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Posted: **Sat Oct 03, 2026 9:27 pm**

I will also add:

Obsession (Universal)
One Battle After Another (WB)
Stranger Things: Seasons 1-5 (Arrow)

Marty Supreme (A24)

Posted: **Sun Oct 04, 2026 5:37 pm**

Finch wrote: Wed Sep 23, 2026 8:01 pm I've not added Mrs Doubtfire to the Solid Upgrades since the encoding is worse than Master & Commander (the last Disney UHD with a good encode) and it doesn't seem fair to have Doubtfire in the same tier. Everything else from nic's post got added.

Mrs. Doubtfire and Dead Poets Society look really good in motion. Especially the former is one of those cases where caps aren't really reflective of the actual viewing experience in motion. If it weren't for the lacking OG audio, I'd actually petition for both to be added to the red tier.

Posted: **Sun Oct 04, 2026 6:10 pm**

The Last Boy Scout (Arrow) - screenshots

Posted: **Sun Oct 04, 2026 10:51 pm**

Added Doubtfire, Poets and Scout to the OP.

Posted: **Mon Oct 05, 2026 2:08 am**

nicolas wrote: Sat Oct 03, 2026 5:15 pm Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (Visions) - impressions

Maybe Fus1on can add it to his list if he’s still around.

This one was a lot better than I was expecting considering what the film is. The HDR really pops.

Posted: **Mon Oct 05, 2026 4:29 am**

I'll watch it this week. Had Inugami Family and Paris Pick Up BDs to watch first. Curious how it looks with the HDR!

Posted: **Wed Oct 07, 2026 6:31 pm**

Bluebeard (StudioCanal) - caps
Blood Simple (StudioCanal) - comparison. Massive improvement to the Criterion but still flawed in some areas (chroma noise)
Flic Story (StudioCanal) - caps
Macho Dancer (Kani) - caps
Tequila Sunrise (Arrow) - caps. Graded by Duplitech using a reference print.

Posted: **Fri Oct 09, 2026 7:28 pm**

The Cable Guy (Sony)

Posted: **Fri Oct 09, 2026 7:40 pm**

Little Shop of Horrors (WB)

Missing sound effects on the Atmos remix of both cuts, video is excellent. Luckily, it does have the OG audio mix, too, so if you don't care about Atmos, consider this a red tier entry.

Posted: **Fri Oct 09, 2026 7:41 pm**

Finch wrote: Fri Oct 09, 2026 7:40 pmLuckily, it does have the OG audio mix, too, so if you don't care about Atmos, consider this a red tier entry.

Thanks for that note, Finch, very much appreciated

Posted: **Fri Oct 09, 2026 7:46 pm**

Should point out that the Director's Cut only comes with the Atmos mix which has vocalizations missing in one scene with Audrey II and other sound effects throughout the film.

Posted: **Fri Oct 09, 2026 7:47 pm**

Well that sucks. Which is the preferred cut?

Posted: **Fri Oct 09, 2026 7:55 pm**

I'm not sure there is a consensus, or is there? The DC ending is truer to the broadway musical but it goes on forever (an entire 20 minutes).

Posted: **Fri Oct 09, 2026 7:58 pm**

A Better Tomorrow trilogy (Arrow)

caveat: A Better Tomorrow 3 encode not as good as the first two but better than Shout's.

Re: the extended cut of ABT3 (NLScavenger)

During the target practice scene in the Extended Cut, between 00:34:39 – 00:34:42, there are frames where large block artifacts occupy the screen.

Then later when Mark and Ho shoot at Bong (01:44:46 Theatrical, 01:55:15 Extended), there are frames that repeat large areas from previous frames. This is for example visible if you frame step through the first 2 frames. The repeated areas combined with block artifacts in places such as Ho's head, cause a noticeable judder effect. Additionally in the Extended Cut, the frame with the first muzzle flash has large block artifacts.

Posted: **Sun Oct 11, 2026 11:15 pm**

Cujo Arrow vs Kino caps

At a minimum, the grain looks far nicer on the Arrow. I don't know which one of the two has more accurate colors as I only saw the film on a magenta leaning DVD.

Posted: **Mon Oct 12, 2026 5:52 am**

Arrow’s is in the correct color space and matches the master, which I think is unfortunate in this case.

Posted: **Mon Oct 12, 2026 12:48 pm**

The Complete Kubrick (Criterion) - caps for Spartacus, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon (same disc), The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut (same disc). Will update once more comparisons are up. The Warner and Universal masters are identical, slightly better encoded and with the corrected aspect ratio in The Shining and Full Metal Jacket's case.

Posted: **Mon Oct 12, 2026 12:53 pm**

2001's encodes look so close to each other, one could think they're actually identical.

Posted: **Mon Oct 12, 2026 7:20 pm**

Christiane F. (Criterion) - caps. A bit of a miracle that Criterion managed to get the 4K master at an earlier stage before the DNR pass was done.

Posted: **Mon Oct 12, 2026 9:45 pm**

Additional posts on the Complete Kubrick set have been moved to the dedicated thread

Posted: **Wed Oct 14, 2026 5:56 pm**

Kubrick caps updated with the remaining Warner titles and Spartacus, whose master is once again completely identical. Sound, too. Have to say this is pretty damn disappointing. The original monos for the WB titles are surely fantastic but all in all, this set is hard to justify even for a pixel peeper. Never thought I'd say this.

Posted: **Wed Oct 14, 2026 8:23 pm**

I was thinking of splurging, but I think I'll hold out for potential breakouts and pick up what I'd want/need there. (And I really hate those cardboard slot designs - that's what you find on the Hitchcock box sets.)

Posted: **Thu Oct 15, 2026 4:35 am**

hearthesilence wrote: Wed Oct 14, 2026 8:23 pm (And I really hate those cardboard slot designs - that's what you find on the Hitchcock box sets.)

And my discs always slide out in them, but people keep saying the Kubrick set has a special design where they don't..I guess we'll see.

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