I bought a LG DVD player recently. I have so far seen movies in DVD format only at my friends home. So I never bought any dvds. No idea how much does it cost n all. People in Chennai would invariably know where Burma bazaar is and what for it is popular. For uninitiated , it is the place where a series of shops lined up in very crampy space selling latest electronic goods at cheaper prices than its counterparts in the city. One can even get latest import goods.God knows how they get it so cheap with good quality. Anyways, Burma bazaar(any one knows how it got its name do tell me !) is also popular for its Dvds & Vcds. Once I went there to buy few popular english movies, I was surprised to see a sea of dvds and vcds piled up (or dumped!) in front of elevator size shops. I came to know there are two varieties of dvds available. Locally named(or real., dunno.) Blue dvd and Gold dvd. Blue dvds are cheaper.You get it for as low as Rs.30. One can get three-in-one movies and some times four-in-movies in one single dvd. Imagine four movies in one single dvd and that too for Rs.30, human psychology tells you gotta have best deal. I thought the same bought few movies. But human psychology some time doesnt tell you the other part of the story until you realise it. Me too realised only I played those cheap dvds. Poor sound, poor video clarity, scenes cut and many more. Arghh.... Damn those shop owners who said their dvds are better than what are available in next shop and gave me his business card,with a warm smile, saying "please refer your friends this shop " !
February 03, 2006
DVD Mantra
I bought a LG DVD player recently. I have so far seen movies in DVD format only at my friends home. So I never bought any dvds. No idea how much does it cost n all. People in Chennai would invariably know where Burma bazaar is and what for it is popular. For uninitiated , it is the place where a series of shops lined up in very crampy space selling latest electronic goods at cheaper prices than its counterparts in the city. One can even get latest import goods.God knows how they get it so cheap with good quality. Anyways, Burma bazaar(any one knows how it got its name do tell me !) is also popular for its Dvds & Vcds. Once I went there to buy few popular english movies, I was surprised to see a sea of dvds and vcds piled up (or dumped!) in front of elevator size shops. I came to know there are two varieties of dvds available. Locally named(or real., dunno.) Blue dvd and Gold dvd. Blue dvds are cheaper.You get it for as low as Rs.30. One can get three-in-one movies and some times four-in-movies in one single dvd. Imagine four movies in one single dvd and that too for Rs.30, human psychology tells you gotta have best deal. I thought the same bought few movies. But human psychology some time doesnt tell you the other part of the story until you realise it. Me too realised only I played those cheap dvds. Poor sound, poor video clarity, scenes cut and many more. Arghh.... Damn those shop owners who said their dvds are better than what are available in next shop and gave me his business card,with a warm smile, saying "please refer your friends this shop " !
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hahaha...its obvious man! More compression means cheaper quality! The colour of the dvd doesnt have anything to do with it, unlike what those fellows claim. The colour is just to indicate various sources from where the dvds come.
But 'blue' dvds in the students ligo means something else! :P
hey 'blue' dvd has its own lingo... thats fine... i was trying to inform that two types of dvds available and what they call locally.The quality of the Gold one is better than Blue one. Of course, the quality also depends on compression.
Wow
i guess its the QPLC money u are spending ;)
hey Burma bazaar name is because in old days ppl used to get foreign items from burma at that place.
how many blue dvds u ahve?
Sai, i jus happen to saw ur blogspot from ur own comp. in our workplace..!! man i should i was suprised for the fact u have such a good knowledge in putting ur life experenices and happenings so beautifully in ur bolgspot..!!
BTW, i would just wanted to reply this blog of ur's ..!! u were asking for the Name derivaiton for burma bazzar..!! here it goes The TN Govt. approved to construct some shops in the late 70's for the Burma repatriates mainly for there rehabilitation..!! Hence the name ..!!
Well that's the story i was told about when i asked the same ques. Maybe if u get some other version of it do let me know..!!\
Again, u did a nice job on ur blog..!!
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