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Originally Posted by
BrettV 
anybody notice that these blu-rays seem physically thinner then most others? Very bendable ... not that I'm bending them or anything.
Hmmm... Nobody else seems to have picked up on this comment. But I do find this interesting myself as I had long been wondering if BD discs had gotten too brittle for the rental-by-mail business model (eg. Netflix, Blockbuster Online). I've found BD rentals to have had an alarming rate of cracked discs myself -- and at least a couple other renters on HTF seem to have noticed also.
If I understood correctly, the reason they're so brittle/hard is due to the extra protective layer designed to help prevent scratches, etc. probably(?) something that was highly requested by the rental businesses themselves, if nobody else. But it apparently backfired w/ the unforseen bad side-effect of cracked discs because they no longer yield/flex enough to handle the rough treatment of being shipped/handled via snail mail in those flimsy paper mailers.
Well, ok, that's been my personal suspicion/speculation on the matter for some time now anyway though few, if any, seems to ever follow/pick up on my comments on this subject.
Anyway, if true, maybe they're now looking into finding a better compromise to yield more durable discs, and the more flexible discs in this BD batch/release may be one step in that direction...
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Originally Posted by
AaronMK
The only one of these I have decided to pick up for now is First Contact. I watched most of it last night, and I am very happy with the quality. Spot checking against the two disc DVD edition, they have definitely done dirt and scratch removal, though done right, that can be a good thing. In general, it does have a cleaned up look to it, and I don't really detect that "layer of film grain". That being said, there is a lot of detail, and no real signs that it is of the EE or artificial variety. Aside from prosthetics, I don't get any waxy impressions either. If someone told me that this is what the digital intermediate looked like, I'd believe them.
So for First Contact at least, pick it up and enjoy it, because there are no real signs of foul play, and it looks great.
That's good to hear as First Contact is really the only title in that batch that interests me. But sounds like there some mixed reports about the PQ though, eg. the Blu-ray.com review mentioned later by another poster.
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