Braveheart Blu-ray vs DVD Comparison Review
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Comparison:

:flag: 1) Paramount (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition) - Region 1 - NTSC :flag:

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Video

2.40:1 Original Aspect Ratio
16X9 enhanced
Average Bitrate: 5.90 mb/s
NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s

Audio DD 5.1 English, DD 5.1 French, DD 2.0 surround Spanish

:flag: 2) Paramount (2-disc) - Region 'A' - Blu-ray :flag:

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Video

1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray
Disc Size: 48,681,555,732 bytes
Feature: 45,971,742,720 bytes
Video Bitrate: 25.78 Mbps
Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

Audio

Dolby TrueHD Audio English 3719 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3719 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
DUBs: Dolby Digital Audio French 640 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 640 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Commentary: Dolby Digital Audio English 224 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 224 kbps / Dolby Surround

While I gushed extensively over the Gladiator Blu-ray this may actually look even better. I certainly think there is a greater visual superiority between it and the previous DVD transfer - that came less than 2-years ago. Colors are brighter appearing more intense and depth exists everywhere - in scene after scene. This truly must be attaining the heights of the format. Like Gladiator , Braveheart was beautifully shot with a multitude of awe-inspiring visuals. The splendid terrain of Scotland and Ireland achieve such a majestic appearance in 1080P. Background grain seems very fine and detail takes a huge leap forward from the SD. Everything is so tight and crisp it makes my screen captures often appear as high-end digital photographs. Braveheart has the majority of its scenes outdoors and the natural light embellishes the vibrancy of the palette. This really brings the film presentation to a new level. I really can't say much more than the full resolution screen captures export. It looks as good as anything I've seen on HD so far.

The Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track at 3719 kbps is up to snuff sounding quite dynamic in the battle sequences. It may be marginally below the hypnotic video (which is no insult) but it handily blows away the previous DVD with strong separation and punchy bass. The memorable score sounds more intense and earthy. I can really find no flaws in the audio - I expect, depending on your system, the film sounded exactly like this theatrically (well, depending on what cinema you may have seen it). There are 2 foreign language DUBs and optional subtitles and my Momitsu has identified it as being a region 'A'-locked.

Отредактировано AlexF (2009-09-04 13:08:13)