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Chet Brandenburg

Chet Brandenburg

45 films on Best Blurays5 in 4K37 in HD2 in SD1 with no official release

Chet Brandenburg photo

Chet Brandenburg (October 15, 1897 - July 17, 1974), was an American actor.

Biography from TMDB

37 of 45 films match · Page 1 of 2

Supporting role · Director: Lou Breslow

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony The Three Stooges Collection boxset Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Samuel Fuller

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray source features proper gamma and black levels with a superior contrast. MoC Blu-ray source features improper gamma and black levels and too bright a contrast, making the picture appear washed out. See caps

Additional Info:

Caveat:  MoC Blu-ray has slightly better encoding than Criterion

Small role · Director: Jack Arnold

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · blah-ray.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray is a newer 4K restoration

Best Audio:

MCA LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray generally has more noise reduction than the DVDs and the other two blu-rays, but its EQ more closely matches the LaserDisc - though dialogue still sounds a bit comparatively hollow. See blah-ray review

Small role · Director: Phil Karlson

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fubo in US or Apple TV in UK HD Streaming

Small role · Director: Max Ophüls

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Indiactor Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Edmund Goulding

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Signal One Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

UK Signal One Blu-ray is marginally better than Criterion Blu-ray, same 4K restoration, see caps

Small role · Director: Sam Peckinpah

Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive

Small role · Director: Douglas Sirk

Small role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray

Small role · Director: John Huston

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray 2k scan

Best Audio:

1993 MGM LaserDisc

Small role · Director: Irving Pichel

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Lou Breslow

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration

Small role · Director: Billy Wilder

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming

Small role · Director: Jacques Tourneur

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Anthony Mann

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow Video Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Arrow's deluxe presentation is a fantastic package with great supplements, art and printed materials. Sadly the master is a heavily processed Paramount affair. It has seemingly been severely grain managed and the mono audio is horribly thin when it shouldn't be. Stereo and 5.1 options are also given but they seem to be more of home video remixes. They do not have the fidelity issue of the compromised mono but also show marked differences as if they were remixed from stem sources. This seems to have suffered lesser degrees of the problems that plagued The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance's 4K master. This is the best version to date but one wishes Paramount could leave scans alone.

Small role · Director: John Ford

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly & Video:

2022 Paramount Presents Blu-ray disc included in 4K Blu-ray set

Sources: x.com (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Same master, but less bitrate starved.

Best Audio:

1980s Paramount VHS

Additional Info:

The encode on the BD is preferable to the UHD. Same master, but less bitrate starved: https://x.com/SadHillDevan/status/1530057783885721607?s=20 and see caps

Small role · Director: Anthony Mann

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow Video Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

The Arrow Video Blu-ray is the best iteration so far coming from a new restoration complete with great supplements and package. The original limited edition version included a second disc with the alternate 2.0:1 framed version. The primary disc is 1.85:1. Older releases pre-2008 were all in Academy ratio. 1.85 is the best compromise ratio for the visuals. As good as this release is, the master is showing its age and sadly has a number of frozen grain artifacts.

Small role · Director: Curtis Bernhardt

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

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