Also known as: Toy Robot
Aliases: arrow, trv, toy robot
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Director: Neil Jordan
Sources: avforums.com (opens in a new tab)
UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray see AVForum review
The slight darkening of the colour palette with the new WCG/HDR grades suddenly seems to add another layer of detail and immersion into the picture. Now, those dark night times punctured solely by neon or those dreary overcast half-light early mornings or dusks feel more alive with authenticity. Skin tones are gorgeous, the subtlety in colour detail of Hoskins’ atrocious leather jacket/Hawaiian shirt combo is sublime and those all-important blacks go deep. But it’s the now huge variations in colours that stand out – the reds of the Peep Show as Genesis’ classic In Too Deep plays now have a much richer, darker saturation to them than the previous 1080p SDR grade, helping them stand out so much more than those more neutral, toned down colours of the Brighton seaside against the morning skies. It’s a gorgeous colour reproduction from top to bottom.
Detailing is also tightened up significantly – again, the 2K picture was good, but this improves on that with keener lines, sharper edges and a greater sense of delineation in those finest of fine details that add an extra little touch of depth to the picture. Add to this another beautiful grain presentation – with organic looks and movement throughout - and it’s an image where its edges match the brilliance of its colouring.
... and the encode – courtesy of Fidelity in Motion – is absolutely rock solid. Hope were not high for this over the very good 2K edition, but I am very pleased to say that those hopes were well and truly exceeded: Mona Lisa on 4K looks absolutely stellar
Director: George Pavlou
Germany Wicked Vision 4K Blu-ray
Arrow 4K Blu-ray teased
Germany Wicked Vision 4K Blu-ray better than US Kino Lorber?
Italy Koch Media Blu-ray is not stretched compared to US Shout! Factory and UK Arrow Blu-rays
As for the color grade, unsure whether the Italy or US/UK Blu-ray is more accurate to the theatrical colors.
Shout! Factory Blu-ray has the most extras with a lossless isolated score
Director: Woody Allen
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Caps by asacmurr. Comparison between the Arrow, Vinegar Syndrome and Turbine releases with Arrow (Engine House) being the best encoding-wise. Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray has mediocre encode and over-saturated skin tones. Also, the Arrow 4K Blu-ray has reported issues with Panasonic players.
Director: George P. Cosmatos
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The 2.0 and 4.0 mixes are said to be particularly strong against the muted / dull 5.1
Director: Éric Rohmer
Director: Mel Brooks
Original 70mm 6-track mix (4.1): Arrow 4K Blu-ray
5.1 remix: MGM Blu-ray
Arrow fixed the audio glitches found on Kino Lorber's disc.
The 5.1 remix on Arrow's disc sounds terribly tinny.
Director: Joe Dante
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
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.
Director: Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
Arrow 4K UHD
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Seems to be the same transfer see Finch's review
caps for the new Arrow/Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray upgrade compared to previous BDs
Arrow has better subtitles
Arrow UHD has much better English subtitles and additional extras making it the far superior release to the Shout version of the same master.
Director: Paul Verhoeven
OOP Arrow LE has Theatrical Cut not on the standard release
Theatrical: Arrow 4K Blu-ray or Criterion 4K Blu-ray (preference)
Theatrical: Arrow 4K Blu-ray and Criterion 4K Blu-ray have different gradings (preference)
Director: Bruce Robinson
Arrow 4K Blu-ray has stronger encode than Criterion
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Director: Robert Towne
Arrow includes the original Dolby Stereo mix in a matrixed stereo form, as well as a discrete 4.0 track.
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