BFI

UK BFI Pioneers of African American Cinema boxet Blu-ray or US individual Film Masters Blu-ray no comparison available

Specifically the BFI boxset is better than the Kino Lorber boxset as you can clearly see the DNR in Kino Lorber http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_73/pioneers_of_african-american_cinema_blu-ray.htm

BFI Blu-ray is better than the decade old OOP Shout! Factory Blu-ray, see DVDBeaver review http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film10/blu-ray_review_146/die_monster_die_blu-ray.htm

Criterion/BFI Blu-ray no comparisons, both have theatrical and directors cut

2005 StudioCanal DVD > Criterion

The 2023 BFI Blu-ray and Criterion Blu-ray are similar, from the same restoration.

The audio on the 2005 StudioCanal DVD is still the best version of the audio.

(both from the same flawed restoration)

The BFI and Gaumont Blu-ray releases are both from the same restoration by Éclair. Although this restoration is much superior in detail to the old Criterion DVD, like many Éclair restorations, it has issues with colour. There is a definite yellow cast to the footage, making skin tones appear sickly and dampening the impact of the colour. The image is also murkier than the Criterion. 

As Renoir scholar Tag Gallagher notes: "I talked a lot toward the end about the light blue walls (Criterion); but when I got the BFI blu I was greatly deflated, because the walls are light gray!"

That said, as visible in the screen caps at DVD Beaver, the Criterion has compromised colour too, and often looks too blue/magenta. There is a regraded edition of the BFI Blu-ray out there on the high seas.

The audio on the Blu-ray releases is slightly compressed, but better than earlier DVD releases and relatively full frequency.

The BFI is most likely the best English-friendly release as it includes English subtitles for the bonus features.

> Criterion Blu-ray (slightly)

BFI or Flicker Alley Charlie Chaplin Mutual Comedies Blu-ray boxsets use the same restoration, no comparison available

BFI Blu-ray has commentaries while Flicker Alley doesn't

Criterion Boxset Blu-ray or UK BFI Blu-ray no comparison available

BFI Pioneers of African American Cinema boxset Blu-ray should be better than Kino Lorber boxset

While Olive Films Blu-ray is better encoded than BFI Blu-ray, it suffers from the Quicktime Gamma Bug  see caps

UK BFI Blu-ray is very similar to Germany Capelight Blu-ray but Capelight is slightly more sharpened see caps

Both Kino Lorber and Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray suffer from Quicktime Gamma Bug see caps

BFI Pioneers of African American Cinema boxset Blu-ray is likely better than Kino Lorber boxset

Library of Congress also have an official HD Streaming https://www.loc.gov/item/2021604060/

BFI Pioneers of African American Cinema boxset Blu-ray is likely better than Kino Lorber boxset

Library of Congress also have an official HD Streaming https://www.loc.gov/item/2021604059/