Wah, this thread is getting interesting. So I'll just throw in something I posted in another thread to add some confusion.

"This is not an endorsement for ahem BDs but truth must be told. Though most ahem BDs are 25GB vs most orignal BDs at 50GB, it is not really half the quality. There are two portions here, the audio and the video. As far as the HD audio is concerned, there is vitually no loss of quality but you may not have the full range of audio options (some languages not available, maybe only 5.1 vs 7.1 in original or no audio commentary, and so forth.) There is some loss in the video quality since the bit-rate will be lower because of the reduced capacity but it is probably only noticeable viewing in high end equipment or if comparing side by side. For pratical purposes, it is almost the same. You may also lose some of the extras found in the original but video quality is still much better than DVDs, even the original. The 50GB ahem BDs will probably have everything in the original but at RM40, it is more expensive than some original BD. The physical quality and reliability of the ahem BD is of course unknown. Just my view so others will disagree.

Considering the above points and price of some of the original BDs on offer, I agree that it is definitely not worth getting the ahem BDs. Just a current example, the Alien Anthology (6-BD set) is on sale at Amazon UK for GBP13.97 which works out to less than RM13 per disc including shipping. You get the original with the full works so in conclusion - no fight - buy Original!"

BTW, there are different quality of ahem BDs depending on the source so buyers will have different experience and you will not know what you'll be getting or what will be missing. Thus safer to buy original and even cheaper for some titles! Unless you don't really care.

This post has been edited by ronaldkwok: Dec 7 2011, 01:01 PM