Andy Whittaker founded Dogwoof in London in 2003, and it distributes documentaries in the UK, along with some foreign-language features. It releases films in cinemas and on DVD, Blu-ray and occasionally 4K UHD, such as Apollo 11, sold through its own shop, and runs an international sales arm, Dogwoof Sales, set up in 2011.
Dogwoof
3 films on Best Blurays
Best video release:
1 in 4K2 in HD
How we pick the best Dogwoof releases
Director: Steve James
Best English-Friendly:
UK Dogwoof Blu-ray vs US Drafthouse Blu-ray: see below
Best Video & Audio:
Video Notes:
DE Koch Media is presented in the correct 25fps and is likely better compressed than UK Dogwoof (29 vs 14 Mbps), but it doesn’t have English subtitles.
US Drafthouse is in 24fps for Region A compatibility, and is encoded at around 30 Mbps.
(Although bitrate does not solely determine the quality of the encode, the difference is large enough here and there are no publicly available caps.)
No info on the JP VAP Blu-ray.
Audio Notes:
DE Koch Media and US Drafthouse feature a lossless 5.1 track. Dogwoof offers only AC-3.
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