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5 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K3 in HD1 with no official release

By format

List

Monte Carlo (1930)

Supporting role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Eclipse Series 8: Lubitsch Musicals Blu-ray

3.3

This Is the Night (1932)

Small role · Director: Frank Tuttle

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Universal Blu-ray seems to be an old HD scan and doesn't look too good

3.3

Trouble in Paradise (1932)

Small role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

A new 4K restoration from a 35mm nitrate print from and a 35mm composite duplicate negative.

Spain Universal Blu-ray is from a very soft DVD-era transfer; caps

Audio Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray is a new transfer by UCLA, with a bit more high end detail

The earlier transfer used on the Spain Universal Blu-ray and MoC DVD is a bit boomy with boosted bass. The 1999 Criterion DVD uses an even earlier transfer with noticable artifacting and less detail.