Review: Tron/Tron Legacy Blu-ray/DVD Combos De-Mystified

The 2002 DVD contained a remastered version of the film, and contained 5 hours of bonus materials on a second DVD. The materials are duplicated here onto Blu-ray in DVD resolution, which looks terrible. The Tron film on the other hand, makes full use of high def resolution, making each shot very crisp; this is in contrast to the DVD version, which feels very blurry by comparison. The effect is most apparent in the real world film segments and fullscreen computer effects; in the composites, the resolution differences between DVD and Blu-ray are less noticeable.

The identity disc version comes in a plastic "identity disc" case, which includes the same discs as the standard 5-disc blu-ray package , so the difference is mainly in how the discs will sit on your shelf; if you want to just have a neat display box, the identity disc version is what you'll want -- but if you want to easily pull a disc from your shelf, you'll want the version in the standard blu-ray case. The identity disc version has problems -- it's difficult to get a disc out, and the case isn't big enough to hold all 5 discs, which makes it seem as if one of the discs was added after the case was designed.

With Tron:Legacy in several different varieties, which one is right for you? It depends on what you have for an entertainment system, and which films are contained.

The five disc versions include as a bonus the Blu-ray version of the original Tron.

The Tron: Legacy (Four-Disc Combo) and Five disc combos contain Tron-Legacy in 3D Blu-ray as well as a digital copy of the film, a DVD of the film, and the film in standard Blu-ray.

The Tron: Legacy (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) contains the film in standard Blu-ray and DVD versions.

The single disc Tron: Legacy DVD just contains the film on DVD.