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Chris Bauer

Chris Bauer

5 films on Best Blurays3 in 4K2 in HD

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Chris Bauer (born October 28, 1966) is an American actor. He is best known for his television work in The Wire, Third Watch, True Blood, Survivor's Remorse, The Deuce and the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series For All Mankind. He has also appeared on Broadway as Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire. He has originated roles in plays by David Mamet, John Patrick Shanley and Jez Butterworth.

Biography from TMDB

Supporting role · Director: Joel Schumacher

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2019 Shout! Factory Blu-ray

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

Additional Info:

BD 1080p Comparison: https://slow.pics/c/6hg4Y5fB (USA-Shout! vs AUS-Imprint vs GER-NamelessMedia vs AUS-Shock)

Small role · Director: Jake Schreier

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

IMAX sequences have not been released on home video or Disney+ to date

Small role · Director: Clint Eastwood

Best English-Friendly:

US Paramount/International Warner Bros Blu-ray

Best Video:

US Paramount

Video Notes:

US Paramount > International Warner Bros Blu-ray

Best Audio:

International Warner Bros Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

International Warner Bros Blu-ray has a lossless PCM 5.1 track

Small role · Director: Taylor Hackford

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical Cut with unaltered sculpture: Initial DVD

Altered Cut: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · +3 more

Best Video:

Theatrical Cut with unaltered sculpture: Initial DVD with this red message: "The large white sculpture of human forms on the wall of John Milton's penthouse in "The Devil's Advocate" is not connected in any way and was not endorsed by the sculptor Frederick Hart or the Washington National Cathedral, joint copyright owners of the Cathedral sculpture "Ex Nihilo" in Washington D.C.".

Altered Cut: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray see caps

Best Audio:

Warner Bros Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray is more filtered than Warner Bros Blu-ray, although differences may not be audible.
(While the LaserDisc 2.0 is reportedly better clarity in dialogue?)

Additional Info:

DV Plot. For those curious, the sculpture is still the altered one found on the re-issued DVDs, and previous Blu-ray.

5.1 audio on the Shout (either be 1080p or 2160p) was 16-bit, with more roll-off than the Warners one, the Warners was very similar to the NTSC and in terms of balance of the mix, while the Shout seems to be tinkered with, with the score at the beginning and at the end sounding worse on Shout.

Audio Comparisons: Slow.pics

For the regular commentary found on the NTSC DVD "Original Version" (there's no difference including the other NTSC DVD), Shout or Warners; the Shout commentary was just a bloated lossy transcode with some EQ. The best one was from either of the two DVDs.

Commentary Comparisons: Slow.pics

Now there's another commentary; it's basically the same commentary but has some parts different than the others, it can be found on EUR PAL DVD with subs for said commentary. The subs for it doesn't sync for the commentary #1 and vice-versa. Samples

Small role · Director: John Woo

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

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