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Tony Plana

Tony Plana

7 films on Best Blurays4 in 4K3 in HD

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Tony Plana is a Cuban-American stage, film and television actor and director, best known for playing Ignacio Suarez, the father of the leading character on the television show "Ugly Betty".

Biography from TMDB

Supporting role · Director: Oliver Stone

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Sources: lddb.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

Twilight Time Blu-ray or MGM NTSC DVD

Audio Notes:

Twilight Time Blu-ray or MGM NTSC DVD for the original mono mix

  • Shout! Factory 4K only has a stereo downmix (which sounds muffled, as do the surround tracks)

  • Twilight Time Blu-ray has the mono track with seemingly the best fidelity, but its dynamic range has been heavily compressed

  • MoC UK Blu-ray has a proper dynamics and good fidelity, but bizzarely, everything is repeated after a few miliseconds, rendering echoey and metallic

  • MGM NTSC DVD has been denoised and has had a strong EQ applied and sounds muffled as a result, but it retains proper dynamics

  • Koch Media DE BD had poor dynamics and wrong pitch

  • Analog 1986 US LaserDisc sounds poor

Perhaps the digital JP LD would be better.

Small role · Director: Gregory Hoblit

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Disappointing

Small role · Director: John Sayles

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent

Small role · Director: Luis Valdez

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal or Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Michael Bay

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount Collector's Edition Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Gregory Nava

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Small role · Director: Oliver Stone

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Theatrical Cut 4K Blu-ray in August

Best Video:

Director's Cut: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Theatrical Cut: Shout! Factory Blu-ray (included with collector's edition)

Best Audio:

Theatrical Cut: The Shout UHD DTS-HD 2.0

Audio Notes:

Theatrical Cut: The Shout UHD DTS-HD 2.0 seems to be the same mix overall as the 1992 laserdisc PCM 2.0 but its not a straight port.  Even though there are some minor differences, it does not seem to be a downmix of the 5.1.  It could possibly be a new mastering.  It has just a tiny bit more dynamic range than the laserdisc, but the laserdisc has a bit more presence in the lower and midrange frequencies.

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