John Kapelos

9 films on Best Blurays7 in 4K2 in HD

John Kapelos (born March 8, 1956) is a Canadian actor from London, Ontario. He is best known for his portrayals of janitor Carl Reed in The Breakfast Club and Detective Donald Schanke in Forever Knight. He is also fondly remembered as Jerry Seinfeld's unjustly accused accountant.

Biography from TMDB

By format

List

The Breakfast Club (1985)

Supporting role · Director: John Hughes

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion 4K see caps

Criterion Blu-ray and Universal 30th anniversary both use same 4K scan, Universal has more bitrate but looks the same, Criterion has more extras https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=11241&d2=9287&c=3754

3.8

Internal Affairs (1990)

Supporting role · Director: Mike Figgis

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Bonus features are better encoded on the Australia Imprint Blu-ray found on After Dark: Neo Noir Cinema Collection Two

3.2

The Shape of Water (2017)

Small role · Director: Guillermo del Toro

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

Fox 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Fox 4K Blu-ray has a less band filtered DTS-HD 5.1 track than the Criterion

3.7

Weird Science (1985)

Small role · Director: John Hughes

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

3.1

Thief (1981)

Small role · Director: Michael Mann

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · thedigitalbits.com (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray is encoded by FiM and is better than Criterion, see caps https://slow.pics/c/Z2RRQAAT

Criterion 4K Blu-ray vs Blu-ray: caps colors are more different and nuanced than anticipated even in the SDR-converted caps and the usual gain in highlight detail is also apparent. Encode looks excellent except for the brightest areas as usual.

Best Audio:

5.1/5.0 mix (essentially a 4-track mix in 5.1 and 5.0 containers respectively)-Arrow/Criterion 4K Blu-ray. Only imperceptible differences in bit-depth: 20 vs 24.

2.0 mix- Arrow 4K Blu-ray (original stereo)

Additional Info:

Arrow and Criterion 4K Blu-rays have differing extras

Criterion has FEL Dolby Vision, Arrow has MEL

Arrow Limited Edition includes the Theatrical Cut Blu-ray from an older HD master, most likely from a 2K scan of an interpositive.

Sixteen Candles (1984)

Small role · Director: John Hughes

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow Blu-ray

3.0

The Craft (1996)

Small role · Director: Andrew Fleming

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Disappointing

Best Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray poor encode, HBO MAX stream doesn't have the sudden bitrate drops issue, remastered Shout! Factory Blu-ray included with the 4K maybe better?

Additional Info:

Sony Special Edition DVD has an isolated score

3.6