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Bill Smitrovich

Bill Smitrovich

9 films on Best Blurays6 in 4K3 in HD

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William Stanley Zmitrowicz Jr. (born May 16, 1947), known professionally as Bill Smitrovich, is an American actor.

Biography from TMDB

6 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Supporting role · Director: Jon Favreau

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray (OOP France M6 4K Blu-ray has Dolby Vision)
IMAX version: Disney+ Streaming

DNR free: Paramount Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Paramount Blu-ray's TrueHD 5.1

Audio Notes:

Paramount Blu-ray's TrueHD 5.1 is not Atmoused

Supporting role · Director: Seth MacFarlane

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Todd Phillips

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Roland Emmerich

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Audio:

Fox 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Fox 4K Blu-ray reference sound

Best Video:

Fox 4K Blu-ray, merely okay with compression issues

Small role · Director: Wolfgang Petersen

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 2023 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Michael Mann

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical/Director's Cut: Shout! Factory Blu-ray
Hybrid Theatrical Cut: Anchor Bay "Theatrical" DVD
Final Cut: upcoming UK StudioCanal Final Cut 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

UK StudioCanal Final Cut 4K Blu-ray

3 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Supporting role · Director: Jack Sholder

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Explosive Media or France ESC Blu-ray?

Video Notes:

Spain Resen Blu-ray is a bootleg

Germany Hanselab 4K Blu-ray is disappointing with AI upscaling

Supporting role · Director: Simon Wincer

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

4K is defective with color space issues and poor encoding, UHD replacement disc is also defective with worse encode. The UHD has visible artifacts from the bad encoding. The HDR is overdone and the Paramount 4K master has grain management.
The new Kino Blu-ray has none of the UHD's problems and is superior to the UHD in every way though it still uses the same Paramount master.

Best Audio:

DVD 5.1 or LaserDisc 5.1 AC3, LD PCM 2.0 for the matrix stereo version. The LD and DVD seem to be the theatrical audio mix untouched with plenty of low end. This low end like a number of 90's Paramount titles was mixed out or tamed on subsequent releases. 

Additional Info:

The Lionsgate BD and Paramount BD share the same lackluster HD master with DNR and image distortion. The Lionsgate is much better encoded but has a 7.1 remix which messed up the original mix design by lessening all the great Foley work in favor of the score. The Paramount BD had a 5.1 lossless version of the original mix but it's a new version where the bass has been tamed so the track has lost its punch. The Kino Lorber UHD and Blu-ray recycle this same lesser 5.1 mastering. The original mix can still be heard on LD and DVD. The 2.0 stereo on the Kino is matrixed but also does not sound as good as the 2.0 matrix audio on DVD or LD.
Kino has a replacement program for the defective UHD to fix the color space issue. The new disc is not marked, has a worse encode AND DOES NOT FIX THE COLOR SPACE! Thus it is a worse defective disc version of the original defective disc.
The Billy Zane interview on the Kino BD has technical issues in the editing and clip quality used.

Small role · Director: Rob Reiner

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming or old Warner Bros DVD

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