dograk wrote:
my dear sumit.
while i may be relatively new, you are forgetting what i am saying.
what is the use of crying over spilt milk? what is the use of bemoaning the fact that there once was a company called DEi that did great dvds. unfortunately, DEi is bankrupt. unfortunately, Devdas was always going to be made by Eros, since Bharat Shah owned its rights and would obviously sell to a company he has a stake in.
anyways, whats done is done. i fail to see why we should go around complaining about the quality. frankly, i kept hope that eros would do a good job of the dvd, but in the back of my mind, i knew it wouldn't. so did everyone. including you.
i know very well that you take an interest in dvds, and their technicalities. good for you. but you must realize that every one of us does not. we are far more interested in enjoyable fare which gives us a break from our hectic lives. not many of us care that there are two images seen when it is paused. face it: there is not a big audience for south asian dvds' especially when you compare to hollywood. we cannot expect to receive the hollywood dvd treatment when we are in such a minority.
however, on the other hand, we cannot and should not expect to recieve inferior treatment from a company that knows how to do a good dvd. that is why i would instead advocate that you channel your energies elsewhere; perhaps you should start a petition. perhaps you should go down to nasa and put up the petition there, and make people sign it. believe me, if you did so, i would be the first to sign!
however, bitching at people who believe that a product is made up of not only video but also the extras is immature.
i hope you understand.
There you go Dogra again... You seem to have resigned to the fact that
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face it: there is not a big audience for south asian dvds' especially when you compare to hollywood.
Isnt that a rather defeatist attitude ? We have some members here who are not desis in any way ... I can name a Few.. PagalChand, JeffAdkins etc.. ( forgive me if i have missed out others)... Our goal should be to encourage more ppl to watch Hindi DVDs and whne the wankas @ EROS realize that then they can get some idea as to what we are talking here.
The P****S @ EROS have the same mentality which someone here made a mention of..."the asian mentality".. unless someone from the "other" race start criticizing them, they wont bother to take any action...
Well put it this way....
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what is the use of crying over spilt milk?
Doodh aur DVDs mein shaayad yehi fark hai ... (and nah i aint starting a film called Sholay - Part 2 (The DVd authoring experience 
)...
Isnt this quite the contrary of what DEVDAS the film tried to achieve ?.. Devdas tried to acheive a proper North American release to showcase Indian Heritage.. This was targetted towards the Non-desi populace.. Now in the same vein, they should have put in that EXTRA effort to target the home video market also which forms a major chunk of a movie's business here in North America.
I never claimed to be speaking for the majority here (cos they still do not want a change).. My comments and views are directed towards the rank minority who (IMO) have started taking an objective look at these DVDs...
Think of this scenario...If you had a Non-Desi friend and you wanted to invite him/her to watch an Indian film would you show him/her DEVDAS ...what if he/she happens to be an avid Hollywood DVD watcher and what if he/she makes the comment "is this how Indian DVds are produced ? "..what will u reply ?...
Boond Boond se sagar Banta hai (Many drops make an ocean)
I remember this forum was to educate our "desi" folks abt DVds and their quality and I am happy that I have been able to play my part ..(that being the technical aspects and finer points..). I leave it to others here to educate ppl abt the other aspects like acting and such stuff.... I am afterall not a Film Critic you see
Hope that helps and nothing personal 
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