We've seen mention of excellent screen shots for PEN DVDs Seeta Aur Geeta and Hameshaa.

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I had been looking for any PEN DVD but never found any on the store shelves, until now. I had picked up a few DVDs 3-4 weeks back and one of them was PEN DVDs Bhai Bahen.Very good PQ/ encoding. Excellent nostalgic songs, including Saare Jahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamaara.

I've given up on finding a Progressive or Direct Film to NTSC pseudo Prog encoding for a Black & White films, as all have been PAL to NTSC converted Field Averaged. But, this DVD has distinct Film Frames, although not real Progressive or Direct Film To NTSC transfer. It's kind of some EVP Hindi DVDs that were Film to 25 fps to 30 fps (60 NTSC fields) without the Field Averaging. Converting 25 to 30 is achieved by repeating the 5th frame, thus retaining original film frames giving excellent picture. Hopefully, other PEN DVD titles are similar or better.

Bhai Bahen, I think was a 1959 film. Couldn't read year clearly from the CC, it was either 1950 or 1959. As there is a mention of "Naya Paisa" in the dialogs, it must be a 1959 film (Naya Paisa was introduced in 1957; 100 NP to one Rupee vs old 64 Paisa to one Rupee) . Film length on CC issued on Aug 28, 1959 is 13,145 ft which should be 146 min while the DVD is 118 min (123 min). So, some 23 min is cut and is evident at many places. As far as I remember, the film was a big hit in those days but lately has been forgotten. Believe it or not, Hero (not heroine) of the film is Baby Daisy Irani and his elder sister is played by Baby Naaz. Many Nostalgic songs.

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From the DVD cover got to the PEN DVD website and it lists/ mentions 40-50 titles only and Bhai Bahen is not in them ?? So, thee must be more PEN titles that they don't show on their website. As we have seen screen shots of their Seeta Aur Geeta and a mention of Hameshaa and Bhai Bahen, it appears their other titles should be excellent PQ as well ?? (Of course, I don't expect them to be better than DEI/ BEI, unless they have Progressive encoding.)

I find these PEN DVDs of interest (good DVDs were not available until now):

Chandermukhi (Rajnikant)
Coolie
Dashavtar (Kamal Hasan)
Allarakkha (Amitabh)
Toofaan
Naseeb
Mard
Rama The Saviour
Seeta Aur Geeta
Mere Sanam
Patthar Ke Phool
Bandhan (Rajesh Khanna)
Hameshaa
Raju Ban Gya Gentleman
Andaaz (Shammi Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna)
Brahmchari (Shammi Kapoor
Raaz (Old) (Rajesh Khanna)

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PEN DVD website's internet address is not easy to guess or find from Google search, using PEN DVD words. Here is their web address:
http://penindia.in/?wpsc_product_category=dvd&paged=5

Also see:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13180&p=106424#p106424

I think Aatish, Sholay, Shaan, Saagar, Shakti and even Footpath (2003) and Zakhm are available. Hope they live up to what Hameshaa was

I recently bought the Pen DVD of Bhrashtachar. PQ is pretty good. Loads better than the Eros DVD.

anamorphic?

Sadly, not. Its also PAL to NTSC field averaged

Here are a few screenshots:

cant see the shots!

Hope they're visible now. Have changed the image hosting site.

Can't say for sure but it does not look like field averaged ?? It may very well be "Film to PAL to NTSC" (24 to 25 to 60 fps) but this movement frame picture seems to be coming from one film frame only. Hence it's either Progressive Pseudo Prog ??

BTW, SS look pretty good. It has been long time since DEI days that we see this clear PQ.

The picture on this looks a little soft..............but honestly don't remember what the Eros looks like. The thread for the Eros DVD doesn't display the screenshots anymore. I think I've got the disc somewhere so will try and post some screenshots this weekend.

Does that Pen logo stay on throughout the whole film?

Yes, it does

Its looks as if Sholay by PEN is also Anamorphic when looking at these shots:

http://exdesi.com/forums/index.php?/top ... exclusive/

have to register b4 u cn c

Can't see the screen shots until register.

Anamorphic Sholay means picture cropped from top and bottom.

Sorry but the ripper pulled a clanger. Its not Anamorphic but in the standard letterbox mode: