What are the "rarest" BDs?

[painted_klown]

Originally Posted by blackriderx

The Criterion dvd isn't that great either IMO.

I agree, I always consider Criterion a company that prides themselves on excellent looking transfers, and their dvd is merely OK. With the MGM BD looking terrible as well...makes me want to lean in the direction of saying that there may not be a nice quality print readily available to use for mastering.

I do like thet fact that Criterion does give us a warning when something is going OOP. I bought the Third man, and Pierrot le fou dirctly from amazon when I found out about them.

My copy of Third man is in the plastic case too...now I wish I wouldn't have opened it.

What surprises me is that Studio Canal released Third Man on bd, and it appearantly has a really nice transfer, so I wonder how the Criterion release just keeps going up. It really hasn't even been OOP for THAT long. Must be just because it is Criterion. If it were simply about the title being available on bd...well that's covered.

Do you guys think the case makes the big difference? The digipack vs. the plastic? The great thing about BDs is that they are quite a bit more difficult to scratch than a regular dvd, so buying on the used market is quite a bit safer. Hopefully that also helps used Bds to retain their value a bit more. Makes the only "real" difference between new and used; the cellophane wrapping.

Some of you must have some "connections" to have/know about releases that didn't even surface! I must be far from being in "the know"...