Now where the heck are the two trailers?! I think i checked it out on the Indiancdstore site too, and that one says that it has trailers also! Am I the only one who can't find the trailers on this dvd? ???

The R1 DVD I has didn’t have them either - so either they were pulled from the production of DVD or there are hidden as Easter egg extras – I haven’t got the DVD to hand to check. But also it just could be false info being out.

Ali