Comentario del BD "en general", visto en un equipo calibrado:

I watched the disc on a Panasonic 50-inch plasma monitor, calibrated to perfection and set up for studio-grade quality control viewing (which happens to be what I do for a living). I sat at approx. three feet away from the monitor. I used a PS3 Slim for playback as it was already connected to the panny for testing done earlier.

Titles, with that golden smog behind them. Nasty posterization/banding in the smog, very easy to see. Not a good start.

First close-up of Crowe's face. Not as bad as I feared... but there's something missing. Where's the razor-sharp detail I know Blu-ray can do? It's not there. Details have a distinct artificial edge and unnatural feel to them. The image has clearly been processed rather heavily.

I look for the phenomenon where minute head movements on screen leave parts of the face behind for a very brief period of time. I don't know what it's called in English. It's there, but bordering on imaginary. Perhaps it is.

Then comes the notorious panning shot of the army launching fireballs and flaming arrows. I watch it once. It didn't look that bad, but there was something odd about it. I watch it again, and a third time. Where's the disappearing fireball? Fourth time. Ah yes, lots more smoke trails in the air than there are flaming arrows. Fifth time. I've been looking at the wrong fireball the whole time. The disappearing one is "blink and you missed it", however. Sixth time, and I pause the scene, then go forward frame by frame. Someone used incorrect settings for automated scratch/dirt removal software for this scene, no doubt about it. There are numerous objects partially or completely removed in practically every frame. But it's hard to notice when viewing at normal speed - especially if you're not looking for it.

Onwards. Ye gods, those halos! Some of the thickest white EE outlines I've ever seen on Blu-ray. Check out the shot of Maximus riding at full gallop towards the camera right after his son is shown trampled under hooves. Is that bloody Dr. Manhattan on that horse?

Skip to 10x, 30x, trying to find a scene from the extended cut. Hang on, two guys tied to a pole, ready for execution. Can't remember this from the theatrical cut (never viewed the longer cut on DVD). Slow down to normal speed. Close-up of the centurion's face. Now that's what I call HD. I could count the pores on the man's face, and there's nothing unnatural about the details. It's yummy. The detail, not the guy's face. Resume playback, pause for a close-up of Connie Nielsen's grief-stricken face. I wish the entire movie looked as good as this.

No es del todo profesional, pero parece honesto, y da buenos apuntes. Aunque vamos, sigo viendo indefendible esta edición.