William Hopper
12 Films
William Hopper
12 Included Films
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Director: John Ford
Criterion Blu-ray. Lobster Films Blu-ray is a newer master but with terrible encoding and brightness levels. May still be better
Criterion Blu-ray. Lobster Films Blu-ray is a newer master but with terrible encoding and brightness levels. May still be better
Director: John Ford
Criterion Blu-ray. Lobster Films Blu-ray is a newer master but with terrible encoding and brightness levels. May still be better
Criterion Blu-ray. Lobster Films Blu-ray is a newer master but with terrible encoding and brightness levels. May still be better
Director: Raoul Walsh
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Raoul Walsh
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K scan
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K scan
Director: John Huston
2023 WB 4K Blu-ray
2023 WB 4K Blu-ray
Director: John Huston
2023 WB 4K Blu-ray
2023 WB 4K Blu-ray
Director: Vincent Sherman
Director: Vincent Sherman
Director: Nicholas Ray
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Warner Bros 2011 Blu-ray
The older track sounds significantly more natural. The WAC BD uses a new mastering which sounds much worse. A lot of the dialogue sounds off, sort of echoey, garbled or even artifacted. Its overzealous click removal also erased some sounds. Its only positive is a new EQ that brings out the bass more making some of the score more effective.
It seems that the new mastering likely uses AI "enhancement" or some other form of aggressive filtering, resulting in extended peaks despite losing real high end detail (most pronounced on sample 3).
Samples (WAC is mislabeled as UHD)
Commentary is mono on the Blu-rays and panned stereo on NTSC DVD (different channels for each speaker).
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Warner Bros 2011 Blu-ray
The older track sounds significantly more natural. The WAC BD uses a new mastering which sounds much worse. A lot of the dialogue sounds off, sort of echoey, garbled or even artifacted. Its overzealous click removal also erased some sounds. Its only positive is a new EQ that brings out the bass more making some of the score more effective.
It seems that the new mastering likely uses AI "enhancement" or some other form of aggressive filtering, resulting in extended peaks despite losing real high end detail (most pronounced on sample 3).
Samples (WAC is mislabeled as UHD)
Commentary is mono on the Blu-rays and panned stereo on NTSC DVD (different channels for each speaker).
Director: Michael Sarne
Director: Michael Sarne
12 films
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