Warner Bros

WB 4K Blu-ray despite some frozen grain

1992/1993 MGM LaserDisc

Criterion LaserDisc includes an exclusive commentary, which was later banned by EON and caused the release to be recalled.

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Warner Bros NTSC DVD

The old DVD's track has significantly better detail compared to BD, especially on the score. The BD has some extra detail on dialogue, but also exhibits strange artifacting (e.g. sample 3, 0:20) which suggests possible AI "enhancement" or some other form of aggressive filtering. In contrast, DVD appears to be completely unfiltered and sounds good throughout. Samples

As the BD is significantly rolled off, a lot of the detail (real or fabricated) is buried in the mix and not audible during normal playback.

1988 MGM VHS Hi-Fi, 1988 LaserDisc analog

Criterion LaserDisc includes an exclusive commentary, which was later banned by EON and caused the release to be recalled.

WB 4K Blu-ray despite frozen grain

UK mix: 1984 CBS Fox VHS Hifi but missing one scene
International mix: WB 4K Blu-ray though source origin is unknown

1995 MGM stereo remix: 1998 LaserDisc and 2000 DVD fix gunbarrel dropout

1994 MGM LaserDisc

1994 MGM LaserDisc with its caveat being audio errors that were present on every home video release until the 4K Blu-ray. See here.

1999 R1 WB DVD/2005 R2 WB DVD

WB, already 4k transfer

Criterion Box Set coming October 20th with FiM encode, work done to un-Nolan the 4K master, the first ever appearance of the 35mm mono track on physical media and a new restoration/remastering of the 70mm 6-track mix.

(early pressing has errors of a shot, later pressings fixed)

1997 MGM LaserDisc, 1998 MGM DVD

Criterion Box Set coming October 20th with FiM encode, new restoration of mono mix which should be better than what was on the WB 4K Blu-ray and 1999 DVD and revised colour timing to make the film look more like it did in 1971.

WB 4K 5.1: a remix but has higher fidelity

Mono: 4K Blu-ray/1999 DVD

1991 Warner Bros LaserDisc (for original mono track)

1996 Warner Bros 25th Anniversary LaserDisc has isolated music and effects track (incorrectly labeled "music minus vocals") not present on any other release

2000 R1 WB DVD (slightly)

MGM 1990/1993 LaserDisc

Original US cut, European cut, and Italian cut: 35mm scans

1977 reissue cut: Warner Bros LaserDisc

2004 George Lucas director's cut: Warner Bros DVD