Audio, Video, Bits & Waves ↔︎ Z(er(o)ne)A
This is a continuation of Streaming dreams – Part 1. I highly recommend visiting the earlier article. In case you are as lazy as me, read on. This post has lots of time jumps and refers few points from earlier post.
Continue reading “Streaming dreams – Part 2”For sometime I’ve tried using services like Apple Store or Google Play Store to purchase or rent movies. The new services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Eros Now, Zee5, AltBalaji, Sony and many others. They are also creating original contents which are quite interesting. We are living in a cord-cutter’s dream world. The plethora of choices cause us to over-subscribe just like some channels we pay for 1-2 good programs. This in turn is the reason some end up paying more or are still living with the old cable/DTH. This is my memoir of accessing my movies from anywhere.
Continue reading “Streaming dreams – Part 1”Arrival is definitely one of the most intelligent and finest science fiction. A must watch. Watch it again if needed but I’m sure its worth it.
I’ve always preferred good sound. This is one of key reasons I can’t bear the sight (read sound) of those shaky camrips. And, when this is combined with taste is music, it becomes quite tricky. I’ve recently got Audio Technica ATH-M50x Matte Gray (Limited Edition) and the moment I put it on, I was like – Wow! These are epic. They are actually cheaper than my current existing set of earphones/headphones. In the past I’ve owned some decent earphones/headphones but there are some memorable ones.
If you ever… ever watched F.R.I.E.N.D.S and ever hummed The Remembrants song, “I’ll be there for you”… then this one is for you. This Indianized version by Mahesh Raghavan has made me play it in loop over and over again.
And if you’ve been living under the rock, here goes the original version.
The greatest movie buff I’ve ever known is Nitish Kumar but for past sometime, I’m thinking of skipping movies at theatres because all latest Hindi movies come to TV within months, thanks to all Satellite Rights. Sadly they are useless because for profit they insert ads, chop scenes, extend the viewing time. Case of English movies, I guess I’ve watched all on TV around couple of times over & over. I’m traditionally a movie theatre person, but that charm seems to be loosing, movies ain’t cheap anymore. Continue reading “My Movies, My Way!”
Gangs Of Wasseypur I & II in HD available on iTunes for just ₹90 & ₹50 for Rent. The SD version is ₹50 & 30 respectively. On Google Play they go for ₹50 & ₹100 on Rent for SD & HD respectively, while purchase go for ₹250 & ₹390.
Do you love the dialogue, “teri keh ke loonga” or “beta tumse na ho paayega” or even “baap ka, bhai ka, sabka badla legal tera Faizal“. I do & now I own the movie too 🙂