UHD Tier Lists
Sources
- Criterion Forum Finch's best UHD list and disappointing UHD list, Fus1on's contemporary UHD Releases list, and nicolas' non-english friendly releases list
- And other contributions from forum members
controversially regraded and too dark overall

if compared to Kino Lorber's Blu-ray
if compared to Kino Lorber's Blu-ray

Minor caveat: has AI upscaling on opticals, see caps
Minor caveat: has AI upscaling on opticals, see caps

4K caps. Upscale from the BD with fake grain and horrendously encoded. Added to the import list in the avoid tier.
4K caps. Upscale from the BD with fake grain and horrendously encoded. Added to the import list in the avoid tier.

Chris' review
caveat: encode struggles with brighter areas of the image
Inferior encoding to Criterion
Chris' review
caveat: encode struggles with brighter areas of the image
Inferior encoding to Criterion
AI upscaled, mono is filtered.

Better color grading, original mono included
Better color grading, original mono included
solid encode, controversial colors by Hiventy
Better color grading, original mono included
Better color grading, original mono included
solid encode, controversial colors by Hiventy

Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray encoding is much better caps
Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray encoding is much better caps

Overall good, superior compression to the US disc
Overall good, superior compression to the US disc
poor encode
Overall good, superior compression to the US disc
Overall good, superior compression to the US disc
poor encode

same black crush as the US disc but encoded by Fidelity in Motion and very good new supplements
same black crush as the US disc but encoded by Fidelity in Motion and very good new supplements
same black crush as the US disc but encoded by Fidelity in Motion and very good new supplements
same black crush as the US disc but encoded by Fidelity in Motion and very good new supplements
bad compression, issues with the mono track
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