LaserDisc
Type: Format
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Films where LaserDisc is in a pick or an upcoming release.
Director: John Ford
1992 MGM LaserDisc
The audio on the Warner Archive Blu-ray is appalling. It starts to cutoff at around 6kHz to have nothing above 10kHz. The LaserDisc is much more full-frequency.
Sources: fanrestore.com (opens in a new tab)
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.
Director: John Boorman
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
1993 MGM LaserDisc
Director: Mike Nichols
StudioCanal 4K
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
StudioCanal 4K caps.Criterion Blu-ray better encode than StudioCanal Blu-ray.
1987 Criterion LaserDisc
Director: Mario Bava
Original Italian/English dubs: UK Masters of Cinema 4K Blu-ray
Export English dub: Paramount LaserDisc
MoC ported the export dub from LaserDisc, but used a low quality transfer, with poor lossy encoding.
MST3K version: Vol XXXIX DVD / episode 1013: series finale of the original show.
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the WB release without the filtering; WB 4K early pressing has errors of a shot, later pressings fixed. Comparison between Criterion and WB.
6-Track 70mm mix: Criterion 4K Blu-ray (restored for the box set), 1997 MGM LaserDisc, 1998 MGM DVD
35mm Mono Mix: Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Matrixed Stereo Remix: MGM Japan LaserDisc (1985) [G158F5509]
5.1 Remix: Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Director: Roman Polanski
Paramount disappointing 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
1993 MGM LaserDisc
1994 Paramount LaserDisc
Director: Haskell Wexler
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab) · blah-ray.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)
Criterion Blu-ray is slightly better than MoC Blu-ray: while both are from a 4K restoration approved by director, MoC is more sharpened but gamma is flatter see caps
Paramount DVD and potentially Paramount LaserDisc see blah-ray
Criterion and MoC Blu-ray has the same audio, and additional (destructive) hiss reduction was applied, and one segment was made significantly louder.
Also, every home video release except the 1982 Paramount VHS cassette replaces Wild Man Fischer's 'Merry-Go-Round' in the roller derby scene with a version of 'Sweet Georgia Brown' by Brother Bones. Two very different songs, and one must assume that the tone of the scene has changed considerably
4K Streaming
Sources: 007homemedia.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)
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)
MGM 1991 LaserDisc
Director: Bob Rafelson
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
1990 Criterion LaserDisc
(still not great)
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is similar but has a short scene where the hum from machinery at the oil rig has been attentuated. It's a decent improvement over the previous disc which had considerable bass reduction.
Director: George Lucas
Original US cut, European cut, and Italian cut: 35mm scans
1977 reissue cut: Warner Bros LaserDisc
2004 George Lucas director's cut: Warner Bros Blu-ray
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
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