Irvine Welsh Blu-rays

Irvine Welsh

1 Film

Irvine Welsh

1 Included Film

Irvine Welsh (born September 27, 1958) is a Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer. His 1993 novel Trainspotting was made into a film of the same name. He has also written plays and screenplays, and directed several short films.

Trainspotting (1996)

Director: Danny Boyle

UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 2026 4K Blu-ray (UPC 715515334617)

Best Video:

Criterion 2026 4K Blu-ray (UPC 715515334617) > Criterion 2024 4K Blu-ray > Film4 4K Blu-ray

Criterion 2026 redid the encoding and none of the blocking issues any more, see disc info and nicolas' review
Criterion 2024 encode struggles with brighter areas of the image but still superior to Film4

Best Audio:

5.1: Universal EU Blu-ray - Criterion and Lionsgate are missing LFE, otherwise the same
Stereo: Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Film4 4K Blu-ray is on a BD-66, both Criterion releases are on BD-100 discs.

Criterion 2024 release bitrate: 94.67 mbps

Criterion 2026 release bitrate: 93.66 mbps

Film4 bitrate: 62.00 mbps