Hi,
i strongly feel is that if someone has made a point about something, and later someone does not agree, then there should be exchange of posts to understand what is correct or wrong, there can so many clarifications, results, etc for mutual benefits
For the above reason and only for the above reason Am commenting !!
For people who think the region code is a mere representation of the manufacturer country ! and this has nothing to do with quality,I have some bad news !!
First and foremost I agree that these regions codes are to identify the origin of the country ! No issues there,but the quality of the dvd is not same throughout all the regions for 1000 reasons !!
1. You have different system for viewing,Namely PAL and NTSC ! So I don't know how the PAL master is sent to all over the world to duplicate and sold in a country where the system is incompatible and the same goes to NTSC master !!
2. Its well known fact that the NTSC uses different frame rate to capture film (either in the original reel or the DVD), The NTSC uses 30 frame per second while PAL uses 25, So how can one compare this both together and say both are same ??
3.The NTSC uses a different colour filter technology (the way colour is reproduced) and PAL uses different ! here there is a huge debate as to which is better and what not ! which out of the scope of this post,so will not go there ! But again how can you compare both and say both are same ??
4.All the major english movies are produced in USA barring a few British and other films ! so needless to say the NTSC master has to be re-encoded to PAL for obvious reasons ! so again the question using the same master does not arise ! This also brings Us to the very very important aspect of quality ! thats is direct negative to dvd transfer !! this is done by major hollywood studios to keep the original quality intact,This is also a major factor for the superior quality ! now how can this be compared to other where the negative has been transfered onto something else and converted to something else before ending up in the DVD ???
5.In the US itself there are many types of quality,for Ex you have widescreen DVD,fullscreen,special edition and limited extended edition, you have Unrated (meaning no censor and no editing) so obviously all the quality will not be same will it be ? so how are you sure that what you get in other regions are of the same quality ??
6.Some of the studios release their DVDs on a special version which is mainly for diehard quality freaks (like myself) and strip the DVD with all the special features and making more room for the absolute quality by allocating maximum space for Movie rather then those extra's ! So how is even possible to compare such a superior DVD to a regular DVD of the same region let alone in a different region ???
7.Also another major point is Sub-Titling ! now if the same master is directly transfered in every region then how can you get a disc in US with only Captioned English and sometimes french or Spanish ones and the one's sold elsewhere has the local language ?? And most importantly why does an Indian DVD has Malay or Taiwanese Subtitles ? if the Indian Post production houses are so good then why is the need for a Taiwan malaysia master ??
8.Coming to India specific,Even the Bollywood movie DVD's sold in the US are better then that of the same available in india ! Also while some of them are Dual Layered Disc Some are Single layered ! so how can the quality of compressed DVD be compared to Full ?? It is like comparing 128Kbps Mp3 to Regular CD !!
9.If the Indian Replication and Postproduction were of that high standard then why is that some of the Major Indian companies don't trust them and end-up replicating them in Taiwan and Malaysia ? That too with such good quality compared to Average Indian replicated ones ??
10. Also some of the movies are released under multiple brands under multiple pricing ? while one is of better the other isn't for obvious reasons ! Why is this ??
This is just the tip of the Iceberg and if I start to tell more then I'll end-up choking the server of the forum !! so will not !
Summery:
If we cannot compare the quality of the discs sold in various Avtaars in the US only,then how can you compare that with the discs sold in India and other neighboring countries ? also with the earlier mentioned points I think its very very clear that what we get in india are for sure a substandard DVD's from major companies barring few (which I have already mentioned) and there is no reason to believe thats ever going to change ! Now even more so, coz of this 50 Bucks DVD entry into the market (I've nothing against it but )
If someone still does not agree to the above even now then perphaps they could please explain otherwise why Sony and Saregama and others sell the NON DTS, NON Anamorphic Widescreen and NON Standard Discs ?? Why they don't have a single title with DTS and other specifications ?
If the Specifications are not of that important then,what defines the difference between the Camera print sold on the road side and the very same title from a reputed brand Sold in a store ?? For non spec folks both are same ! As they don't believe in specs !
I hope with the above one ascertain the quality advantages that I had originally mentioned ! and even if still some one thinks contradictory then all I can is GOOD LUCK MAY THE FORCE BE YOU !!
Regards.
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!! not in the case of private courier services which is most preferred by the online stores themselves !! So in that the chances are very bleak !!
! so I think that should not be a big deal for you !!
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