“IMHO the best movies are from the silent era. The greats from that era are rapidly approaching their centennial. The true test of art is the test of time.”
You may already be familiar with it but here is a site which reviews the DVD quality of older films.
It can tell you if a better version of the film is available and which DVD version is the best. For instance the Eureka version of “Birth of a Nation” released in 2000 has the best image quality while the Kino 2002 DVD has the best extras.
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/compare.htm
No I wasn’t familiar with the site. Thanks