London independent Eureka Entertainment runs the spine-numbered Masters of Cinema series (since 2004, wholly owned since 2008) alongside Eureka Classics and Montage Pictures. Its catalogue leans on silent and early cinema, classic Hollywood, world cinema and Hong Kong martial arts, usually with booklets and new commentaries. Discs are aimed at the UK market and are generally Region B.
Eureka
37 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 8 in 4K29 in HD10 more for audio only
Best 4K release by tier:
- Excellent3
- Solid2
Based in United Kingdomeurekavideo.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Films where Eureka's release is the pick. How picks are made
29 of 37 films match · Page 2 of 2
Films where Eureka's release is the pick. How picks are made
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
MoC slightly better than Kino Lorber http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/blu-ray_reviews_76/anatahan_blu-ray.htm
Director: Blake Edwards
Best Video:
Eureka UK
Video Notes:
Eureka UK > Kino Lorber US
Best Audio:
Mono: Kino Lorber US Blu-ray
Audio Notes:
Mono: Kino Lorber US Blu-ray possibly?
Best English-Friendly & Video:
US Shout! Factory or UK Eureka Blu-ray
Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
US Shout! Factory or UK Eureka Blu-ray likely very similar from other comparison in the same boxset see DVDBeaver
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
> Kino Lorber (see slowpics for comparison). No information on Potemkine.
Additional Info:
MoC has higher bitrate than Kino Lorber, also the contrast is increased. But there is no noticeable reduction in visible film damage presented between the two offerings.
Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Best English-Friendly:
Eureka! Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · blah-ray.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)
Director: Fritz Lang
Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
Additional Info:
MoC > Kino Lorber, former has correct aspect ratio (and higher bitrate and looks better/less compressed) while the latter has a squished aspect ratio, see DVDBeaver for comparison
4 for audio only
The best audio is Eureka's; the video and English-friendly picks are other releases · by Letterboxd rating
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Best Audio:
2001 Kino Lorber DVD or 2003 Eureka DVD
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Video Notes:
All very old restoration, but Kino Lorber > Germany Universum > MoC. Kino Lorber Germany Blu-ray has more noise reduction while English version's noise reduction is kept at minimum. MoC has very week encoding and crushed blacks.
Sources:
caps-a-holic on MoC vs Germany
DVDBeaver on Kino Lorber vs MoC
Director: John Ford
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Additional Info:
USA Paramount has the best video transfer with the least amount of artifacts: https://slow.pics/c/sjZ3mqF6
Olive Films Blu-ray and Eureka MoC Blu-ray are sourced from the same restoration and are both very good.
Apart from some mild attenuation, the audio is the same on all releases of the newest restoration and is relatively untampered with: https://slow.pics/c/bWF9EGuM
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