John Heard

6 films on Best Blurays6 in 4K

John Heard Jr. (March 7, 1946 – July 21, 2017) was a European-American actor. Heard made his debut appearance in film with the ensemble Between the Lines (1977). He appeared in a number of successful films, including Heart Beat (1980), Cutter's Way (1981), Cat People (1982), Beaches (1988), and Deceived (1991). He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1999 for guest-starring as Vin Makazian on The Sopranos (1999–2004).

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6 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Cutter's Way (1981)

Leading role · Director: Ivan Passer

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Though note its different color grading from the IP-sourced but poorly compressed Fun City Editions US Blu-ray (caps)

Best Audio:

Fun City Editions US Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Judging from spectrograms at https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23933756&postcount=57, Fun City Editions US Blu-ray appears to have marginally less filtering than Radiance 4K Blu-ray (whose padded 16-bit depth is a non-issue). There are also loudness differences, though it's unclear whether dynamic range also differs. Caveat: need to A/B both tracks to confirm, but no one has posted actual A/B impressions.

3.7

Awakenings (1990)

Leading role · Director: Penny Marshall

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Sony 4K Blu-ray ?

4.0

Cat People (1982)

Leading role · Director: Paul Schrader

4K · Disappointing

Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray has DNR applied and encoding could be better. Possible issues in Dolby Vision

Great source, poorly encoded but it does look significantly better than the Blu-Rays.