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Dennis Franz

Dennis Franz

8 Films

Dennis Franz

8 Included Films

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Dennis Franz (born October 28, 1944) is an American actor best known for his role as Andy Sipowicz, a hard boiled police detective in the television series NYPD Blue. He previously appeared as Lt. Norman Buntz on Hill Street Blues, and earlier played Detective Benedetto, a corrupt cop also on HSB.

Popeye poster
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UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Paramount Blu-ray

Popeye was mixed for a failed Vistasonic system with 4 discrete tracks (L/C/R/S). That mix has never been released on home video in its original form.

The older 5.1 track appearing on older DVD/BD releases sounds excellent. It appears to be a slight upmix of the original mix, only splitting the surrounds and adding LFE. It sounds close to the old analog LaserDisc, which is likely the original mix in a matrixed form.

The 5.1 included on the UHD is a new remix which significantly differs from previous tracks. There are new foley effects all over the place. Music is jarringly spliced in from different sources. Unlike the old 5.1 which had clearly discrete surrounds, the channels surrounds overlap somewhat with the fronts here.

Details on the new mix from Paramount's former head of restoration: https://youtu.be/P-AmjqViJyE?t=788

The 2.0 tracks on all DVDs/BDs are just downmixes of their respective 5.1 mixes.

Samples

Popeye poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Paramount Blu-ray

Popeye was mixed for a failed Vistasonic system with 4 discrete tracks (L/C/R/S). That mix has never been released on home video in its original form.

The older 5.1 track appearing on older DVD/BD releases sounds excellent. It appears to be a slight upmix of the original mix, only splitting the surrounds and adding LFE. It sounds close to the old analog LaserDisc, which is likely the original mix in a matrixed form.

The 5.1 included on the UHD is a new remix which significantly differs from previous tracks. There are new foley effects all over the place. Music is jarringly spliced in from different sources. Unlike the old 5.1 which had clearly discrete surrounds, the channels surrounds overlap somewhat with the fronts here.

Details on the new mix from Paramount's former head of restoration: https://youtu.be/P-AmjqViJyE?t=788

The 2.0 tracks on all DVDs/BDs are just downmixes of their respective 5.1 mixes.

Samples

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

2022 Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

2022 Criterion 4K Blu-ray

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

R2/R4 DVD DD 4.0

Best English-Friendly:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

R2/R4 DVD DD 4.0

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Arrow Psycho Collection 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Arrow Psycho Collection 4K Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Arrow Psycho Collection 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Arrow Psycho Collection 4K Blu-ray

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

2021 Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

2021 Kino Lorber Blu-ray, the Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has poor encoding and auto cleanup issues

Additional Info:

Twilight Time has an isolated score

Best English-Friendly:

2021 Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

2021 Kino Lorber Blu-ray, the Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has poor encoding and auto cleanup issues

Additional Info:

Twilight Time has an isolated score

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

The Player poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

8 films