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
Arrow includes highest quality audio from LaserDisc, removes damage, improves color and HDR, compression is worse than Capelight but still quite good.
Capelight has the best compression, but lacks the higher quality LD audio, image fixes and damage removal cleanup from Arrow.
Very poor compression, visible artifacts, riddled with light damage, processed 5.1, hideously defective 2.0 audio
Arrow includes highest quality audio from LaserDisc, removes damage, improves color and HDR, compression is worse than Capelight but still quite good.
Capelight has the best compression, but lacks the higher quality LD audio, image fixes and damage removal cleanup from Arrow.
Very poor compression, visible artifacts, riddled with light damage, processed 5.1, hideously defective 2.0 audio
France Metropolitan fixed the glitch from Sony's release
Sony's release has a glitch around the 40 min mark where a shot is repeated; no word from Sony about a replacement at the time of writing, i.e. 8/1/8/22
France Metropolitan fixed the glitch from Sony's release
Sony's release has a glitch around the 40 min mark where a shot is repeated; no word from Sony about a replacement at the time of writing, i.e. 8/1/8/22
Subpar encoding, visible blocking and banding etc.
Subpar encoding, visible blocking and banding etc.
Middling compression but still far better than the old Blu-ray, less edge enhancement
Middling compression but still far better than the old Blu-ray, less edge enhancement
The 4K transfer is an improvement over the previous releases. The encoding is adequate, though far from perfect. The only audio track is a remix with significant alterations compared to the original.
The 4K transfer is an improvement over the previous releases. The encoding is adequate, though far from perfect. The only audio track is a remix with significant alterations compared to the original.
better encode and audio than Kino Lorber
better encode and audio than Kino Lorber
HDR10 encode and audio tracks are poor, looks a bit better in Dolby Vision
better encode and audio than Kino Lorber
better encode and audio than Kino Lorber
HDR10 encode and audio tracks are poor, looks a bit better in Dolby Vision
English subtitles are burned in for the entire film, stylized to look like an old film print.
English subtitles are burned in for the entire film, stylized to look like an old film print.
Caveat: flawed audio
Caveat: flawed audio
Only untouched release of the 4K master, includes original mixes for Japanese and English tracks in good fidelity as well as English subtitles.
Tastefully filtered version of the 4K master, making for an arguably better viewing experience. KSM GER 4K has the same video/6.1/2.0 tracks, but omits the Atmos remix.
Not English friendly.
The worst encode of the bunch, and the tweaks to the master don't improve much. The Italian disc from Eagle Pictures presents this master with much better encoding.
Only untouched release of the 4K master, includes original mixes for Japanese and English tracks in good fidelity as well as English subtitles.
Tastefully filtered version of the 4K master, making for an arguably better viewing experience. KSM GER 4K has the same video/6.1/2.0 tracks, but omits the Atmos remix.
Not English friendly.
The worst encode of the bunch, and the tweaks to the master don't improve much. The Italian disc from Eagle Pictures presents this master with much better encoding.
if compared to the original BD
new BD is excellent, margin is less pronounced than with other upgrades
if compared to the original BD
new BD is excellent, margin is less pronounced than with other upgrades
caveat: Atmos track on cuts off the end credits music 1 minute before the credits end. 5.1 doesn't have this issue.
caveat: Atmos track on cuts off the end credits music 1 minute before the credits end. 5.1 doesn't have this issue.
more extras than WB, better encoding
Caveat: Standard release has no extras; OOP Best Buy exclusive steelbook is the only version with extras
more extras than WB, better encoding
Caveat: Standard release has no extras; OOP Best Buy exclusive steelbook is the only version with extras
Highly increased detail from 1080p Blu-rays (the 4K Blu-ray is a new cut that also re-composited and re-rendered in 2K rather than 720p), but much better wide colour gamut use even in an SDR-only encode. Higher frequency detail gets much more room to breathe in the 4K encode.
Highly increased detail from 1080p Blu-rays (the 4K Blu-ray is a new cut that also re-composited and re-rendered in 2K rather than 720p), but much better wide colour gamut use even in an SDR-only encode. Higher frequency detail gets much more room to breathe in the 4K encode.
Total: 1481 films
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