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TheHumanTornado · 02-20-2013, 03:46 PM

Got mine thanks for the heads up!

skidog · 02-21-2013, 01:21 PM

Wow, glad I ordered this last night. 20 bucks saved!

AngelGraves13 · 02-21-2013, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Javert

Ben-Hur (50th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition) is Amazon's Gold Box deal of the day for $26.49!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...VEW77B56B66Y4R

Got mine for $32.99 before they started charging tax. About the same.

Korrigan · 03-28-2013, 08:46 PM

I have the feeling the official reviewer got his technical notes influenced by his love for the movie, specially the sound one.

On the video transfer, I agree... I don't think Ben-Hur could look much better. But the sound, while a quite good upgrade to 5.1, is not worth 5/5 compared to other transfers of "old" material, like e.g. Lawrence of Arabia which comes only 3 years later. At best 4/5. The weaknesses of the move to surround sound can be heard in many parts of the movie, a good example being the famous race scene. The sound is not enveloping, it's from fixed sources often badly following the movement, if at all.

Mind you, I don't say the audio is bad. But it's unfair to other, much better transfers and surround upgrades to rate this one 5/5 in my opinion.

No hard feelings

MacEachaidh · 03-29-2013, 12:13 AM

Yeah, I guess a simple "points out of 5" score is a blunt tool at best. Some reviewers seem to apply it as if it's an objective measure of an audio track, regardless of what it came from, and others as if it's an achievement considering the specs of its source.

To me, it seems Ben-Hur tries to do more in its audio conversion into a surround spectrum than Lawrence generally does, which may serve to expose Ben-Hur's audio shortcomings (by modern expectations) more. So I'm not sure — points for trying, maybe?

Crimson King · 04-10-2013, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Early Memphis

Well, they gave this strange photo snippet a little 10-second place of it's own. It was placed there in the Blu-ray. It's not something somebody forgot to edit out (i.e., cut).

Inside joke? Admission that some of the film was "transferred to Blu-ray from a PRINT (bad enough) of a 35 mm CinemaScope version (even worse)"? It's placement, right after "The End" (there are no end credits) and the screen going dark for a moment seems, perhaps, meaningfull. Tacked on after all the the FBI threats and Interpol warnings, who would ever see it?

I believe it's an Easter Egg , seriously.

03-28-2013, 08:46 PM	#1464
Korrigan Junior Member Member since:Sep 2011 Location:Planet Earth Blu-ray collection:130 Blu-ray reviews:9	I have the feeling the official reviewer got his technical notes influenced by his love for the movie, specially the sound one. On the video transfer, I agree... I don't think Ben-Hur could look much better. But the sound, while a quite good upgrade to 5.1, is not worth 5/5 compared to other transfers of "old" material, like e.g. Lawrence of Arabia which comes only 3 years later. At best 4/5. The weaknesses of the move to surround sound can be heard in many parts of the movie, a good example being the famous race scene. The sound is not enveloping, it's from fixed sources often badly following the movement, if at all. Mind you, I don't say the audio is bad. But it's unfair to other, much better transfers and surround upgrades to rate this one 5/5 in my opinion. No hard feelings Last edited by Korrigan; 03-28-2013 at 08:52 PM.

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02-20-2013, 03:46 PM	#1461
TheHumanTornado Member Member since:Nov 2012 Location:Baton Rouge, LA Blu-ray collection:330 Trading Score:4	Got mine thanks for the heads up!

02-21-2013, 01:21 PM	#1462
skidog New Member Member since:Jan 2013 Blu-ray collection:50	Wow, glad I ordered this last night. 20 bucks saved!

03-29-2013, 12:13 AM	#1465
MacEachaidh Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Aug 2011 Location:Edge of the Accretion Disc Blu-ray collection:457 DVD collection:25 Trading Score:1	Yeah, I guess a simple "points out of 5" score is a blunt tool at best. Some reviewers seem to apply it as if it's an objective measure of an audio track, regardless of what it came from, and others as if it's an achievement considering the specs of its source. To me, it seems Ben-Hur tries to do more in its audio conversion into a surround spectrum than Lawrence generally does, which may serve to expose Ben-Hur's audio shortcomings (by modern expectations) more. So I'm not sure — points for trying, maybe?