John McLiam

5 films on Best Blurays3 in 4K2 in HD

By format

List

3 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

First Blood (1982)

Supporting role · Director: Ted Kotcheff

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray (2026 Rambo set)

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

Video Notes:

Caps #1 (with FEL), caps #2

Additional Info:

The compression is underwhelming on all discs, but despite trading blows in various frames, Lionsgate's re-released 4K disc wins.

The Lionsgate 4K re-release includes original matrixed Dolby Stereo mix, transferred from a LaserDisc, with missing cues at side changeover points corrected, and consistent volume throughout, as well as two remixed variants in 5.1 and 7.1 Atmos. The 5.1 is incorrectly labeled as original on the menu.

3.9

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Small role · Director: Stuart Rosenberg

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Best Audio:

1999 R1 WB DVD/2005 R2 WB DVD

4.2

My Fair Lady (1964)

Small role · Director: George Cukor

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

3.6

2 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975)

Supporting role · Director: Dick Richards

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.4

In Cold Blood (1967)

Small role · Director: Richard Brooks

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray is a newer 4K scan and is an improvement over older Sony Blu-ray see caps

Audio Notes:

While Criterion Blu-ray is 24bit over Sony 16bit, they sound the same according to Blay-ray

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