OT a little.

@ kianwee - is the Kensington's AC adapter universal (i.e. 240v for Malaysia)?

Don Blu-ray Review

After the surpringly decent quality BD of 'Wanted', T-Series has released another above average BD for DON. Although, this BD is very similiar to the 'Wanted' BD, in terms of audio/video quality, it does improve by having done away with the T-Series logo 'watermark'. I suppose we can now look forward to more, improved Blu-rays from 'T-Series' and they are no longer a company to dread as are Shemaroo and MoserBaer (Redemption can only be after they finally release a decent BD). Recommended.

Title: DON
Category: Action | Crime | Musical | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Distributor: T-Series
Authoring House: Utech (?Taiwan?)
Running Time: 02:48:35 hrs
Chapters: 33

Media: Main Feature - 50GB BD
Region Coding: A/B/C [Free]
Video:2.35:1, HD 1080p 16:9, AVC 24Hz Peak Bitrate 38Mbps | Average bitrate 29Mbps

Audio:
Hindi - DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48khz)
Hindi - Dolby Digital 5.1 (48khz 448kbps) <-- Default Track
The packaging incorrectly states: Dolby Digital 5.1 (Uncompressed PCM Audio)

Subtitles : English <-- Subtitles are ON by default
Special Features: NONE

Special Mention:
1)Forced 'Still Picture' advertisement, for caller tunes, before the Main titles <-- T-Series has obviously chosen to ignore our complaints with the 'Wanted' BD, regarding this.
T-Series is now the only company doing this and they need to stop this right away.
2)No Watermark Logo, during songs or otherwise <-- Kudos to 'T-Series' for listening to viewers feedback.
3)No scrolling advertisements during songs <-- All Bollywood Video companies, please take note.
4)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.

Review:
Detailed Comments to follow....

Overall, I recommend this to all fans of the movie and or fans of Shah Rukh Khan. It is most certainly a substantial upgrade from the DVD.

The movie froze at the start of 'chapter 18' and the player to sort of got hung. I had to eject the disc and start all over again. But the problem did not repeat itself upon restarting.
The problem occured while playing on the Oppo (it did not occur with the PS3).

My ratings:
Movie: 3.75 out of 5.0
Video: 4.0 out of 5.0
Audio: 4.0 out of 5.0
Extras: 0 out of 5.0
Overall: 3.75 out of 5.0 (Lots of 'Authoring' issues and a lack of any special features, bring the overall score down.

P/S: After 'YRF Home Video', this BD further proves, that if we all persist and are vocal about our concerns, even Bollywood Video companies will listen.
'T-Series' needs to be complimented for a decent BD and specially for having listened to their customers and for doing away with any and all 'watermarks'. Now if only they would, do away with the forced, caller tune advertisement. Also, the forced 'caller tunes' advertising at the begining, brings down the final score quite a bit.)

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 'BDP-83-48-1224' firmware)
PS3 (80GB US 'Region A' with firmware v3.15)

Suggestions for producers and authorers of Indian BDs:
1. The 'DTS-HD MA 5.1' audio stream, must be the default track.
2. There is absolutely no need or advantage of having a separate Dolby Digital audio track, since the 'DTS-HD MA 5.1' track provides the best audio for all customers.
This is why a single 'DTS-HD MA' track has been universally adopted by almost all Hollywood studios.
2. No DNR should be applied. (Film grain is not only acceptable but is natural)
3. There should be no logo 'Watermarks' of any kind.
4. There should be no advertising of any kind, before or during the movie.
5. Player buttons must never be 'disabled' for any reason.
6. The song menu, should have a 'PLAY ALL' option.
7. The packaging is very important. The 'Slim' BD case used by ALL Hollywood studios and 'BIG Home Video' is the industry standard and must be used instead of the ugly, space consuming & environment unfriendly 'FAT' case used by Yash Raj. Also, it is important, that dual discs must be packaged in 'Slim' cases designed for dual discs.






Review By : Sanjay [US]

This post has been edited by sKyWiR3pT3lTd: May 1 2010, 03:51 AM

Waiting for this movie...SRK rocks again...

This post has been edited by iphoneguy08: May 1 2010, 04:34 AM

Monster Inc. 4 Disc Edition dropped to $21.99 from $27.99.
A Bugs Life dropped to $21.99 from $24.99
Sleeping Beauty dropped to $18.49 from $22.49
Forrest Gump dropped to $16.99 from $23.99

P/S : Still hoping for further reduction on Monster Inc & A Bugs Life

i thought u already buy bug life?

Yep bought , that was for sales tho [Sold], looking for a personal copy.
To be honest, i've not seen this animated film before. Not even once.

This post has been edited by sKyWiR3pT3lTd: May 1 2010, 09:46 AM

Oh, I saw Office Space in there! This is one d*mn good & farny movie imo.... it was so "us" if you work in an office of course... Haven't own yet on bd though....

Personally, A Bug's Life is still my favourite of all Pixar's CGI-ed animated feature to date... I remember it being the world's first - straight from hard disk to dvd transfer with no intermediate (ie - film). Though the CGI a bit out-dated, technically speaking

Sunshine is really damn good movie!

Saving Pvt Ryan BD review at avsforum :

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1246425

what you waiting for..
must buy BD..
i think if compare PQ with Toy Story, toy story need to throw aside already...

worth it or not to buy The Dark Knight

$9.49 + $8.98(shipping): $18.47 = MYR 58.7992 ??

I knew about A Bug's Life's PQ & AQ , read loads of review everywhere else in the web.

Waiting for May batch order.

Add 1-2 more titles to reduce your shipping cost.

Will pull this one in when getting next batch of Avatar..

This post has been edited by sKyWiR3pT3lTd: May 1 2010, 06:40 PM

worth..of course worth it..
buy more titles, more worth it..
save the shipping bro..
buy 3-4titles at once more ideal..

the over $25, shipping free is only available for US adress right?

save shipping meant by 1st title $9 and additional title $4 each. You waste on the shipping if keep buying only 1 title each time

Yes, only US address.

And that is United States address... not Ulu Sepang

can u tell us how u are able to get so many blu rays in a box since custom only limits to rm 500 per delivery.
if u cannot tell here, can u pm me . thanks.

dat question should be directed to the si-foo who owns this shot...

Yeah... the AC adapter is universal, but the 3 pin converter is not provided.