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Leading role · Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
UK ICON 4K Blu-ray (caps)
UK 4K Blu-ray has a slightly better encode than US Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray and Germany StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray
5.1 mix is flawed on Shout! Factory/ICON, a phasey upmix instead of the proper discrete surround. The UHD 2.0 tracks are downmixes of that track.
2008 Fox Blu-ray sounds great, very close to the original 70mm mix, only with split surround.
2001 DVD has the original mix as 4.1 and matrixed 2.0.
Imprint 4K has a 4.0 track. The StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has a different 5.1, unclear if it's the same as Fox BD.
Leading role · Directors: Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
The Ultimate Matrix Collection DVD/Blu-ray has extras not on the 4K Blu-ray box set
Different colors compared to the DVD/2009 Blu-ray/Theatrical cut
Leading role · Directors: Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
2018 WB 4K Blu-ray
Sources: fanrestore.com (opens in a new tab)
There are some questioning around the color timings https://fanrestore.com/thread-3435.html
The Ultimate Matrix Collection DVD/Blu-ray has extras not on the 4K Blu-ray box set
Different colors in the 4K compared to the DVD (both original and 2003)/2009 Blu-ray/Theatrical cut.
There are some questioning around the color timings https://fanrestore.com/thread-3435.html
Leading role · Director: Richard Linklater
WB 2007 Blu-ray
Subsequent re-releases post 2007 remove an extra
Leading role · Director: Taylor Hackford
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
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
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?)
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
Leading role · Director: Scott Derrickson
Leading role · Director: Peter Hewitt
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray > US Shout! Factory
Arrow has a slightly better encode, edging out SF even with FEL, and has done some additional damage cleanup. Caps
Leading role · Director: Stephen Herek
UK StudioCanal has more extras
Leading role · Director: Francis Lawrence
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · hdnumerique.com (opens in a new tab)
The TrueHD 5.1 from the old WB Blu-ray. The Atmos remix on the 4K Blu-ray is compressed. (also can be seen here in 7.1.4)
Leading role · Director: Chad Stahelski
Lionsgate/Titans of Cult 4K Blu-ray
(Titans of Cult 4K Blu-ray has Dolby Vision)
Leading role · Directors: Lilly Wachowski & Lana Wachowski
The Ultimate Matrix Collection DVD/Blu-ray has extras not on the 4K Blu-ray box set
Different colors compared to the DVD/2009 Blu-ray/Theatrical cut
Leading role · Director: Sam Raimi
Arrow 4K Blu-ray > Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray: the old master looks problematic and the new scan from the interpositive looks marvelous, just like Existenz from Vinegar Syndrome. Encoding by Engine House is excellent.
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