Thanhouser DVD

Thanhouser or Germany Filmmuseum Screening the Poor 1888-1914 DVD

Also available on Vimeo SD Streaming by Thanhouser

MoC or US Flicker Alley (unsure)

- MoC included in boxset
- Germany new 2k restoration, no subs
- US Flicker Alley not sure which restoration

Germany Filmmuseum Max Davidson Comedies DVD

Germany Filmmuseum Max Davidson Comedies DVD 

The Internet Archive seems to have the same file as the DVD

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

All very old restoration, but Kino Lorber > Germany Universum > MoC. Kino Lorber Germany Blu-ray has more noise reduction while English version's noise reduction is kept at minimum. MoC has very week encoding and crushed blacks.

Sources:

• Duane Dibbley on BR

• caps-a-holic on MoC vs Germany

• DVDBeaver on Kino Lorber vs MoC

2001 Kino Lorber DVD or 2003 Eureka DVD

Germany Capelight Blu-ray

While there are no screen cap comparisons, Germany Capelight Blu-ray has more versions than Universal:

From BR forum:
The original film is 155 min but in the Universal restoration, only 133min was available (survived), and for Capelight it has

• Germany 1930 dub (103 mins)

• Germany 1952 dub (127 mins)

• International version (133 mins)

• New extended version (141 mins) with never before released footage from one of the Germany versions (+ 8 mins)

• Germany TV versions in SD (tinted, silent)

Fox Blu-ray

US Fox Blu-ray > France Blu-ray see DVDBeaver review, no comparison available with Germany Plaion Blu-ray

Germany Universum Blu-ray

Germany Universum is the newer 80th Anniversary resto https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/m-1931-fritz-lang-80th-anniversary-restoration.300983/

Germany Universum Blu-ray

Criterion Blu-ray

Criterion Blu-ray, 4k restoration. Superior to Germany Kinowelt or Japan Kadokawa, see caps-a-holic

2000 Image Entertainment DVD

MoC Blu-ray

UK MoC Blu-ray > Germany Wicked Blu-ray > US Flicker Alley Blu-ray see DVDBeaver caps

MoC Blu-ray offers both restored and an unrestored tracks

MoC 4K Blu-ray

MoC 4K Blu-ray. Here are some screenshots that include the Cohen Blu-ray and the poor Germany 4K with terrible fake HDR. David’s DV grade is way more subtle and doesn’t blow out the highlights

US Kino Lorber Blu-ray

US Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Germany Koch Media PAL DVD has exclusive extras

Germany Filmjuwelen Blu-ray is AI upscaled https://ibb.co/album/mCJ7RQ

Neither Criterion Blu-ray or Germany Plaion Blu-ray are great see caps

• While they are different transfers and the Criterion one is a 4K restoration, it's very soft and has some dark crushes.

• The Plaion Blu-ray is sharpened and is slightly more zoomed in

Germany Plaion Blu-ray

Germany Plaion Blu-ray > US Twilight Time Blu-ray see caps

Germany Plaion Media Blu-ray

Germany Plaion Media Blu-ray is marginally better than Kino Lorber which suffers a little dark crush: https://slow.pics/c/BME05Jlw

Germany Kinowelt Blu-ray

Criterion Blu-ray and Germany Kinowelt Blu-ray are similar

Germany Kinowelt Blu-ray. Kadokawa/MK2/Park Circus/Artificial Eye probably even better

Germany Explosive Media Blu-ray

Germany Explosive Media Blu-ray 

Kino Lorber Blu-ray not only suffers from Quicktime Gamma Bug, but also has slightly worse encoding see caps comparing 0.88 gamma

Germany Anolis Blu-ray

Germany Anolis Blu-ray

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Kino Lorber Blu-ray is a newer 4K restoration, and better than the older restoration used by UK MoC , France Elephant Films, or Germany Explosive Media Blu-ray see caps

Germany Plaion Blu-ray

Germany Plaion Blu-ray > UK Arrow > France Carlotta All three use the same source but all very minimal difference.

There is no comparison with Criterion Blu-ray