one easy way to check is if the disc is less than 5gb, usually around low 4gb point its single. if the disc is greater than that, say 6 gb, then its dual.

another way to check is the now discontinued DVD Decrypter. think power dvd will let you cehck as well.

I really don't care if this was 1000 layers, still looks like crap

yes, same said earlier! SL, is copying delight! but Field averaged and on top single layer is absolute MAHA SAGRAM SHIT!

apparently we posted at the same exact time...AGAIN. lol 52minutes after the hour.

DVD released.

SL or DL DVD, loosers!! Entire market is full of AMC dupies!


Title Dus (2 DVD Set)
Description Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan, Zayed Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Esha Deol, Dia Mirza, Raima Sen, Pankaj Kapur, Jawed Sheikh.
Director Anubhav Sinha
Brand/Distributor NetEffect
Genre Film, Drama
Subtitles English
Category DVD
Features
Year 2005

Price $16.99

Stylized Crap! 2 SL Discs

Read Arsh's dupe warning too late. Just picked up one of the dupes, rental, that Arsh stated. This video store, generally, doesn't keep dupes. But he must have been made to believe that it's original Dutch version. What makes it a dupe is that it has EROS holograph on the cover and AMC on the disc.

Anyway, this one is pretty good disc. Very good Pseudo-Progressive with clear 2-3 pull down. May be even Kria/ Net Effect disc may not be as good??
This disc is 5.6 GB in total of which .6 GB is used up un-neccessarily for repeated songs. Av bit rate is around 5 mbps and audio is 384 kbps 5.1 (real or same audio in all channels??).

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Any idea, if AMC Dutch version is PAL?? If yes, it sure will be progressive by default.

this is DL rana!! Copy it It might be the best one ever available! for comparing with NET EFFECT's 2 Disc masterpiece!

BTW!! DUS was filmed in PANAVISION and have been used very well, giving film a very polished and stylish look, split screens has been used quite a bit but does not go over board and used judiciously.

Asambhav was another film that was shot in PANAVISION but it was a Stinker! while Dus is watchable once despite being very poorly etched story and plot.

Dus should be just watched for GOOD/STYLISH CINEMA WORK and ANOTHER FABULOUS PIECE OF ART WORK by PUNKAJ KAPOOR..that Man ROCKS! again after MAQBOOL!

Lot of DVDs were damaged due to the packaging. There was a very thin hair like plastic thread that runs across the disc holder which scratches the the disc. Atleast more than 50% of the copies we received had these scratches. Returning all of them today back ot the distributor!

DU confided in me yhat Orig Dus in 2 Disc pack was indeed SL disc

Snake eye, at least you can check, or confirm if this orig AMC was PAL indeed! Then US dupe is single layer Pal to Ntsc converted disc

2 Disc Edition.

Disc One:

RING SHOWS:DUS(DVD9) 0L and 1L

HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B 0S24 (ATA)
Current Profile: DVD-ROM

Disc Information:
Status: Complete
Erasable: No
Sessions: 1
Sectors: 3,335,500
Size: 6,831,104,000 bytes
Time: 741:15:25 (MM:SS:FF)

Physical Format Information (Last Recorded):
Book Type: DVD-ROM
Part Version: 1
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: 10.08Mbps
Number of Layers: 2
Track Path: Opposite Track Path (OTP)
Linear Density: 0.293 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 16,549,451
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 1,879,935

Layer Information:
Layer 0 Sectors: 1,683,328 (50.47%)
Layer 1 Sectors: 1,652,172 (49.53%)

Disc 2:

HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B 0S24 (ATA)
Current Profile: DVD-ROM

Disc Information:
Status: Complete
Erasable: No
Sessions: 1
Sectors: 1,142,007
Size: 2,338,830,336 bytes
Time: 253:48:57 (MM:SS:FF)

Physical Format Information (Last Recorded):
Book Type: DVD-ROM
Part Version: 1
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: 10.08Mbps
Number of Layers: 1
Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP)
Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 1,338,614
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0

Bonus Disc has Making and Janiya Ve Song Too!


** DU aap baal baal bach gaey, those soggy 2 disc editions were dupes too

Sorry Arsh-Bhai,

My brother has taken the DvD of Dus. I'm going towards his home tonight, I'll check & will put the information here . Sorry for the delay !

SE.

As promised, DvDEncrypter info about AMC DUS. How do I see if it's Pal/NTSC ?

HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4120B A115 (ATA)
Current Profile: DVD-ROM

Disc Information:
Status: Complete
Erasable: No
Sessions: 1
Sectors: 3.041.084
Size: 6.228.140.032 bytes
Time: 675:49:59 (MM:SS:FF)

Physical Format Information (Last Recorded):
Book Type: DVD-ROM
Part Version: 1
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: 10.08Mbps
Number of Layers: 2
Track Path: Opposite Track Path (OTP)
Linear Density: 0.293 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196.608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 16.493.467
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 1.760.719

PAL ot NTSC?

That's a tough one.

If the disc was in North America, 99.99% of DVD players will complain for the region descripency and also for non-NTSC disc. We still won't know wheather it's PAL, SECAM or whatever, if it doesn't play.

In PAL countries, 99% of players will play PAL, as well as, NTSC discs. It's done automatically. Then, how do we tell in Europe, what TV format is the DVD??

Any zulmi gurus??