LaserDisc
Type: Format
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Films where LaserDisc is in a pick or an upcoming release.
1991 Warner Bros LaserDisc (for original mono track)
1996 Warner Bros 25th Anniversary LaserDisc has isolated music and effects track (incorrectly labeled "music minus vocals") not present on any other release
Director: Don Siegel
WB 4K Blu-ray despite extreme frozen grain in moments, overzealous HDR brightness in outdoor sequences, color timing shifts in some shots
Original Mono Mix: 1990's LaserDisc stereo remix folded back to mono, original VHS and Beta Hifi, WB 4K Blu-ray mono
Director: Steven Spielberg
"Director's Cut" (Theatrical cut with minor changes): Universal 4K Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut: VHS
TV Cut: Fan restoration
1993 MCA LaserDisc (with EQ adjusted)
Director: Martin Scorsese
2024 Second Sight 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
1991 WB LaserDisc
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Unrestored: 35mm scans (widescreen) or Disney LaserDisc (1.33:1 open matte)
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: William Friedkin
WB 4K Blu-ray retains the revisionist colors with minor tweaks, has OG mono
Director: Mel Brooks
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
1998 WB LaserDisc
Second Sight 4K Blu-ray/France Carlotta 4K Blu-ray (preference)
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
(Carlotta 4K Blu-ray has some better shots than Second Sight 4K Blu-ray and is more accurate to the theatrical grade: https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=18250&d2=18597&s1=210919&s2=219265&i=4&l=0&a=1)
LaserDisc/VHS likely will have less filtered and correct audio. MPI 4K Blu-ray’s mono appears to be correct content-wise.
4K Streaming
Sources: 007homemedia.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)
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)
MGM 1993 LaserDisc
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
Live Home Video 1996 remastered letterbox LaserDisc
The remastered LaserDisc PCM mono sounds the most untouched and natural of any version. In 2006, Universal made a new HD master used on all subsequent DVD and Blu-ray releases. The Universal 2.0 mono mix may be a new transfer, different source or remix made from stems as the music and effects are at different levels throughout the track when compared to older copies featuring the mono mix. Additionally there is extreme noise reduction with dialogue sounding too clean and hiss being almost gone. Comparing with the 1996 LaserDisc mono clearly shows in all of these moments that the original mono was mixed differently and to serve the jokes.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Director: Martin Scorsese
2024 Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook
Sources: blah-ray.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)
2024 Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook fixes duplicate shot seen on the previous Columbia Classics release and has better encoding
Original mono mix: 1990 Criterion LaserDisc/1991 Columbia LaserDisc
The 4K Blu-ray mono is only minimally worse (see blah-ray).
5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray
Directors: Greg MacGillivray & Jim Freeman
Sources: archive.org (opens in a new tab)
Streaming https://archive.org/details/to_fly_1976 from LaserDisc
Lumivision LaserDisc (LVD9113)
Various old VHS
Also playing at museums
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