Title: Dev. DYear: 2009
BD Release: 2010
IMDB Rating: 8.0Category: Drama | Music | Romance
Distributor: Moser BaerAuthoring House: Moser Baer
Region Coding: A/B/C
MRP: Rs. 799/-
Media: Main Feature - 50GB BD
Running Time: 02:22:59 hrs
Chapters: 20
Video:2.35:1, HD 1080p 16:9, AVC 24Hz
Peak Bitrate ?Mbps | Average Bitrate ?Mbps
Audio:1/3 Hindi - DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (5.1Mbps 48khz)
<-- Default Track2/3 Hindi - Dolby Digital 5.1 (640kbps 48khz)
3/3 Hindi - Dolby Surround 2.0 (192kbps)
Subtitles: <-- 2.35:1 Screen Friendly (Positioned at the bottom of the picture area)
1/1 English
Special Features: SD MPEG2 29.97mhz 4:3 | Dolby Digital 2.0
1. Story of Dev. D (01:10:29)
Special Mention:No Watermark Logo, during songs or otherwise.<-- All Bollywood Video companies, please take note.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 films.Authoring issues:1. All songs are not chapter marked.
2. All songs are not included in the song menu.
Review:Video: For once on a hindi blu-ray, the picture detail is nice and not much DNR, if any, seems to have been applied. Unfortunately the picture suffers form raised blacks and contrast levels leading to crushed blacks, thus robbing the picture of shadow details. But even with it's flaws, the picture is decent enough to not distract too much from the movie itself.
Audio: Unlike the video, there is not too much to complain, as far as the audio is concerned and the awesome soundtrack of this movie comes thru quite well on this blu-ray. I just feel the surround channels could have been used more effectively, specially during the songs.
RecommendedMy ratings:Movie: 4.5 out of 5.0
Video: 3.5 out of 5.0
Audio: 4.25 out of 5.0
Extras: 3.0 out of 5.0
Misc.: 3.5 out of 5.0
Overall: 3.9 out of 5.0
Screenshots Raul07Equipment 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 v3.50)