Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 1.0
Review for Gladiator Blu Ray
Note that this is a review for the Blu Ray release of Gladiator (Sapphire), NOT the movie itself. Watched it over the weekend having picked it up a few weeks ago when it was on sale at amazon. The negative press this release has been getting is WELL DESERVED. I am not exaggerating in the least when I say the video looks like a 480 source scaled to 1080 resolution with overly aggressive sharpening and digital filtering. Edges look enhanced and fine details get blurred over throughout, all of which takes away from the viewing experience. In my opinion, it is marginally better than the Extended Edition DVD scaled on my Toshiba HD-XA2, and nowhere near the quality that the Blu Ray medium is capable of. My recommendation would be to stay away from this release unless you absolutely must watch it in "high definition" today.