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evilatik
PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:39 pm 
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Stephen:

VHS is available in London in a few libraries, but theres 2 versions, Orson and Famous Video
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rana
PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:51 pm 
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Muz wrote:
In fact if anyone has transferred the Orson VHS version on to DVD that would also be great. The Sony Orson original VHS release was not bad at all!


In the VHS days, early Sony-Orson releases were just fabulous, better than other best Indian VHSs, and later releases were just crap. Looks like, Sony-Orson Masoom VHS was among their better ones. Worth looking for Sony-Orson VHS version.
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Muz
PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:54 pm 
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... and if I recall correctly - they were the only Indian company to release videos on Betamax as well as VHS.
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rana
PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:58 pm 
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Muz wrote:
... and if I recall correctly - they were the only Indian company to release videos on Betamax as well as VHS.


Yep, forgot about that. Sony was competing with VHS with their superior format 'Beta' and hence collaborated with, or owned, Sony-Orson and released quite a few (about 100 - 200) Hindi films on Betamax. And, later as Betamax was loosing out, converted those to VHS and kept selling them. So, a Beta tape will have a better PQ than it's VHS converted release. Or, if someone can find a master tape, will be even better (assuming, as someone mentioned above, that film prints/ negatives have all been damaged).

(I'm sure even now, many video labs have the capability to handle Beta tapes).
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Zoran009
PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:06 pm 
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rana wrote:
Muz wrote:
... and if I recall correctly - they were the only Indian company to release videos on Betamax as well as VHS.


Yep, forgot about that. Sony was competing with VHS with their superior format 'Beta' and hence collaborated with, or owned, Sony-Orson and released quite a few (about 100 - 200) Hindi films on Betamax. And, later as Betamax was loosing out, converted those to VHS and kept selling them. So, a Beta tape will have a better PQ than it's VHS converted release. Or, if someone can find a master tape, will be even better (assuming, as someone mentioned above, that film prints/ negatives have all been damaged).

(I'm sure even now, many video labs have the capability to handle Beta tapes).


I remember watching LAWARIS on beta
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newDEEP [go-green]
PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:09 pm 
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Masoom is a wonderful experience always; btw, it's based on Man, Woman, And Child -- however, the ending of Masoom is upbeat unlike that of the original.
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Muz
PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:42 pm 
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rana wrote:
Muz wrote:
... and if I recall correctly - they were the only Indian company to release videos on Betamax as well as VHS.


Yep, forgot about that. Sony was competing with VHS with their superior format 'Beta' and hence collaborated with, or owned, Sony-Orson and released quite a few (about 100 - 200) Hindi films on Betamax. And, later as Betamax was loosing out, converted those to VHS and kept selling them. So, a Beta tape will have a better PQ than it's VHS converted release. Or, if someone can find a master tape, will be even better (assuming, as someone mentioned above, that film prints/ negatives have all been damaged).

(I'm sure even now, many video labs have the capability to handle Beta tapes).


Most broadcast TV until very recently has been on Beta - I know for sure that B4U and ZeeTV use Beta for their broadcast tapes.
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bhaskar
PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:04 pm 
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Ultra have released Masoom on DVD - how could I resist?! Luckily, this DVD is better than the others out there - still not fantastic, but it'll do for now!!!

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jat1
PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 7:48 pm 
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Can't see most of the shots please could bhaskar or ali fix them
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bhaskar
PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:40 pm 
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jat1 wrote:
Can't see most of the shots please could bhaskar or ali fix them
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JAT


Rehosted the images, should be working now. Ali bhai/UL bhai, can you move them Zulm side please?
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ali
PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:21 pm 
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bhaskar wrote:
...Ali bhai/UL bhai, can you move them Zulm side please?


Done, and fixed AR, thanks.

Ali
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jat1
PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:23 pm 
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ali wrote:
bhaskar wrote:
...Ali bhai/UL bhai, can you move them Zulm side please?


Thanks 8)

JAT
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bhaskar
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FINALLY! This has been restored (somewhat) and uploaded by Shemaroo - the logo is there, and it is now widescreen, but this is the best looking version of Masoom I've ever seen:
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bhaskar
PostPosted: Sat Apr 24, 2021 7:39 am 
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My obsession with this film continues - comparative shots from the Shemaroo DVD. T-Series first, Ultra second and Shemaroo third. The Shemaroo DVD is unfortunately cropped, and is advertised as an anamorphic presentation - this looks like the version they have out on YouTube.

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