Blu-ray
3065 films on Best Blurays
Type: Format
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Films where Blu-ray is in a pick or an upcoming release.
Warner Archive Blu-ray
Warner Archive Blu-ray
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Warner Archive Blu-ray
Sources: mega.nz (opens in a new tab)
Warner Bros 2011 Blu-ray
The older track sounds significantly more natural. The WAC BD uses a new mastering which sounds much worse. A lot of the dialogue sounds off, sort of echoey, garbled or even artifacted. Its overzealous click removal also erased some sounds. Its only positive is a new EQ that brings out the bass more making some of the score more effective.
It seems that the new mastering likely uses AI "enhancement" or some other form of aggressive filtering, resulting in extended peaks despite losing real high end detail (most pronounced on sample 3).
Samples (WAC is mislabeled as UHD)
Commentary is mono on the Blu-rays and panned stereo on NTSC DVD (different channels for each speaker).
Warner Archive Blu-ray
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Warner Archive Blu-ray
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Robert Bresson
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Criterion Blu-ray, 2K restoration
2004 New Yorker DVD
Director: Norman Taurog
Warner Archive Blu-ray
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Criterion Blu-ray HD transfer
Director: Akira Kurosawa
BFI 4K Blu-ray for video or Criterion Blu-ray for subtitles
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
See detailed review However Criterion has better subtitles
Old BFI Blu-ray
> Criterion Blu-ray > BFI 4K Blu-ray > Toho Blu-ray See DonaldMcDonald's post
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