Monday, 8 January 2024

Holiday Inn (1942)

1985 MCA LaserDisc [40288]: Pretty unimpressive. It's an analogue track, but I think it sounds muffled due to some form of noise management. I suspect the 1986 Hi-Fi VHS uses the same transfer.

2003 R1 Universal DVD: Decent. More detailed than the LaserDisc.

2014 Universal Blu-ray: Like the DVD but with some additional light noise gating and limiting.

2022 Universal UHD Blu-ray: More noise reduction than the DVD and blu-ray - it sometimes sounds worse than the LaserDisc. Additional automated crackle removal has lopped off high-frequency peaks indescriminately: 1, 2



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