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. Audio comparison samples