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.
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Criterion 2k transfer
Director: Nagisa Ōshima
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab) · diffchecker.com (opens in a new tab)
Criterion 4K Blu-ray (caps)
Criterion is a very nice uptick in detail and resolution. The color grade is very similar, but leans more neutral, reducing the greenish/blueish hues seen on the MoC disc.
Unrestored: Shochiku JP NTSC DVD
Restored: Masters of Cinema UK Blu-ray
The JP DVD track is unfiltered and sounds much more natural and detailed, but suffers from a strong CRT whine and an intermittent low-end hum. The track used on all later restorations is a bit muffled and has overemphasized bass.
Criterion applied additional EQ and roll-off to the restored track, but the audible difference is minimal.
Criterion has a different translation to MoC, but both are solid and trade blows, see comparison.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Warner Archive Blu-ray
Director: Stanley Kramer
MoC Blu-ray
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
> Kino Lorber > Twilight Time. Kino Lorber has slightly worse encoding than MoC, see caps, and Twilight Time is over-exposed
Director: Roger Corman
US Shout! Factory Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
UK Arrow has the best encoding, but only US Shout! Factory has the fixed Quicktime Gamma Bug.
Both Germany and UK Arrow suffered from the bug, see caps comparing 0.88 gamma fix
Director: George Cukor
US Twilight Time Blu-ray or UK Signal One Blu-ray
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
US Twilight Time Blu-ray or UK Signal One Blu-ray are basically the same see cap
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
2022 Lobster Films
2022 Lobster Films has a newer 2020 4K restoration, their encoding is often bad, but no caps to verify yet. Criterion is older 4k restoration
Warner Archive Blu-ray
BFI Blu-ray
Director: Robert Drew
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Artificial Eye Blu-ray
Director: Ebrahim Golestan
Radiance Treasures from the Golestan Film Studio Blu-ray
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
> Arrow Blu-ray > Japan Blu-ray
Both Arrow and Japan Blu-ray seem to suffer from Quicktime Gamma Bug
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