Buster D said:

Note that the Verbatim BD-50s sold in Japan are no longer actually made in Japan, they're made in China, and a lot of people have been reporting write errors on them (the top rated reviews are all 1 or 2 stars and mention errors): http://www.amazon.co.jp/product-reviews/B0043SEMMW/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_summary?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=byRankDescending

I personally use That's (Taiyo Yuden) BD-50s: http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00GJ95LB4/ , which are made in Japan. Used to use Panasonic ones, but nowadays they're only available in Japan from resellers and not directly from Amazon.

That's BD-25s and BD-REs are pretty good as well, but their cheaper BD-25s are made in Taiwan now.

Amazon JP won't ship these outside Japan, but you can go through a forwarding site like tenso.com or check and see if anyone on eBay has them.

Thanks Buster D. Its sad no one make quality anymore. Does that only apply to Verbantim's write once or their re-writables also? And thanks for the recommendations, hopefully I can track some of those down.

alexpeden2000 said:

Just out of interest, are you still planning on doing the theatrical cut of Aliens as part of this project?

At this point, Alien and Aliens are two separate projects. Alien will be finished this year and then work on Aliens will continue after that. The problem with Aliens is that I still haven't decide what to grade it against: the Pan and Scan LD, the THX LD, the DVD, the old HDTV master, the 35mm frames I found, etc

I have an idea for the re-grade of Aliens but I don't know if it will work out. It will take time to figure out the technical details. Its coming just might take a little longer.