There are no problems with either chroma noise or the bleeding of hot colors. Blacks are faithfully recreated and contrast is usually smooth, however there are some instances where it takes on a slight harshness. Owning to the age of the film and the technology involved with producing the special effect, film grain does become noticeable in places. Digital compression artifacts did not adversely affect the image. The Dolby Digital monaural soundtrack is pretty clean sounding for its age.
Dialogue is always intelligible, but the frequency response for the music is somewhat limited.
Additionally, there is a mild bit of hiss on the track, but it isn t distracting. Most Bernard Herrmann fans will want to amplify the soundtrack for the composer s terrific score. Subtitles have been provided in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and Thai. The interactive menus look nice, but are relatively basic. Through the menu system, one will have access to the standard scene selection and set up features.