Also known as: Scream Factory
Aliases: shout, sf, shout factory, shout! factory, scream factory
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Shout! Factory vs BFI?
US Shout! Factory vs BFI vs StudioCanal Germany
No comparison
Director: Ken Russell
Includes original quintaphonic (5.0) mix as well as a modernized 5.1 remix.
Live Home Video 1996 remastered letterbox LaserDisc
The remastered LaserDisc PCM mono sounds the most untouched and natural of any version. In 2006, Universal made a new HD master used on all subsequent DVD and Blu-ray releases. The Universal 2.0 mono mix may be a new transfer, different source or remix made from stems as the music and effects are at different levels throughout the track when compared to older copies featuring the mono mix. Additionally there is extreme noise reduction with dialogue sounding too clean and hiss being almost gone. Comparing with the 1996 LaserDisc mono clearly shows in all of these moments that the original mono was mixed differently and to serve the jokes.
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Shout! Factory releasing 4k soon https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=32091
Director: Werner Herzog
Shout! Factory vs BFI?
Shout! Factory US vs BFI UK Herzog collection, no comparison
Director: Michael Cimino
2020 Shout! Factory 4K
2020 Shout! Factory 4K slightly better than StudioCanal in HDR10. Similar in DV
35mm mix: 1991 Universal LaserDisc marginally better than StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray. Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray is downmix.
70mm mix: StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray. Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray is remix.
Sources: Reddit (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
> BFI 4K Blu-ray (BFI 4K Blu-ray is AI upscaled mess https://www.reddit.com/r/4kbluray/s/ngw1BMYw5k) comparison: https://slow.pics/c/39MblTy5
Director: Sean S. Cunningham
4K Blu-ray: DNR is strong in places; editing error introduced where the prologue no longer fades to white; HDR is messed up.
BDs: 2021 Paramount Blu-ray has better encode than Shout! Factory but is 1.78:1 instead of 1.85:1 and doesn't have the mono track
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Shout! Factory has good PQ, mediocre compression
Shout! Factory Blu-ray new 2K scan supervised by Penelope Spheeris
> Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray > StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (Shout! Factory has Dolby Vision while Eagle Pictures doesn't)
2.0: Shout! Factory
> StudioCanal. Italy Eagle Pictures doesn't have it.
Director: Steve Miner
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Paramount 4K Blu-ray captures more grain in image 6&24, but Shout! Factory Blu-ray is very good see caps
Original Mono is included in the Shout! Factory Blu-ray
Director: John Carpenter
Sources: blog.sporv.com (opens in a new tab)
1997? Signature Collection LD
Good: 2017 Arrow and 2016 Shout! Factory Blu-ray have the original audio options.
the only track on Universal 4K, which is in DTS:X, has a mixing error of around 6dB too low on side channels, otherwise very similar to other 5.1 mixes.
Directors: Frank Oz & Jim Henson
Shout! Factory's 2.0 is a downmix of the 5.1
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