Imprint

55 films on Best Blurays

Based in AustraliaFounded 2020viavision.com.au ↗

Imprint is the boutique arm of Via Vision Entertainment, an Australian independent distributor, and began in 2020 with The War of the Worlds, The Duellists and Waterloo. Its numbered Imprint Collection issues studio-library classics and long-unreleased titles in limited hardbox and slipcase editions on Blu-ray and 4K UHD, with new transfers and commentaries. Sub-lines include Imprint Television, Imprint Asia and cheaper Standard Editions.

Also known as: Via Vision

Aliases: imprint, vv, viavis, via vision

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G.I. Jane (1997)

Director: Ridley Scott

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

(caveat: cropped image compared to the Disney Blu-Ray)

3.0

Hard Eight (1997)

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Best English-Friendly:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray

3.6

Species II (1998)

Director: Peter Medak

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Imprint 4K Blu-ray scheduled for August 2026 release

2.4

The Ninth Gate (1999)

Director: Roman Polanski

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray see caps. Much better contrast and grain exposure but the grade is a bit questionable as it skews heavily towards magenta in some caps and the encode looks low-pass filtered.

Lionsgate and the upcoming Imprint have the same discs.

Best Audio:

Atmos Remix: Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray
Original 5.1: Imprint Australia Blu-ray or StudioCanal Germany/France Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray encoded the Original 5.1 as lossy Dolby Digital.

3.1

The Way of the Gun (2000)

Director: Christopher McQuarrie

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray

3.3

K-PAX (2001)

Director: Iain Softley

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray

3.4

The Weight of Water (2001)

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Best English-Friendly:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray

2.6

The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

Director: Mark Pellington

4K · Worse Than BD

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray?

Upcoming Release:

UK 88 Films 4K Blu-ray in October

Video Notes:

Germany Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray is disappointing with AI upscaling

Best Audio:

Germany Concorde Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Germany Concorde Blu-ray has lossless DTS-HD 5.1

Secretary (2002)

Director: Steven Shainberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

France Metropolitan or Australia Imprint Blu-ray?

Best Audio:

US Lionsgate, France Metropolitan, and Germany Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

US Lionsgate, France Metropolitan, and Germany Blu-ray have a 7.1 track, Australia Imprint has stereo only.

City of God (2002)

Director: Fernando Meirelles

Best English-Friendly:

Paramount Blu-ray

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Encoding wise Japan TC Entertainment > old UK StudioCanal Blu-ray (see caps) > Paramount Blu-ray (see cap)

StudioCanal Blu-ray seems to possibly suffer from Quicktime Gamma Bug
Both Paramount and Japan Blu-ray are 1.78:1, not the original aspect ratio of 1.85:1
Furthermore Japan Blu-ray isn't English-friendly.
No caps or comparison available for Imprint or other releases.