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Howard Lang

Howard Lang

8 Films

Howard Lang

8 Included Films

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Howard Lang (born Donald Yarranton; 20 March 1911 - 11 December 1989) was an English actor known for playing Captain William Baines in the BBC nautical drama The Onedin Line.

Great Expectations poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Britain ITV Blu-ray

Best Video:

Britain very old transfer

Best English-Friendly:

Britain ITV Blu-ray

Best Video:

Britain very old transfer

Hamlet poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Britain ITV Blu-ray

Best Video:

Britain ITV Blu-ray > Australia Imprint Blu-ray which looks artificially sharpened see caps

Hamlet poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Britain ITV Blu-ray

Best Video:

Britain ITV Blu-ray > Australia Imprint Blu-ray which looks artificially sharpened see caps

Beau Brummell poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

A Night to Remember poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

All releases uses the old 2012 ITV 2K restoration, but from caps Criterion Blu-ray > Britain ITV

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

All releases uses the old 2012 ITV 2K restoration, but from caps Criterion Blu-ray > Britain ITV

Ben-Hur poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 MGM LaserDisc

The 4K Blu-ray 5.0 is the original mix, but more muffled than LaserDisc and even the previous Blu-ray's gentle remix. The Atmos mix is revisionist.

Additional Info:

The 50th Anniversary box set has some exclusive extras.

1991 LD is Dolby Stereo matrix encoded from the original six track master and this was later upgraded to a 5.1 Dolby Digital version prepared for the first DVD. The 5.1 version may have had some slight tweaking in the process. This was reused for the DVD CE boxset and then the 5.1 on Blu-ray seems like a slight upgrade of the DVD track. (The first pressing from the UCE boxset had audio defects rampant on the BD. These were corrected for standalone pressings.) All 5.1s sound roughly the same as the LD 2.0 in terms of the mix, but the LD PCM mastering seems like the only one that is direct without any major processing.

Ben-Hur poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 MGM LaserDisc

The 4K Blu-ray 5.0 is the original mix, but more muffled than LaserDisc and even the previous Blu-ray's gentle remix. The Atmos mix is revisionist.

Additional Info:

The 50th Anniversary box set has some exclusive extras.

1991 LD is Dolby Stereo matrix encoded from the original six track master and this was later upgraded to a 5.1 Dolby Digital version prepared for the first DVD. The 5.1 version may have had some slight tweaking in the process. This was reused for the DVD CE boxset and then the 5.1 on Blu-ray seems like a slight upgrade of the DVD track. (The first pressing from the UCE boxset had audio defects rampant on the BD. These were corrected for standalone pressings.) All 5.1s sound roughly the same as the LD 2.0 in terms of the mix, but the LD PCM mastering seems like the only one that is direct without any major processing.

Macbeth poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Macbeth poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

8 films

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