Thread: 720p DVDs at Just Rs20.

Hi Guys this is my another Article...

Here in chennai there is a place named Barma Bazzar, where we use to get all sots of Electrical gadgets at a lesser price but with no warrenty...
We use to get a lot of movie dvd and mobile phones and game dvds alot at a price from 20rp...

Here is a tip to buy DVD movie with clear picture and 5.1 surround sound quality..
Never buy DVD movies in collection that is 4 movies in one DVD or 2 movies in one DVD but there wont be any 5.1 or 720p resolution..

In movie DVD in the wrapper in the front there will be some Company name will written like PRINCE DVD, DRAGON, OLYMPIC etc..
Try buying the movie which has OLYMPIC on the top of the cover, am 100% percent sure that you will be mind blowed by the picture and sound quality..
These dvd will cost you Rs20 only and you wont be getting any new movies in a Olympic make...



For Rs60 you will get single movies in silver or gold disk which will have the same quality as the OLYMPIC make have...
As for Music videos all the dvd has good sound and picture quality as there is nothing to see and buy in it...
I think not only in chennai, through out India pirated movies can be bought easily, so only i made this article regarding the best DVD make you can buy..

Thanks for going through my Article...
Bye take care...

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DVDs cannot have 720p resolution. Anyone saying so is completely falsifying the claim.

Originally Posted by just4kix

DVDs cannot have 720p resolution. Anyone saying so is completely falsifying the claim.

I have checked the resolution brother..
they has 1280x720 resolution and they were picture perfect brother..

bonda,

You are talking to an expert on Video. DVDs cannot have 720p resoultion. They will not play in standard DVD players.

DVD resolution is 640x480.

Originally Posted by just4kix

bonda,

You are talking to an expert on Video. DVDs cannot have 720p resoultion. They will not play in standard DVD players.

DVD resolution is 640x480.

Oh ok ok sir...
but i have downloaded some English movie form the torrent and those movie has an 1280x720 res and it works perfectly on my 21"inch LG flat tv...

Here is the small PIC of the Width and the Height.. but they are not 720p resolution sorry for that but they are about 640x480 as you said...

It's not the TV that really matters. You must be having an HD DVD player.

Note: My knowledge in this field is not so good.

I use a sony dvd player which we got 3years back and it can play 720p resolution video...

Originally Posted by bonda

Oh ok ok sir...
but i have downloaded some English movie form the torrent and those movie has an 1280x720 res and it works perfectly on my 21"inch LG flat tv...

Here is the small PIC of the Width and the Height.. but they are not 720p resolution sorry for that but they are about 640x480 as you said...

Downloaded movies are usually AVI files converted using some software. That does not make it a DVD.

A DVD must comply with the DVD standards. It must have a folder called VIDEO_TS. It can optionally have a folder called AUDIO_TS - but this is for backward compatibility only. It may have additional folders that will have WINDOWS/MAC folders with installables (InterActual Player), etc.

The VIDEO_TS folder will have files such as *.IFO, *.BUP, *.VOB.

Originally Posted by Arnaud

It's not the TV that really matters. You must be having an HD DVD player.

Note: My knowledge in this field is not so good.

Originally Posted by bonda

I use a sony dvd player which we got 3years back and it can play 720p resolution video...

What player is it?

Some new DVD players can upscale DVD content to 720p, 1080i or 1080p via HDMI. That does not mean that they are capable of playing native 720p content.

Originally Posted by bonda

Here in chennai there is a place named Barma Bazzar, where we use to get all sots of Electrical gadgets at a lesser price but with no warrenty...
We use to get a lot of movie dvd and mobile phones and game dvds alot at a price from 20rp...

For Rs. 20, the DVD quality is absolute crap. These are bootlegs. We do not promote piracy on this forum.

Originally Posted by bonda

Here is a tip to buy DVD movie with clear picture and 5.1 surround sound quality..
Never buy DVD movies in collection that is 4 movies in one DVD or 2 movies in one DVD but there wont be any 5.1 or 720p resolution..

True. Never buy DVDs with more than one movie on them. They are not original anyway (most of the times).

I already said everything about 720p

Originally Posted by bonda

In movie DVD in the wrapper in the front there will be some Company name will written like PRINCE DVD, DRAGON, OLYMPIC etc..
Try buying the movie which has OLYMPIC on the top of the cover, am 100% percent sure that you will be mind blowed by the picture and sound quality..
These dvd will cost you Rs20 only and you wont be getting any new movies in a Olympic make...

You will get worthless quality for Rs. 20. Buy Moser-Baer DVDs for Rs. 40 to Rs. 99 instead. They are original.

Originally Posted by bonda

For Rs60 you will get single movies in silver or gold disk which will have the same quality as the OLYMPIC make have...
As for Music videos all the dvd has good sound and picture quality as there is nothing to see and buy in it...
I think not only in chennai, through out India pirated movies can be bought easily, so only i made this article regarding the best DVD make you can buy..

You have been warned once about piracy. How many warnings do you need?

Originally Posted by just4kix

Some new DVD players can upscale DVD content to 720p, 1080i or 1080p via HDMI. That does not mean that they are capable of playing native 720p content.

Just a doubt:
Doesn't that also need a TV capable of it?
And if I am right, some TVs are able to do the upscaling by themselves.

j4k is always right....

Originally Posted by Arnaud

Just a doubt:
Doesn't that also need a TV capable of it?
And if I am right, some TVs are able to do the upscaling by themselves.

Certainly. You will need a HD-Ready or Full-HD TV to view 720p resolution. But TVs by themselves cannot upscale. They lack the requisite h/w and firmware.

But when it comes to monitors, nowadays most at least 1024x768. So no problem with 720p when watching on computer.

Originally Posted by mickey

j4k is always right....

No. I can be as wrong as the next guy.

720p Rip is what you get in dvd....

Something intresting here....

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Understand this, even if the resolution is 720p, it need not be true 720p.

It can be a DVD upscaled to 720p. Its easy to do that, but the image may look shitty

Anyways, at that resolution, no DVD player can play that movie.

Originally Posted by rajan1311

Anyways, at that resolution, no DVD player can play that movie.

You are right to a certain extent, but some DVD players like the one bonda has features upscaling capability. This function works best on fixed pixel displays, such as LCD or Plasma sets, the upscaling may result in harsh images on standard CRT and Projection sets. In addition, if your television has a native display resolution other than 720p or 1080i, the TVs video processor will rescale the incoming signal to its own specification, which can also yield different results on the final, displayed television image. (Source:about.com)

What is surprising is that to get a good blank DVD I pay Rs.15, so that means only Rs.5 for the movie.

Hi,

You are talking to an expert on Video.

DVD resolution is 640x480.

For an expert on DVD you sure are wrong !!! The native resolution of a standard NTSC DVD is 720X480 and for PAL its 720X576 !!

You can confirm the same even from the screen shot that Bonda has posted !

A DVD must comply with the DVD standards. It must have a folder called VIDEO_TS. It can optionally have a folder called AUDIO_TS - but this is for backward compatibility only.

Yes true that they should comply to standards no doubt ! Again a teeny weeny mistake !

The AUDIO_TS folder is must for all and its not optional although there isn't any data present in that ! the AUDIO_TS folder is exclusively used for DVD-Audio where all the data is stored and where the VIDEO_TS folder is empty !!


No offense to you pal but just trying to clarify the thing that's all !! Hope you take it in the right spirit !!

for rest of the stuff I don't want to comment !

Regards.

Originally Posted by Vignesh

You are right to a certain extent, but some DVD players like the one bonda has features upscaling capability. This function works best on fixed pixel displays, such as LCD or Plasma sets, the upscaling may result in harsh images on standard CRT and Projection sets. In addition, if your television has a native display resolution other than 720p or 1080i, the TVs video processor will rescale the incoming signal to its own specification, which can also yield different results on the final, displayed television image. (Source:about.com)

What is surprising is that to get a good blank DVD I pay Rs.15, so that means only Rs.5 for the movie.

Well, I did not get your point.


I have a DVD player than supports 1080p upscaling, but it cant play videos at 720p or any HD format/resolution.

@soundsgreat,

Half right on one count and wrong on the other.

1. The original DVD standard was 640x480 (NTSC) meant for the 4:3 format TV. The new DVDs are 704x480 or 720x480, etc. DVDs were crafted in middle 1990s and the standard was decided for the regular screen. But slowly anamorphic widescreen DVDs became more popular.

2. AUDIO_TS folder is not mandatory. It is required by audio DVD only. In fact, in modern DVDs it is not even present. Here is a proof:

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Originally Posted by Vignesh

You are right to a certain extent, but some DVD players like the one bonda has features upscaling capability. This function works best on fixed pixel displays, such as LCD or Plasma sets, the upscaling may result in harsh images on standard CRT and Projection sets. In addition, if your television has a native display resolution other than 720p or 1080i, the TVs video processor will rescale the incoming signal to its own specification, which can also yield different results on the final, displayed television image. (Source:about.com)

What is surprising is that to get a good blank DVD I pay Rs.15, so that means only Rs.5 for the movie.

Originally Posted by rajan1311

Well, I did not get your point.


I have a DVD player than supports 1080p upscaling, but it cant play videos at 720p or any HD format/resolution.

Upscaling is totally different from native resolution. If a (DVD) player can upscale the content, it mean that it can read and play DVD in the 480i/p (NTSC) or 576i/p (PAL) native resolution and using its internal circuits and firmware, it can upscale the content to 720i/p, 1080i/p via HDMI. Note: Via HDMI only - not via component.

This does not mean it can play a disc that is native encoded with 720p (or higher) video.

I have explained upscaling in one of my HT threads.

Hi,

@soundsgreat,

Half right on one count and wrong on the other.

1. The original DVD standard was 640x480 (NTSC) meant for the 4:3 format TV. The new DVDs are 704x480 or 720x480, etc. DVDs were crafted in middle 1990s and the standard was decided for the regular screen. But slowly anamorphic widescreen DVDs became more popular.

2. AUDIO_TS folder is not mandatory. It is required by audio DVD only. In fact, in modern DVDs it is not even present. Here is a proof:

No Buddy I beg to differ ! Well you may be right on the new DVD's missing AUDIO_TS, but I so far haven't come across such one's !!

On the resolution front, it was mostly (always) what I mentioned ! Am not sure in what context you posted the Anamorphic ratio,coz its different then the regular widescreen let alone the normal screen ! the WS ratio is 16:9 (1.78 :1) where as the anamorphic ratio is 20:9 or 21:10 ( 1.85:1 or 2.35:1) !! The same details can be found on most sites including wiki !!

Am not going to post more and get into an argument with you ! I have a strict policy of no misunderstanding and no argument !!

So if you feel Am still then no worries,will not post further on this ! Also I don't want to derail the thread into something else !!

Regards.

The DVD is a big factor.... You can't expect them to give you a movie on Sony DVD(retail price around Rs.13) for Rs.20. Mostly they will be writing in Rs.4 or 5 DVD....
They won't even last for 6 months....

The best thing you can do.... Take a BSNL H500 connection... Start downloading on your own(no piracy promotion meant...!!!)....

@soundsgreat,

You are correct on DVD frame size. Thanks for correcting me. I was mistaking SD resolution for DVD frame width.

Anamorphic picture is a frame that is sqeezed to fit in the available width. The actual actual available frame width does not change because of anamorphism. I have an article on this: Info: What is "Widescreen" in movies all about?