Wednesday, 4 March 2020

On the Waterfront (1954)

The Criterion blu-ray and the old Columbia Tri-Star DVD mono tracks are similarly dull and muffled. The older Columbia Tri-Star LaserDisc is markedly clearer and has much more bass extension.

The 5.1 mix is pretty bad. It's been mixed from what sounds like a mono music track and the dialogue track, with the latter occasionally panning around to simulate directionality. It has a similar amount of noise reduction as the BD/DVD mono.




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