Appeal to Shemaroo:
It is abovious, from this blu-ray and the blu-ray of 'IShqiya', that Shemaroo is a company quite capable of producing 'very good' blu-rays. Therefore,
please do not ruin your blu-rays by putting 'visible' logo 'watermarks'. As a qualified advertising/marketing person, I can assure you, that presenting your logo in this manner, does not promote the brand. Rather
it only generates ill will and animosity towards the brand.
As an anti piracy measure too, 'visible' watermarks do not help, as is very evident from the rampant piracy of bollywood DVDs.
'Visible' watermarks only serve as irritants to 'paying customers', who ironically do not have to suffer them on pirated media. In other words,
by putting 'visible' watermarks, you are compelling 'paying customers' to opt for pirated media rather than to buy the legal releases.
Even if there are any benefits to putting 'visible' watermarks, the negatives far outweigh those perceived benefits.
Title: Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab KahaniYear: 2009
BD Release: 2010
IMDB Rating: 5.9Category: Action | Comedy | Musical | Romance
Distributor: Shemaroo EntertainmentAuthoring House: ShemarooRegion Coding: A/B/C
MRP: Rs. 799/-
Media: Main Feature - 50GB BD
Running Time: 02:30:43 hrs
Chapters: 24
Video:2.35:1, HD 1080p 16:9, AVC 23.976Hz
Peak Bitrate ?Mbps | Average Bitrate ?Mbps
Audio:1/2 Hindi - DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48khz)
<-- Default Track2/2 Hindi - Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: <-- 2.35:1 Screen Friendly (Positioned at the bottom of the picture area)
1/1 English
Extras: 1.
Theatrical Trailers: 00:05:06 | SD MPEG2 29.97Hz | 4:3 | DTS-HD MA 2.0 mono ; DD 2.0 mono
There are 'Two' trailers. There are no chapters for the trailers and thus you cannot skip from one to the other.
2.
TV Promos: 00:04:32 | SD MPEG2 29.97Hz | 4:3 | DTS-HD MA 2.0 mono ; DD 2.0 mono
There are 'Five' promos. There are no chapters for the promos and thus you cannot skip from one to the other.
3.
All Full Songs: 00:22:12 | SD MPEG2 29.97Hz | 4:3 | DTS-HD MA 2.0 mono ; DD 2.0 mono
This is an absolute waste of disc space. I am at a total loss to understand why this has been included, since these are the same songs, except one 'remix' of the 'Tu Jaane Na' song, that are already present as part of the 'main feature'and also as a seperate HD video stream via the 'Song Menu'. These on the other hand are in in crappy SD. Thus, effectively all the songs have been presented on the blu-ray in three seperate video streams. What a waste of disc space.4.
Deleted Scenes: 00:54:01 | SD MPEG2 29.97Hz | 4:3 | DTS-HD MA 2.0 mono ; DD 2.0 mono
This actually contains deleted and extended scenes. Strangely enough parts of the scenes turn 'Black & White' for no rhyme or reason. There are no chapter marks for the deleted scenes and thus you cannot skip thru any of them.
5.
The Making: 00:24:30 | SD MPEG2 29.97Hz | 4:3 | DTS-HD MA 2.0 mono ; DD 2.0 mono
This has been originally shot in HD, but is sadly presented on the blu-ray in SD.
6.
Success Party: 00:07:36 | SD MPEG2 29.97Hz | 4:3 | DTS-HD MA 2.0 mono ; DD 2.0 mono
This has been originally shot in HD, but is sadly presented on the blu-ray in SD.
7.
Images & Posters: 00:28:46 | HD MPEG2 24Hz | 16:9 | No Audio
This is a collection of images from the movie and publicity posters. Once again there are no chapter amrks and thus you cannot skip from one to the other.
Special Mention:1.
The blu-ray is marred by the 'visible' Shemaroo logo 'watermark' <-- This is absolutely shameful and reprehensible.
2. Option to play 'All Songs'.
Authoring issues:1. Pop-up menus do not close on their own and stay up forever or until manually closed by the menu button or a selection is made.
2. No pop-up menu while playing extras.
3. There are no chapter marks in any of the extras.
<-- This is plain and simply just laziness on the part of the authorer.Review:Detailed Comments to follow....(time permitting).
NOT RECOMMENDEDMy ratings: (out of 5.0)
Movie: 2.9
Video: 4.5
Audio: 4.2
Extras: 3.75
Misc.: 1.0
Overall: 0 (If it were not for the obnoxious logo 'watermark', it would rate 3.95)
Screenshots courtesy 'DDR'.
Equipment 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)
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