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Archie Hahn

Archie Hahn

11 films on Best Blurays7 in 4K4 in HD

Archie Hahn photo

Archie Hahn is an American character actor and improviser best known for his appearances on the British version of Whose Line is it Anyway? and the 1988 movie Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach.

Biography from TMDB

Supporting role · Director: Brian De Palma

Best English-Friendly:

Arrow Blu-ray

Best Video:

Arrow

Video Notes:

Arrow > Shout! Factory

Small role · Director: Rob Reiner

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · instagram.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray > US Kino Lorber/Germany Capelight - caps and audio comparison on this page. Discussion is still ongoing about the 2.0 but as none of the three 4Ks seem to have the true original mix, I think it's fair to leave them all in the blue tier for now and only note that Kino Lorber has the worst PQ.

Best Audio:

Nelson Entertainment USA LaserDisc

Additional Info:

The initial release of the Capelight 4K mediabook had some playback issues with Dolby Vision on Panasonic devices due to an encoding error, the HDR10 apparently works fine, see Capelight’s official response here. 

The 4K master has a shot at the very end of the movie (on James Caan's face) that looks incredibly soft and not good at all. This was visible on the DCP as well so it might just be a source issue rather than being the fault of Kino, Capelight or Arrow.

Small role · Director: Joe Dante

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray; caps

Audio Notes:

Arrow includes the original 70mm 6-track mix in a discrete form (4.1), as well as the matrixed 35mm Dolby Stereo mix (2.0), both from new transfers. The German Blu-ray uses an earlier transfer dating back to the LaserDisc for the stereo. Both sound good.

Arrow includes a 7.1 Atmos remix, whereas earlier releases include a 5.1 remix.

Small role · Director: Rob Reiner

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

1998 Criterion DVD Stereo

Small role · Director: Herbert Ross

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Joe Dante

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Small role · Director: Richard Benjamin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Joe Dante

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Audio:

MCA 1989 LaserDisc or Universal 1999 NTSC DVD

Small role · Director: Joe Dante

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Barry Levinson

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Capelight 4K Blu-ray or Australia Via Vision?

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Germany Capelight 4K Blu-ray or Australia Via Vision? > US MVD

Best Audio:

MGM/UA Home Video US LaserDisc [ML104742]

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