4.7

Planet Earth II (2016)

Name: Planet Earth II
Director: Alastair Fothergill
Genre: Documentary, Family
Released: 2016
Cast: David Attenborough

TV series • Documentary, Family

Cast: David Attenborough

Best video release

2017 4K Blu-ray, but:
- sub-24p: 4K Blu-ray
- 50i: UK Blu-ray

Updated 10 months ago

Best audio release

(2016 UK Blu-ray: for the 5.1 track in original speed)

Additional info

PE2's 4K in all regions and Blu-ray at least in US were slowed down to the (NTSC) 24fps, then reportedly pitch-corrected. The extras, in HD only, are laid out differently.

About the series

David Attenborough presents a documentary series exploring how animals meet the challenges of surviving in the most iconic habitats on earth.

More Documentary on Blu-ray

Making 'The Shining' (1980)

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Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Mono: 1999 WB DVD
5.1: Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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Director: Werner Herzog

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2015 UK Lionsgate Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Criterion Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release

Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (1943)

Directors: Frank Capra & Anatole Litvak

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Periscope Blu-ray OOP

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

Video Notes:

US Periscope Blu-ray OOP https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Why-We-Fight-Blu-ray/87823/

Otherwise there are DVDs

Hoop Dreams (1994)

Director: Steve James

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray and UK Dogwoof Blu-ray probably similar

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

It's Not Me (2024)

Director: Leos Carax

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Let's Spend the Night Together (1982)

Director: Hal Ashby

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has excellent master in SDR and a good encode. BD caps here.

Audio Notes:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has poor audio: The 2.0 is fine but unremarkable, the 5.1 is presumably an upmix with a botched, strongly raised LFE channel which makes the entire track unlistenable on well-tuned equipment. Audio graphs here.

Safeguarding Military Information (1942)

Director: Preston Sturges

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion The Palm Beach Story Blu-ray extras

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

Video Notes:

While it's included on both Criterion The Palm Beach Story extras and Arrow's Sullivan's Travels' extras, Criterion uses a different source and is vastly superior, see caps