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Not to mentioned the PS3 PQ is a little below some of the better standalones, such as the Panasonic BD35-80. They also use less energy than the PS3.

Nelson, I do think the Skynet release is an improvement over the original version. It has superior color, contrast, and blacks. The image also has pretty good clarity and much better compression. The original release had a lot of compression artifacts and video noise. I also think Skynet is...

I haven't watched the Skynet version yet, but this is often a characteristic of DNR....and First Blood was heavily DNR'd.

Agreed - I could never justify that price - especially when we'll likely see a new transfer at some point. The $15 price seems very reasonable for the Skynet.

Has anyone compared the Skynet and Geneon at 1080p? I'm still curious what is causing the slight difference in PQ between these two on the screenshots.

Bill is wrong on the bitrate. The Skynet and Geneon version have almost the same bitrate. Geneon Japan "SE" Cut: 21.94Mbps AVC Lionsgate USA Skynet "SE" Cut: 19.28Mbps VC-1 Of course, they do use different codecs but I'd be surprised if it made that kind of difference at this bitrate.

Anyone know the bitrate on the original UK version?

Well, it might be the difference between playing and not playing your movie. I would at least check and give it a try. Sony is good with firmware updates, so I bet a new one has been released since last Nov.

Be sure you have the latest firmware update for your player.

I believe the original UK version is region free. The UK version actually has a hair more detail than the original Lionsgate version, but has much better compression. It also appears the original Lionsgate version has a hair more detail than the Skynet version - at least here...

Thanks, Kevin. I'm still on the fence for this release because of the DNR issue. I may still try and find the original UK release.