OliverK
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Originally Posted by Ben Cheshire
OP and friends ordered both epics on Blu ray from Germany, and I refer you to Oliver's original response after first viewing them for the fact that El Cid is said to look, if anything, better than FOTRE.
El Cid offers more of an improvement over the DVD version. In absolute terms FOTRE still has a better color balance but it has about the same (low) level of detail as El Cid.
This should not be mistaken for a not noticable improvement over the DVD. There definitely is a noticable improvement and if this is the sole criterion for a purchasing decision the Blu-Ray is the version to get for both FOTRE and EL Cid.