Detail is usually excellent, with only the occasional shot not overflowing with visual information. Color reproduction is utterly impeccable throughout the presentation. Colors are warm and vibrant during the first part of the film, however they begin to turn a cold Cameron blue after Titanic strikes the iceberg. Saturation is always excellent, as are the flesh tones. Neither chroma noise nor bleeding effected color reproduction in any way.
Blacks are absolutely perfect and the image always provides very good shadow detail.
Contrast is usually very good, but there are a couple of spots where the brightness of the image seemed a tad too hot. Artifacts are almost undetectable for this 194-minute film, plus the layer transition is virtually seamless on my player. The Dolby Digital 5.1 channel soundtrack is absolutely astounding. The soundstage is always clean and open sounding, however it is after Titanic begins its death throes that the soundtrack truly becomes alive. I was acutely aware of each creak, groan and shudder of the hull as Titanic starts its decent into the darkness of the North Atlantic.