4 in 4K
UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming
Small role · Director: Orson Welles
1991 Columbia VHS (slightly)
Small role · Director: Mark Robson
Small role · Director: Billy Wilder
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Paramount 4K Blu-ray. See caps
HDR/grading: nice, but some blown out
Encoding: inconsistent, smeared motion
DNR: inconsistent, frozen
Old Paramount Blu-ray is arguably a solid alternative choice
Paramount 4K Blu-ray mono
Paramount 4K Blu-ray mono is different version of the Blu-ray mono from the same old 2000 DVD transfer.
The 5.1 remix on the 4K Blu-ray is an appalling remix done by going wild with artificially generated stems from Park Road Post who were given the surviving mono to separate. The experience is jarring and fidelity to original mix in terms of level balance, directionality and impact is nonexistent. Not only does this sound painfully weird, but the Paramount mixers then did whatever they wanted in terms of LFE, sound pans and effect changes.
The original mono mix was not restored and still needs it badly. The 4K master is filled with frozen grain examples coming and going plus some HDR issues in addition to the usual Paramount problems. It is simultaneously better and worse than the Blu-ray master.
18 in HD
Blu-ray or HD streaming
Small role · Director: Harry Beaumont
Small role · Director: John Ford
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
USA Paramount has the best video transfer with the least amount of artifacts: https://slow.pics/c/sjZ3mqF6
Olive Films Blu-ray and Eureka MoC Blu-ray are sourced from the same restoration and are both very good.
Apart from some mild attenuation, the audio is the same on all releases of the newest restoration and is relatively untampered with: https://slow.pics/c/bWF9EGuM
Small role · Director: John Ford
Small role · Director: Preston Sturges
Kino Lorber Blu-ray, new 4K master
Small role · Director: King Vidor
Small role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab) · blah-ray.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)
StudioCanal 4K
6 in SD
DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS
Small role · Director: Erich von Stroheim
Small role · Director: Erich von Stroheim
Vitaphone Soundtrack Project restoration SD Streaming
Sources: nitrateville.com (opens in a new tab)
Vitaphone Soundtrack Project restoration SD Streaming see NitrateVille post
Small role · Director: Joseph Santley
Image Entertainment OOP The Gene Autry Collection Vol 3 DVD
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