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Films/TV shows with a 1080p Blu-ray, but a higher quality master is found elsewhere

Films/TV shows with a 1080p Blu-ray, but a higher quality master is found elsewhere

28 films

Curated by tyyux

(500) Days of Summer (2009)

Director: Marc Webb

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney+ 4K Streaming

Best Audio:

2010 Fox Blu-ray

Better Call Saul (2015)

TV series

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Blu-ray

Also Streaming in 4K on Netflix and Stan

Breaking Bad (2008)

TV series

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Blu-ray

Also Streaming in 4K on Netflix and Stan

Christopher Robin (2018)

Director: Marc Forster

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

Streaming

Best Video:

Streaming: Kaleidescape

Video Notes:

Streaming: Kaleidescape > Movies Anywhere > Disney+

Best Audio:

2018 Disney Blu-ray has the original 7.1 mix in DTS-HD Master Audio

Streaming has a Dolby Atmos remix. Kaleidescape is lossless (TrueHD 7.1), others are all lossy (E-AC-3 5.1 JOC) at varying bitrates.

Con Air (1997)

Director: Simon West

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical: Disney+ has Streaming in 4K without DNR, Disney Blu-ray is a bad master with DNR

Extended: Disney DVD

Upcoming Release:

2026 Disney 4K Blu-ray Steelbook

The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

Director: David Frankel

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

International Fox Blu-ray

Also Streaming in 4K on Disney+

Additional Info:

Target exclusive DVD has more extras

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)

Director: Vince Gilligan

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Blu-ray

Also Streaming in 4K on Netflix

The Family Man (2000)

Director: Brett Ratner

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD: Universal Blu-ray

4K: iTunes Streaming

Freaky Friday (2003)

Director: Mark Waters

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney Blu-ray

Also Streaming in 4K on Disney+

Additional Info:

DVD has extras omitted from the Blu-ray

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

Director: Robert Rodriguez

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Italy Eagle Pictures Blu-ray

Also Streaming in 4K on Paramount+

Additional Info:

France/Germany StudioCanal Blu-ray has more extras

GoldenEye (1995)

Director: Martin Campbell

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

MGM Blu-ray 

Best Video:

MGM Blu-ray: old DNRed video master

4K Lowry master on Streaming (better than DNRed Blu-ray) and Ultimate Edition DVD more detailed but heavily cropped on all sides

LaserDisc master: excellent LaserDisc video master ported to Special Edition DVD

Best Audio:

Theatrical Dolby Digital 5.1: LaserDisc and Special Edition DVD

Theatrical Dolby Stereo SR: LaserDisc

Theatrical DTS 5.1: DTS LaserDisc

Blu-ray 5.1 new transfer

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023)

Director: Guy Ritchie

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

4K Streaming

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

Director: Chris Columbus

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney+ has Streaming in 4K

Video Notes:

Fox has Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1995 Fox LaserDisc

The Irishman (2019)

Director: Martin Scorsese

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Netflix has 4K Streaming

I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

Director: Jane Schoenbrun

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Audio:

A24 US Blu-ray

Best Video:

Netflix 4K Streaming

Kinds of Kindness (2024)

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

Fox/Disney Blu-ray

Licorice Pizza (2021)

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

4K Streaming with HDR

Live and Let Die (1973)

Director: Guy Hamilton

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

4K Streaming

Sources: 007homemedia.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:
Best Audio:

MGM 1991/1993 LaserDisc

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Director: Guy Hamilton

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

4K Streaming

Sources: 007homemedia.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

4K Streaming SDR master on streaming seems to look quite a bit better than the Blu-ray

MGM Blu-ray is the best physical media release

Caps of the 4K SDR master: 007 on Home Media: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Best Audio:

MGM 1993 LaserDisc

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

Director: Peter R. Hunt

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

4K Streaming

Sources: 007homemedia.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Warner Bros Blu-ray is the best Blu-ray even though it has color and major contrast issues
4K SDR master on streaming seems to be from the same scan and looks like it has less tinkering than the Blu-ray
Caps of 4K SDR master: 007 on Home Media: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

Best Audio:

MGM 1991 LaserDisc

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