5 in 4K
UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming
Small role · Director: Billy Wilder
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
(transfer of the 1989 MGM LaserDisc, without problems plaguing Kino Lorber's release)
Arrow UHD is an update of the original 4K scan done for their BD. It is also visually far superior to the Kino version and adds Dolby Vision HDR. The Arrow UHD uses a new LD mono capture and has none of the issues or processing found in the Kino UHD which also used an LD mono capture and somehow mucked it up. Short of a brand new scan, the Arrow UHD is as good as it possibly can be.
Small role · Director: Orson Welles
MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar
Small role · Director: Billy Wilder
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray is a fine release with no glaring encode issues, the new master is also fine but graded to look quite dim in HDR/DV. Unsure whether that's really respectful to the source
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray / Paramount EU Blu-ray
Old Warner Bros US release is inferior.
4 in HD
Blu-ray or HD streaming
Small role · Director: Douglas Sirk
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Criterion is new 2K restoration, but wrong aspect ratio (1.85:1 instead of AR 2.00:1)
Small role · Director: Stanley Kramer
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
UK BFI Blu-ray is very similar to Germany Capelight Blu-ray but Capelight is slightly more sharpened see caps
Both Kino Lorber and Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray suffer from Quicktime Gamma Bug see caps
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