I have often wondered this also. Clearly, there must be some sort of price difference in favor of BD-25 media, but the price difference cannot be that great, since BD-50 media is largely standard now for all studios. In fact, the only studios that release feature-length films on BD-25 discs on a...
That's the whole point, though, Bruce. Do you really think that all catalog titles are going to be pored over by compressionists, especially if they're, say, coming in a set on the same release date, or a low-profile budget release? Considering that most catalog titles are going to get only one...
So I'll be the first to say this.
There's one difference between WB releases and (recent) Warner Archive ones.
Warner Archive now use the whole BD-50.
WB has a hard-on for trying to get as much content into as little digital "space" as possible. It makes me wonder if they draw up most...