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Moviezzz
PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 1:24 am 
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Did anyone see RANGEELA when it aired on Turner Classic Movies tonight????

I can't believe it. TCM is a great channel, but they are showing a TERRIBLE print of it.

Barely any color in the print, only letterboxed at about 1.85 (when the film was 2.35). I watched the opening scene and half the dancers are missing!!!!

Not only that, but the print is speeded up!!! I synced up the DVD with it and after a few seconds, the TV was way ahead of the DVD.

Doing a comparison with the DEI disc, well, there is no comparison. The DEI transfer looks so much better it is amazing. Lot of color, fully letterboxed.

Like I said, TCM is a great channel and the fact they are showing these films in the first place is to be congratulated. But why such awful versions? I think this may be the Media Digital transfer (with subtitles).
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spike86
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Yes, the transfer was pretty bad. The cropping adds to it and ruins the whole exprience. But this time the sound was in stereo. Atleast we have the awesome music by A R Rahman.
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DragunR2
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So far TCM has aired transfers that were originally PAL, the cause for the speed up. I only caught the last few minutes of DCH, but it was OAR but converted from PAL to NTSC.

Someone said these transfers came from the BBC?
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Kishi6406
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I've only seen DCH and Sholay on there so far.

Even though I didn't enjoy DCH, the print was AWESOME! Compared to the pirate, the colour was just there, and it was flawless. If it was a DVD, it'd be the best Indian DVD.
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