Title: Pyaar Ke Side Effects
Year: 2006
BD Release: 2010
IMDB Rating: 7.1
Category: Comedy | Music | Romance
Distributor: T-Series
Authoring House: ??
Region Coding: A/B/C
MRP: Rs. 699/-
Media: Main Feature - 50GB BD
Running Time: 02:12:25 hrs
Chapters: 19
Video:
2.35:1, HD 1080p 16:9, AVC 24Hz
Peak Bitrate ?Mbps | Average Bitrate ?Mbps
Audio:
1/2 Hindi - Dolby Digital 5.1 (48khz 640kbps) <-- Default Track
2/2 Hindi - DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48khz 3.4Mbps peak)
Subtitles: <-- Not 2.35:1 Screen Friendly (Positioned below the picture area)
1/1 English <-- On by default.
Special Features:
NONE

Special Mention:
T-Series 'Watermark' Logo, during the entire songs. <-- This is worse than even 'Yash Raj' who only have the Watermark for a few seconds during the songs.
No scrolling advertisements during songs or otherwise. <-- All Bollywood Video companies, please take note.
No advertisements, forced or otherwise, during the movie. <-- All Bollywood Video companies, please take note.
Separate 'Song Menu' to allow direct selection of song. <-- This should be a no brainer for all Bollywood blu-rays.
'Play ALL' option in the Songs Menu. <-- It is about time this became a standard feature on all Bollywood blu-rays.

Authoring issues:
1. The subtitles are on by default.
2. THe pop-up menus do not close right away upon making a selection. Instead they close only after 20 seconds.
3. There are shortcuts for only 'five' chapters in the scene index. The chapters seem to have been chosen totally at random and thus even the index numbers do not match the chapter numbers.

Review:
Video:
Colors are over saturated. Slight color banding. Inconsistent hues and a reddish tint specially skin tones. Slight raised black levels, leading to a slightly washed out and hazy picture. Boosted contrast leading to blooming. Inconsistent detail. Image sharp at times but sometimes picture looks quite soft.

My ratings:
Movie: 3.5 out of 5.0
Video: 3.25 out of 5.0
Audio: 4.1 out of 5.0
Extras: 0 out of 5.0
Overall: 3.3 out of 5.0

Equipment used for testing:
Projector: Panasonic PT-AE2000U
Screen: Da-Lite 4:3 120" 'Model B' - White Matte
Viewing Distance: 11' 6"
A/V Receiver: Denon AVR5800
Speakers: 5.1
Front/Main: Paradigm Reference 100 v2
Center: Paradigm Reference Studio CC v2
Rear: Tannoy - Mercury M5
Subwoofer: Paradigm Reference Servo 15
BD Player:
Oppo BDP-83 (Hardware Modified 'Region Free' with 'BDP83-50-0424' firmware)
PS3 (80GB US 'Region A' with firmware v3.41)