Warner Archive Blu-ray

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Neither Criterion Blu-ray or Germany Plaion Blu-ray are great see caps

• While they are different transfers and the Criterion one is a 4K restoration, it's very soft and has some dark crushes.

• The Plaion Blu-ray is sharpened and is slightly more zoomed in

MoC Blu-ray

MoC Blu-ray > Kino Lorber > Twilight Time. Kino Lorber has slightly worse encoding than MoC, see caps, and Twilight Time is over-exposed

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

2022 Paramount Presents Blu-ray disc included in 4K Blu-ray set, same master, but less bitrate starved.

1980s Paramount VHS

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