Ben-Hur Four-Disc (1 Viewer)

[Robert Crawford]

For those of you still sitting on the fence about this latest dvd release and weren't sure of the positive reviews it received from other sites and those of us that agree with that assessment.

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...22#post2798122

 

[Joseph Bolus]

Most of the "flickering" that I noticed in the second half of the movie occured during the prelude to the Pod Race ... er ... I mean Chariot Race ...

Seriously ... This is a *great* presentation of a great movie. The video can be deemed "stellar" for about 90% of the movie on my equipment. The "flickering" is really very minor and only shows up in just a few scenes.

As I tried to make evident in my post above, all the complaining about the color and the detail was really "Much Ado About Nothing" IMHO.

 

[Paul Hillenbrand]

Guess I was immune to the "flickering" when I watched the 1959 version projected from my DLP front projector on the 110" screen.:rolleyes

As David said, "If you go see REAL film prints of archival titles like this they often "pump" or flicker this same way on the big screen" and that's maybe why I didn't give it a second thought to even mention it in my observations.

It didn't bother me at all.

The only film that I think "flicker" got to me and I asked myself at the time, (I wonder if there was a way to tone it down a bit?), while I was watching it, was the 1955 Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!", that was presented in its 30fps Todd-AO version on DVD in the 2.20:1 aspect ratio. Fox said the original projection equipment was needed to transfer it to disc.

Also, seeing Ben-Hur on a direct view screen may magnify the "flicker" psychologically, compared to seeing it projected on a movie screen, because you wouldn't be used to seeing the phenomena on a direct view monitor/television.

Paul

 

[Nils Luehrmann]

Interesting, someone sent me a note asking if Warner released this new edition in both full screen and widescreen edition because on Best Buy's website he saw they had listed a Full Screen Collector's Edition for sale... and it costs $10 more than the widescreen version.





Obviously an error, but imagine the horror when some unsuspecting full screen fan orders it, pops it in to their DVD player and sees more than 50% of their 4:3 TV is taken up by those dreaded black bars! Someone may have to call 911 for them.

 

[Herb Kane]

The HTF Review can be found here:

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...26#post2800331