Colors are strongly saturated, especially in the darker scenes and flesh tone appear realistic throughout the film. There are no signs of chromatic distortion during the presentation. Blacks are accurate, but the level of shadow detail is as limited as the lighting applied to this film s numerous dark scenes. This cleanly authored DVD doesn t show any signs of digital compression artifacts. The Dolby Digital 2.0 soundtrack decodes to standard surround and definitely shows signs of age.
Frequency response is limited, although dialogue is always crisp and intelligible.
The rear channels provide some sound effect activity, as well as mild ambient sounds. There are more directional sound effects in the forward soundstage, but nothing to overwhelm. The basic interactive menus allow one access to the standard scene selection and set up features, as well as a theatrical trailer. Recommended to Carpenter fans everywhere.