He jz returned from tThe Land of Rising Sun for a long vacation. He's been busy with his career. Taukeh besar tu macam lah

Just got back from Iron Man 2 preview. Looks like going to be another 'must have' BD purchase for most in here

Lots of boom boom pow and eye candy that will look gorgeous on 1080p

Maybe he meant me. I'm Jessie's angel errr I mean she's my dark angel hahaha....

Love Aaj Kal BD Review

I watched the LAK BD yesterday and here is my review of the disc. A nice movie and a long awaited one on BD. I saw it yesterday to see if Eros has delivered a quality BD after listening to members here.

My Review: I will keep it short and to the point.

+ Points
1. No objectionable EE or DNR – picture is quite smooth. I felt some more grain should have been retained.
2. Good amount of detail (although with raised black level it doesn’t show unless you tweak it properly)
3. Good Sharpness - Although appears less sharp due to raised black level and low dynamic range
4. Great sound – I don’t have very good audio equipment but even with my setup it was fantastic. I assume it will sound excellent with a good kit

I have mentioned (2) and (3) as + points since I was able to see what it can deliver using my preset (see below).

- Points
1. Biggest issue – Raised black level , image appears washed out in calibrated mode. Not as bad as BB or Silsila or VZ but it still manages to ruin the image to a good extent. People who watch movies on calibrated displays bigger than 60 inches will notice it straightaway.
2. Low dynamic range of image due to elevated black floor and inferior contrast (white level)
3. Colors look dull in most scenes (1 and 2 above affects the colour as the primaries and secondaries are not able to render properly with raised white and black level)
4. Skin tone is off in many scenes (I am not talking about the Veer and Harleen scenes. They look great)

My EROS/YRF Problem BD Preset
After watching a few EROS (Partner, Bhool Bhulaiya) and YRF (Silsila, Veer Zaara) BDs having the raised black level issue, I saved a new preset for BDs like this instead of changing my calibrated settings for most other BDs. With my customised settings, the image looked great. Blacks, color and sharpness looked excellent. Skin tone issue was still there with some scenes but overall a nice picture.

The image quality I saw with my special preset should have been the default quality of this BD. BD is a very well defined format with a clearly documented specification and everyone should enjoy a BD by just popping it in their player and enjoy pristine quality (must calibrate the display first). I think if every authoring house follows the standard and manage good quality control, it would be really hard to make it go wrong.

Conclusion
After lot of feedback collection by EROS and seeing Lord’s participation in the forum, I was very hopeful about this BD. However, I am bit disappointed with the outcome. Eros did a good job in keeping the integrity of the picture but I think the raised black floor is a big mistake for this BD. It killed the dynamic range of the image. Once you see it tweaked, you will realise that it could have been one of the few good looking BD. I am in a way satisfied since I can use my preset but I hate to do that for movies in this format.

Is it worth buying? of course if you love the movie, but I hope someday Eros will bring out a remastered version (Although I am sure this is never going to happen with Indian companies; MoserBaer being one of the exception)

Suggestion to Eros
I have one suggestion to Eros / Lords – Please do not interpret this as any kind of teaching. I am sure you guys know a lot more than me about authoring and producing BDs. All I am saying is a simple principle and if followed you can deliver first class BDs everytime. Here is my suggestion.

When reviewing your source files for BD, I am sure you guys use calibrated reference quality display to test. To eliminate any raised black level issue, please review against another display – same spec running one of the following reference quality BDs. (There are many more)

1. International
2. Casino Royale
3. Star Trek 10
4. Spiderman 3
5. Baraka
6. Saawariya
7. Ghajini

I know every movie is different and have different look and feel but every good BD must have a balanced black and white level. If you see these movies side by side the BDs you are authoring, you will immediately notice the problem with the BDs like LAK, Bhool Bhulaiya, Veer Zaara, Silsila etc.
When I pooped in my Casion Royale BD with my calibrated settings, it was like a fantastic HD image, but on switching to LAK, the image turned dull and smoky...On applying the preset I use, the LAK looked excellent with good dynamic range.

This approach doesn’t add to any additional cost in the production chain but could be really useful.

My Score
Video (Default with Calibrated Display) : 3.25
Video (Customised Preset for EROS/YRF BDs ) : 4.25
Audio: 4.5
Overall Quality Score: 3.75

Review done with
Display : Infocus IN82 Full HD DC3 DLP
Screen: 90”
BD Player: Sony S350

Review Credit & Source :Love Aaj Kal BD Review

This post has been edited by sKyWiR3pT3lTd: Apr 29 2010, 04:50 AM

Looks like Avatar Blu-ray has several issues.

Avatar Blu-ray Issues

Ok thanks..
Yes.. JA has a slip cvr..

I hv Bachna Ae Haseeno n d pq at de beginnin is oso veri soft.. it tightend up a bit as it got along but it sort of ruined it for me.. I spent a gud deal of time tryin to reset my oppos vdo settin tinkin it was d playrs fault - later tried it on d ps3 n it was d same.. Odo of dts ma is gud thou'..

Sammy n sharp players.. hmmm

Next up, Don BD Review.

RED CLIFF SE has shpd..

It was just ok to me, probably I expected more. Robert Downey Jr's flamboyance, which was one of the reason the first one did well, is now bordering onto annoying. The fight sequence that impresses me most was not Iron Man's but Black Widow's

Also, fan boys, do not leave until the end credits finish rolling. But you guys shud know by now, right?

There is an interesting take on the aspect ratio issue, cinemascope vs the BD's 16:9 on Hi-Def Digest. For those who have not read or technically anal like me :-

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/2915/avatar.html

To my surprise, I received my Ice-Age Trilogy that I order in Deal of the Day in Amazon US which dispatched on 18/04/2010 together with Apollo 13. Actually that parcel reached Kuching at 27/04/2010. Wow! less than 10 days. It have been ages, since don't know when that I never received my parcel soooo early.

But why Ice Age Trilogy did not have a cover for all three blu-ray discs like Godfather, Matrix Trilogy, etc. It seem like I order three individual BDs and all three movie in it own case.

This post has been edited by low98944: Apr 29 2010, 02:54 PM

postmen increase salary already..that why

boxset always have different casing....
you dont like have more casing?

This post has been edited by maskedchan: Apr 29 2010, 03:01 PM

But my another parcel from Amazon UK is still missing bo. The one I order few days after in Amazon UK, which has same delivery date as the missing parcel, already reached me this monday bo. Maybe the postman handle that parcel did not get his salary increament.

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Added on April 29, 2010, 3:05 pmI like. What I mean is, usually for boxset, there is usually got 1 big cover so you can put all 3 blu-ray case into the big cover. But Ice Age trilogy don't have that big cover. And look at the picture upload by Amazon also never shown this trilogy go big cover.

This post has been edited by low98944: Apr 29 2010, 03:06 PM

my sony bdp doesn't have such problem
However, last Saturday when I was in Sunway Pyramid
the Speedy there was using a Sharp 40" LED TV (with bdp attached at the back model) to show Avatar
I also noticed the issue mentioned
that time I thought the staff there was playing with the remote control

now i get what you mean...
why not try to ask amazon see how..
maybe can get some refund

Their sure said it is like that since picture already shown that there is no cover.

I dont tink Ice age is pckgd frm d studio as a trlgy.. mos prrbly its amz's own marketin ploy to bundle all 3 mvs in one -- hence no slipcvr for all 3 but at least u sv on shpg..

On Showgirls- other than Elizabeth B's bod plus de chicano gals tits.. tis mv is really bad..

never try never know what the outcome..
no harm from try right?

I just claimed refund from them recently which their really no need to refund me . So, let go for this case, since what dirtrun is probably right. It is Amazon's own marketing.

By the way, mpyw, I had received my copy of Dances with wolves. Thanks.