Universal

289 films on Best Blurays

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Universal Pictures' home-video division, based in Universal City, California, started in 1980 as MCA Videocassette and has used its current name since 2016. It releases the studio's library, from the 1930s monster films and Hitchcock's later work to new releases, on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K UHD. Since 2021 North American discs have gone through Studio Distribution Services, the Warner Bros. joint venture that disc maker Conectiv bought in August 2026.

Aliases: universal

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Meet the Fockers (2004)

Director: Jay Roach

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

English-Friendly Notes:

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

Best Audio:

DTS HD 5.1 from Universal Blu-ray

3.0

Van Helsing (2004)

Director: Stephen Sommers

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

2.9

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

Director: Beeban Kidron

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Universal Blu-ray

3.0

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Director: Edgar Wright

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly:

2024 remastered Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

20th Anniversary UHDs

Video Notes:

Better than the original 2019 4K Blu-ray, but there are a few shots with heavy DNR that look worse than the old 4K Blu-ray. The 2024 France StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has a better encode than the 2024 Universal 4K Blu-ray (but forced France subs)

3.9

Serenity (2005)

Director: Joss Whedon

4K · Worse Than BD

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Video Notes:

(4K Blu-ray has DNR)

3.7

King Kong (2005)

Director: Peter Jackson

4K · Worse Than BD

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Old Universal Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Old Universal Blu-ray is better than new 4K Blu-ray which has excessive DNR

Jarhead (2005)

Director: Sam Mendes

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

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

Best Audio:

No original audio on Universal 4K Blu-ray. The Atmos remix is unusually bad. Blu-ray DTS-HD 5.1 for original mix.

3.6

Pride & Prejudice (2005)

Director: Joe Wright

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Universal 4K Blu-ray is just an 2K upscale of the previous Blu-ray see caps, but it does have Dolby Vision

4.1

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Director: Ang Lee

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Universal Blu-ray

4.2

The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)

Director: Judd Apatow

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

From Fus1on:
Because this is a Judd Apatow comedy from the mid-2000s, it's not quite a stunner in 4K, but it's a MASSIVE improvement from that god-awful 2008 Blu-ray. Very nice grain management, and none of that awful edge enhancement from the old Blu-ray.

3.3