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Tom Smith

Tom Smith

13 films on Best Blurays2 in 4K10 in HD1 in SD

Small role · Director: Samuel Fuller

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-Ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Small role · Director: Delmer Daves

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: John Ford

Best English-Friendly & Video:

France Sidonis Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

France Sidonis Blu-ray has original intertitles and is a good upgrade over previous DVD see caps

Small role · Director: King Vidor

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber vs France Carlotta vs Germany Blu-ray ?

Best Video:

Kino Lorber US, and other Germany and France 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: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly:

Fox Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

US Fox Blu-ray

Video Notes:

US Fox Blu-ray > France Blu-ray see DVDBeaver review, no comparison available with Germany Plaion Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Joseph Santley

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Image Entertainment OOP The Gene Autry Collection Vol 3 DVD

Sources: watch.shout-tv.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Otherwise also available on Shout! TV SD Streaming for free 

Small role · Director: Anthony Mann

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray, Universal 2008 DVD

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

2008 Universal DVD mono

Audio Notes:

The mono on the Criterion is severely filtered resulting in it sounding incredibly muffled. It is nearly as filtered as the 2003 original Universal DVD which had extreme filtering and sounds horribly thin. The 2008 DVD remaster and original Laserdisc analog mastering are mostly left alone. The original LD master is from a worn element but otherwise sounds very natural. The 2008 DVD is the highest quality version we have without the heavy filtering and the defects of the LD master. It isn't perfect but easily the best of the main four sources by a dramatic margin. 

Additional Info:

The existing 4K SDR restoration looks excellent, but the Criterion extras are limited and disappointing. The classic Stewart interview commentary from the LD is ported over but given a new mastering. Compared to past releases it has been very slightly noise reduced.

Small role · Director: Michael Crichton

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Blake Edwards

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Fritz Lang

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

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: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

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