Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Added the Paramount LaserDisc.

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

1998 Paramount LaserDisc [LV6831-WS]: Excellent. No filtering whatsoever.

2003 R1 Paramount DVD: This sounds mediocre. It has a strong notch filter at 7.2 kHz, which cuts hiss slightly and reduces overall clarity considerably.

2004 R2 Paramount DVD: Like the LaserDisc.

2012 Criterion Blu-ray: Significant noise reduction, making dialogue sound rather muffled, along with bass reduction. 

2013 Paramount Blu-ray: Like the LaserDisc and R2 DVD but with three segments that have been NRed: 13 seconds at 00:41:02, 5 seconds at 01:42:40, and--most noticeably--1 minute and 12 seconds at the end of the film (the closing theme). 

2023 Paramount UHD Blu-ray: Generally more hiss reduction than the Criterion (quiet moments are more aggressively scrubbed, though louder sounds less so) and no bass reduction. Disappointing.

10/22/2023: Added the Paramount R2 DVD and UHD.

1/5/2024: Added the Paramount LaserDisc.