Kya Dilli Kya Lahore (2014) Blu-ray (Eagle) - Snapshots

[MovieMania]

Kya Dilli Kya Lahore
2014 | Blu-ray

Snapshots

Label: Eagle Home Entertainment

Watermarked: No.

Audio:

• DTS-HD MA 5.1
• Dolby Digital 5.1

Subtitles: English

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Kya Dilli Kya Lahore (Blu-ray) - 2014 - Hindi

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Kya Dilli Kya Lahore (2014)

[ravenus]

Oh nice. I'm glad to see a non-mainstream movie get a good blu-ray treatment. The reviews were mixed but I might pick this up for a look.

[prepress]

Another good example for Eagle's improvement Keep it up

[HDDCS]

Is it the time to forgive Eagle?

[prepress]

Originally Posted by HDDCS

Is it the time to forgive Eagle?

Of course, now they understand the required Blu-ray standards to survive in the market.

[HDDCS]

Hahaha! Let's wait for Khubsoorat. Then only shall we decide...

[HDDCS]

Isn't this supposed to be a BD - 25?

[prepress]

Originally Posted by HDDCS

Isn't this supposed to be a BD - 25?

I think it is.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by HDDCS

Isn't this supposed to be a BD - 25?

As I understand it, it's only a 100 min film so a BD-25 is quite adequate, unless you're also expecting scads of bonus features.

[HDDCS]

But still... That's a big compromise over the quality.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by HDDCS

But still... That's a big compromise over the quality.

How exactly have you come to that conclusion?

1. Assuming no bonus features, the content and length of the film (and quality of compression) defines the amount of data generated in preparing an encode. Quality does not mean blindly going for a BD-50 where BD-25 will suffice.
2. The precise advantage of modern compression techniques like Mpeg-4 AVC is that they allow for smaller file sizes than before with little noticeable loss of detail.
3. This film, at least from the screens seems to me digitally shot, which again means the HD master will be smaller than if 35mm film were being scanned.

Even companies like Eureka and Criterion have used BD-25's for releases (or stuffed 2 movies onto a single BD-50) where they suffice. Do you think they would do that if it led to, as you surmise, this big compromise over quality?

Edit: I just did a brief calculation that if you used a BD-25 for a 98min talky movie with a (generous for this type of film) 3Mbps DTS-HD MA 5.1 track and 640kbps DD 5.1 track - The entire audio track would take about 3GB say. Let's put in another 1-2GB for authoring menus. With 20GB left over for doing the video, you could achieve bitrates of 27-28Mbps, way more than enough for an excellent quality image unless you have a moron for an encoder. For example the US BD for The Avengers, an action heavy flick with many scenes of fast motion, has an average bitrate of about 24Mbps. Didn't hear any complaints about quality on that one

[MovieMania]

^^
Well put. BD-25 or BD-50 only should not be a criteria for a good blu-ray. There are many more, more important factors, as you have mentioned.

[ravenus]

Any confirmation on whether this is a pressed disc or a BD-R? That's about the only thing that will dissuade me from shelling out retail price for this film now.

[ravenus]

*bump* Anyone got this one? BD-R or pressed BD-ROM?

[prepress]

Originally Posted by ravenus

*bump* Anyone got this one? BD-R or pressed BD-ROM?

I guess it is BD-R as the other recent ones, not sure.

[rajkapoor]

I rented it. It is a BD-R like Revolver Rani.