Universal

Universal 4K Blu-ray - caps

IMAX scenes are reference quality, everything else is solid

Best colors of the Cornetto Trilogy on 4K Blu-ray, very good detail, blacks are crushed if not as much as on Shaun and Hot Fuzz

Universal 4K Blu-ray see caps: The film was finished as a 4K DI in 2005. The same master was now used for the 4K disc with a new HDR grade supervised by Roger Deakins. The old Blu-ray was badly encoded, the 4K looks much better

4K Blu-ray is missing the bonus DVD found on the 2 disc Blu-ray

Excellent new transfer. Except for periodic blocking in highlights, which isn’t too obvious in motion, this is a strong disc. I’d suggest blue as there’s only Atmos sound and the most recent Blu-ray from 2013 was also from a new master and isn’t too bad.

Atmos mix is very bad with many new sound effects added. The old 5.1 is probably derived from the 6-track, with surrounds minimally upmixed. DVD has the 6-track as 4.1, but with more muffled EQ.

Universal has burnt-in English subs for Germany dialogue, slightly different HDR and color grading to the StudioCanal.

But has more DNR than old 4K

But has more DNR than old 4K

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Universal 4K Blu-ray - caps. Good PQ upgrade but only Atmos audio.

Universal 4K Trilogy Steelbook 2025 but there's a glitch not present on the old 4K

France M6 4K Blu-ray has Dolby Vision, but is inferior with more washed out colors and inferior encoding plus no hardcoded subtitles for the Portuguese language parts

comparison

Universal Blu-ray has the original DTS-HD 5.1

For the 7.1 remix, the DTS-X of the Universal is clipped on the front speakers while the Atmos of the M6 is a very tame mixdown.

2012 Blu-ray is of similar fidelity but adds extra foley sounds. 2003 PAL DVD is a stereoized remix.