great review of my favourite movie..can i ask you i see there is another recent version of this on blu-ray ..i think the cover has the terminator in a slight kneeling position as he is about to rise up..wondering if this a new or better version than the one that you have reviewed here..many thanks

The best Terminator movie by far. The rest are more mainstream audience orientated. Getting rid of all the film grain Isn't a good thing in my view. I had Predator on blu ray and it has the grain in it. Then i got the 2010 cleaned up blu ray and the grain is gone and the image is cleaned up, but their faces look like theyre made of plastic or rubber. The grainy original blu ray release looks far better And their faces look more real. The film grain is meant to be there. It means you're getting an image closer to how it looked when it was originally filmed. Removal of film grain and sharpening and smoothing means theyre changing how the picture originally looked.

Nice review bud. Glad you doing Blu-ray reviews! I always have fun doing reviews of Blu-rays and DVDs

Cant find this version is the red box release the same disc anyone know ???

Good stuff Joe, I already got all the terminator movies on Blu-ray like you, but after seeing your review you sold me on picking this one up, for 8 bucks its worth it:)

does it have DTS HD MASTER AUDIO 5.1

Thanks. Very helpful vid!!

Purchased mine a few days ago from amazon for only 4$ can't wait to get it.

Havn’t got bluray yet, still rockin the vhs and dvds:)Might pick up a player to see this though, classic film.

glad you covered this. I have the old blu ray and it's ok but been waiting for an upgrade. I don't even have the case anymore I keep them all in the t2 skull head edition.

I am so glad I ordered a 4k TV, it gets here next Wednesday. I ordered this after watching your review! Going to watch it on my 55 samsung led first, then on the 4k lol

Is this the version with the original gun sounds?

apparently there was a T2 that was released back in August? do a review for that!

Thanks for the review. I first saw it on Beta back when it hit video. I had heard through the interweb that there was some shit going down with the Mono to Stereo and 5.1. It's cool that you nerded out on that point. Cuz I just watched it from the normal blu-ray and it was pretty blah. Still grainy and blah. I am looking forward to seeing it in blu-ray. Long live Terminator. In my humble audio/movie-phile opinion.

Ha I just watched this tonight got it for $5 at Best buy. I was impressed with the quality it was bad ass... I was thrown off by the pop up menu but figured it out since there is no regular menu.. The artwork is pretty nice. The music was impressive and I don't have surround sound haha.

So this one has the original mono audio?

Your review got me to buy it. :)

Great review.The remastered copy that I picked up didn't have a main menu. The movie just starts as soon as it is put in the player. Are all copies like this?

I don't think it was ever made into stereo, just mono or 5.1

yeah I felt really ripped off with the original blu ray release. it was like just a port of the DVD. it makes me not want to buy yet another release but reviews help us save money thanks!

I dont mean to sound fanboyish but unless MGM and/or James Cameron decides to include the original mono mix on a future release, I will not be buying any BluRay of T1. The new effects in the 5.1 mix IMO are just horrible. I'll stick with my DVD.