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Indicator

80 films on Best Blurays

Based in United KingdomFounded 2016powerhousefilms.co.uk ↗

Indicator is the London-based Powerhouse Films' disc label, co-founded by John Morrissey and Sam Dunn, whose first spine-numbered release was Christine in October 2016. The catalogue leans on classic Hollywood, Columbia titles, Hammer, film noir and overlooked world cinema, sold as limited editions with booklets, new subtitles and extensive extras, later reissued as standard editions. US editions arrived in 2022 through Alliance Entertainment's Distribution Solutions.

Also known as: Powerhouse

Aliases: indicator, ph, powerhouse

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Director: Henry Hathaway

Best English-Friendly:

Likely Indicator Blu-ray

Best Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray while using the same master as Kino Lorber, its encoding is likely to be better

Director: John Ford

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Video Notes:

(John Ford at Columbia, 1935-1958)

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

> Kino Lorber see DVDBeaver 

Indicator is using a different restoration from earlier Kino Lorber Blu-ray and it has much better contrast and slightly better grain resolution

Director: Fritz Lang

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray is superior to Kino Lorber transfer see caps. 2K restoration

Director: John M. Stahl

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray is encoded by FiM and likely better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Indicator Blu-ray see comparison

Director: Roy Boulting

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Indicator Blu-ray

Director: Mitchell Leisen

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Indicator Blu-ray

Director: Gregory Ratoff

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Indicator Blu-ray

Director: Stuart Heisler

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Indicator Tokyo Joe / Columbia Noir #5 Blu-ray extras

Director: Basil Dearden

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Audio:

(Indicator 4K Blu-ray, based on review)

Director: Frank Capra

Director: Edward Dmytryk

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Indicator Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2004 R2 Fremantle Home Entertainment DVD

Director: Vincent Sherman

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Indicator Blu-ray

Video Notes:

While no comparison is available Indicator Blu-ray is most likely better than Mill Creek Blu-ray

Director: Basil Dearden

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Excellent 4K master and encode, except for opticals grain is very fine, grading is beautifully silvery and luminous, nice HDR re-grade by Fidelity in Motion

Director: Jerry Hopper

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Universal Noir #1 Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Indicator Universal Noir #1 Blu-ray shares the same transfer with Kino Lorber, but has better encoding 

Director: John Ford

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Director: Basil Dearden

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Essentially the same characteristics as The Gentle Gunman but as the film is generally softer even in OCN-sections, it's not as drastic an upgrade

Director: Jacques Tourneur

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Video Notes:

UK Indicator seems to be the best

Director: John Ford

Best English-Friendly:

Indicator John Ford at Columbia Blu-ray

Best Video:

Indicator John Ford at Columbia Blu-ray, 2K restoration

Director: Jean Rollin

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator 4K Blu-ray

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