content: As mentioned by other reviewers the video transfer of the Blu-ray edition of Gladiator has been reduced to VHS quality and suggest anyone hire's & views before buying but recommend all stay well clear (as this is a lemon) - if you absolutely must have it regardless of quality do so at your own risk. I'm sticking with my DVD edition for now. For more detail on specifics of all the issues see the discussion on the AVS Forum & the review at The Digital Bits - looks like we will all have to wait a couple of years until the studio's concerned with this release (Paramount & Universal) do a new edition and remaster the original without all the excessive DNR, EE, and such! Compared to initial reports of Braveheart this Blu-ray release is clearly a disaster. :-(