Ben-Hur.1959.2160p.UHD.Blu-ray.Remux.DV.HDR.HEVC.FLAC.2.0-CiNEPHiLES

General
Filename.......: Ben-Hur.1959.2160p.UHD.Blu-ray.Remux.DV.HDR.HEVC.FLAC.2.0-CiNEPHiLES.mkv
FileSize.......: 132 GiB
Duration.......: 3 h 42 min

Video
Codec..........: HEVC Main [email protected]@High
Resolution.....: 3840x2160
Aspect ratio...: 16:9
Bit rate.......: 74.5 Mb/s
Frame rate.....: 23.976 fps
Color primaries: BT.2020 - Dolby Vision / HDR10

Audio
Language.......: English
Channels.......: 2 CH
Format.........: FLAC
Bit rate.......: 478 kb/s
(Original 6-Track Mix (Matrixed))

Audio (#2)
Language.......: English
Channels.......: 4 CH
Format.........: DTS-HD Master Audio
Bit rate.......: 2 521 kb/s
(Original 6-Track Mix (Discrete))

Audio (#3)
Language.......: English
Channels.......: 6 CH
Format.........: DTS-HD Master Audio
Bit rate.......: 3 420 kb/s
(5.1 Surround Remix)

Audio (#4)
Language.......: English
Channels.......: 8 CH
Format.........: Dolby TrueHD with Dolby Atmos
Bit rate.......: 2 714 kb/s
(Dolby Atmos 7.1 Remix)

Audio (#5)
Language.......: English
Channels.......: 6 CH
Format.........: Dolby Digital
Bit rate.......: 448 kb/s
(Compatibility Track)

Audio (#6)
Language.......: English
Channels.......: 2 CH
Format.........: Dolby Digital
Bit rate.......: 192 kb/s
(Commentary by film historian T. Gene Hatcher with scene-specific comments from Charlton Heston)

Audio (#7)
Language.......: zxx
Channels.......: 2 CH
Format.........: Dolby Digital
Bit rate.......: 192 kb/s
(Isolated Score)

Subtitle.......: English
Subtitle.......: English (SDH)
Subtitle.......: English (SDH / PGS)
Subtitle.......: Arabic
Subtitle.......: Bulgarian
Subtitle.......: Croatian (PGS)
Subtitle.......: Chinese (Cantonese (Traditional))
Subtitle.......: Chinese (Simplified)
Subtitle.......: Chinese (Traditional)
Subtitle.......: Czech
Subtitle.......: Czech (PGS)
Subtitle.......: Danish
Subtitle.......: Danish (PGS)
Subtitle.......: Dutch
Subtitle.......: Dutch (PGS)
Subtitle.......: Estonian
Subtitle.......: Finnish
Subtitle.......: Finnish (PGS)
Subtitle.......: French
Subtitle.......: French (PGS)
Subtitle.......: German
Subtitle.......: German (SDH)
Subtitle.......: German (SDH / PGS)
Subtitle.......: Greek
Subtitle.......: Greek (PGS)
Subtitle.......: Hebrew
Subtitle.......: Hebrew (PGS)
Subtitle.......: Hungarian
Subtitle.......: Hungarian (PGS)
Subtitle.......: Icelandic (PGS)
Subtitle.......: Indonesian
Subtitle.......: Italian
Subtitle.......: Italian (SDH)
Subtitle.......: Italian (SDH / PGS)
Subtitle.......: Japanese
Subtitle.......: Japanese (PGS)
Subtitle.......: Korean
Subtitle.......: Korean (PGS)
Subtitle.......: Latvian
Subtitle.......: Lithuanian
Subtitle.......: Norwegian
Subtitle.......: Norwegian (PGS)
Subtitle.......: Polish
Subtitle.......: Polish (PGS)
Subtitle.......: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Subtitle.......: Portuguese (Brazilian / PGS)
Subtitle.......: Portuguese (European)
Subtitle.......: Portuguese (European / PGS)
Subtitle.......: Portuguese (European / Alternate)
Subtitle.......: Romanian
Subtitle.......: Romanian (PGS)
Subtitle.......: Russian
Subtitle.......: Slovenian
Subtitle.......: Spanish (Latin American)
Subtitle.......: Spanish (Latin American / PGS)
Subtitle.......: Spanish (Castilian)
Subtitle.......: Spanish (Castilian / PGS)
Subtitle.......: Swedish
Subtitle.......: Swedish (PGS)
Subtitle.......: Thai
Subtitle.......: Thai (PGS)
Subtitle.......: Turkish
Subtitle.......: Japanese (Commentary)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052618/

Sources
#1: Warner Bros. UHD Blu-ray (video, audio, commentary, subtitles) thanks TMT!
#2: MGM/UA H.V. LaserDisc (1991) [ML101525] (audio)
#3: Warner Bros. Blu-ray (audio, subtitles)
#4: iTunes, HBO Max, Amazon WEB-DLs (subtitles)
#5: Warner Bros. NTSC DVD (named chapters)

Video comparison
Comparison: UHD, BD: Slow.pics

Audio
Ben-Hur was originally mixed in 6-Track Stereo, in the standard 70mm channel configuration
(pioneered by Todd-AO, see diagram and a write-up from FILM ATLAS), with left-center and
right-center channels. As this layout fell out of fashion with the advent of Dolby, all home
releases conform to a more modern surround layout (which isn t much of an issue, as the in-between
channels mix down to L/C/R quite nicely).

The UHD disc offers a discrete version of this mix (5.1 with empty LFE and identical surrounds), but
unfortunately, it suffers from a considerable amount of noise reduction. Thankfully, the older
LaserDisc release is also sourced from the original 6-track elements and sounds excellent. It
conforms to the same LCRS format, encoded in the form of Dolby matrixed stereo. Both versions are
included.

Two remixed options are also provided: a rather tasteful 5.1 track from the previous Blu-ray
release, which lightly enhances the use of surround and LFE channels without major content changes,
and a new modernized Atmos 7.1 remix with more substantial changes, including new sound effects.

Fidelity-wise, LaserDisc is by far the best. All other tracks were hit with significant noise
reduction. Out of those, the 5.1 remix is the least bad. Atmos and 4.0 are slightly worse than 5.1,
with Atmos taking a slight edge on music sections, which were spliced from a better source.

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