MGM

1993 MGM/UA LaserDisc (slightly)

MGM Blu-ray despite dated master

WB 1995 letterbox LaserDisc

MGM Blu-ray despite Lowry master issues 

1990 MGM LaserDisc

Capelight 4K Steelbook and Mediabook announced for 2026

2013 MGM Blu-ray for non AI transfer, 1997 Image DVD/2001 MGM DVD for a purist version with original colors and the international mono mix

1991 Image Entertainment LaserDisc for the US mono mix, 2001 MGM DVD for the International mono mix

Comparison between the US and International mixes: https://vimeo.com/246332731

The 4K Blu-Ray and the 2001 MGM DVD have exclusive extras.

MGM Blu-ray despite Lowry master issues

1990 MGM LaserDisc

All versions since 2000 use MGM’s heavily bass filtered remix

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray in December

Subtle difference in encoding to the Criterion in encoding, trading blows in different shots, with Plaion taking a slight edge with less highlight blocking

1993 MGM LaserDisc/2000 Region 1 MGM DVD

Criterion's 2.0 sounds muffled due to noise reduction and EQ.
Plaion's 2.0 lacks bass and has a very bright EQ, more resembling the 5.1 remix. Plaion’s 2.0 doesn't have any filtering unlike the Criterion, see https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23831289&postcount=110

A improved Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray teased by Oliver Stone

Better than 2022 Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray due to poor encode and heavy DNR (review)

Twilight Time Blu-ray or MGM NTSC DVD

Twilight Time Blu-ray or MGM NTSC DVD for the original mono mix

• Shout! Factory 4K only has a stereo downmix (which sounds muffled, as do the surround tracks)

• Twilight Time Blu-ray has the mono track with seemingly the best fidelity, but its dynamic range has been heavily compressed

• MoC UK Blu-ray has a proper dynamics and good fidelity, but bizzarely, everything is repeated after a few miliseconds, rendering echoey and metallic

• MGM NTSC DVD has been denoised and has had a strong EQ applied and sounds muffled as a result, but it retains proper dynamics

• Koch Media DE BD had poor dynamics and wrong pitch

• Analog 1986 US LaserDisc sounds poor
  

Perhaps the digital JP LD would be better.

MGM 2012 and after Blu-ray improves on older 2007 Blu-ray see caps

> US Kino Lorber

Original 70mm 6-track mix (4.1): Arrow 4K Blu-ray
5.1 remix: MGM Blu-ray

Arrow fixed the audio glitches found on Kino Lorber's disc.
The 5.1 remix on Arrow's disc sounds terribly tinny.

Capelight 4K Blu-ray
Original stereo mix: European MGM Blu-ray

MGM Blu-ray despite Lowry master issues

1992 MGM LaserDisc

France Carlotta Blu-ray

FiM encode; BFI shows noticeable macroblocking

MGM DVD

No dip around 10 kHz, wider dynamic range, more natural EQ; BFI & Carlotta BDs are identically worse; HMAX Streaming is similar to the BDs but has worse dynamics

MGM Blu-ray despite Lowry master issues

Dolby SR US PG-13 cut Theatrical mix: 1993 MGM LaserDisc

Uncut version: 1990 Japan Pan and Scan LaserDisc

MGM 5.1 remix noticeably reduces elements of original mix

MGM letterbox LaserDisc

MGM Blu-ray: old DNRed video master

4K Lowry master on Streaming (better than DNRed Blu-ray) and Ultimate Edition DVD more detailed but heavily cropped on all sides

LaserDisc master: excellent LaserDisc video master ported to Special Edition DVD

Theatrical Dolby Digital 5.1: LaserDisc and Special Edition DVD

Theatrical Dolby Stereo SR: LaserDisc

Theatrical DTS 5.1: DTS LaserDisc

Blu-ray 5.1 new transfer

DTS LaserDisc

This 5.1 mix is outstanding and all versions sound excellent. The Blu-ray HDMA is good but the DTS LaserDisc edges out over everything.