Masters of Cinema

UK MoC 4K Blu-ray better encoding

Original mix: 1999 R1 MGM DVD
Restored remix: UK MoC 4K Blu-ray

From cbc: "I'm personally quite fond of the restored track on Eureka's 4K Blu-ray. It does have spots with objectively worse fidelity, but for the most part, it sounds a lot more natural and less shrill, particularly dialogue. It seems to be a new mixdown of stems. Technically a remix, so not everyone's cup of tea, but it's not revisionist like most new movie mixes tend to be"

> Kino Lorber http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/dvdreviews42/tarnished_angels.htm

MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar

Criterion 4K Blu-ray (caps)

Criterion is a very nice uptick in detail and resolution. The color grade is very similar, but leans more neutral, reducing the greenish/blueish hues seen on the MoC disc.

Unrestored: Shochiku JP NTSC DVD
Restored: Masters of Cinema UK Blu-ray

The JP DVD track is unfiltered and sounds much more natural and detailed, but suffers from a strong CRT whine and an intermittent low-end hum. The track used on all later restorations is a bit muffled and has overemphasized bass.

Criterion applied additional EQ and roll-off to the restored track, but the audible difference is minimal.

Criterion has a different translation to MoC, but both are solid and trade blows, see comparison.

> US Fox Blu-ray see caps

> Kino Lorber > Twilight Time. Kino Lorber has slightly worse encoding than MoC, see caps, and Twilight Time is over-exposed

Criterion > Eureka MoC

Eureka MoC 4K Blu-ray

Fox Lorber DVD

MoC significantly better than Olives

MoC OOP Blu-ray is slightly better than Olive Films OOP Blu-ray

MoC Blu-ray is superior to old Olive Films Blu-ray, see DVDBeaver

MoC Blu-ray

MoC slightly better than Criterion http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_69/kwaidan_blu-ray.htm

UK MoC Blu-ray uses the same restoration as Criterion but has more natural contrast and more organic grains see caps

MoC Blu-ray has the exactly same audio as Criterion Blu-ray

Original Italian/English dubs: UK Masters of Cinema 4K Blu-ray
Export English dub: Paramount LaserDisc

MoC ported the export dub from LaserDisc, but used a low quality transfer, with poor lossy encoding.

MST3K version: Vol XXXIX DVD / episode 1013: series finale of the original show.

Eclair new 4k resto,
StudioCanal UK lower bitrate and yellow tint,
Kino Lorber did color correction on top of that, but maybe the old Shout! Factory/MoC 2k transfer with better color but worse details is better overall
Check caps-a-holic, and discussion https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=217927&page=7

MoC = Criterion

But better extras

Eureka MoC slightly better than Criterion

MoC > Criterion

MoC