Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, based in Culver City, handles disc releases for Columbia, TriStar, Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics. Its asset management team, long led by Grover Crisp, restores the Columbia library in-house from 4K and 8K negative scans, and the Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD box sets collect many of those restorations. Since 2024 it also manufactures and distributes Disney's discs in North America.
Sony
259 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 176 in 4K64 in HD19 in SD5 more for audio only1 more announced
Best 4K release by tier:
- Excellent66
- Solid51
- Disappointing2
- Worse Than BD3
Films where Sony's release is the pick. How picks are made
64 of 259 films match · Page 3 of 4
Films where Sony's release is the pick. How picks are made
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Sony International Blu-ray
Best Audio:
Additional Info:
Warner Bros Blu-ray has an exclusive commentary
Director: Albert Brooks
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Sony Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Director: Sofia Coppola
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Upcoming Release:
Criterion 4K Blu-ray announced
Director: Richard Linklater
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Sony Blu-ray
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
Criterion Blu-ray uses the same transfer as Sony but the encoding is slightly worse than Sony and barely noticeable see caps
Germany StudioCanal Blu-ray in viewing looks very similar to both the Criterion and Sony caps, but no side by side comparison available
Additional Info:
Germany StudioCanal Blu-ray is part of a 3-film box set like the Criterion
Director: George Sidney
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Sony Blu-ray
Video Notes:
While no comparison available, Twilight Time Blu-ray is OOP and reviewers say the transfer is likely the same
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