Blu-Ray Imports-steelbook vs. States counter parts question!??

Originally Posted by charles0424

Hello everyone,

Lately I have been purchasing an abundance of Blu-Ray imports (mainly for their steelbook editions) and it made me very curious as to the quality of Audio/Video I am getting compared to the releases that are available locally in the states. For example, I just purchased a French and Italian steelbook for Rise of the planet of the apes and super 8. They are both region free and carry the same soundtrack as their releases here but I've been getting a little paranoid lately thinking as far as bit rate and data goes that I could be losing out on the quality in my audio/video presentation compared to if I were to purchase these titles here locally? Especially since on most imports the default audio will always be the origin of its country.

Can anyone help me out here? Thanks all!

Originally Posted by lgans316

Importing Fox Blu-rays can be good as most of them are Region Free

Originally Posted by charles0424

Thanks for the reply! Yeah I figured as much but we never truly know with disc releases these days unless we have programs or even players themselves that can break down data and bit rate for bit rate.

Originally Posted by dvdmike007

But most fox discs are missing extras

Originally Posted by lgans316

Missing extras in general or the just the imports missing them.