Counterfeit Blu-ray
I bought this Counterfeit Blu-Ray disc in China the other day, it was one of about 60 titles on display in a shop that is packed full of counterfeit DVDs and CD’s, the shop owner’s English was good enough for him to explain that these are not big sellers in China but that he expects to sell more in the future.
The price was $4, the seller offers normal counterfeit DVDs for less than $1 so that’s quite a premium, but I expect these are a lot more expensive to make.
I tried this is my Sony Blu-Ray player and it seems to work just fine, there are no extra features of any kind, just the movie.
This is the first “real” counterfeit Blu-Ray that I have seen, though the shelves are full of DVD’s with Blu-Ray written on the cover and on the Disc, this one is the first in Blu-Ray format and Blu-Ray packaging that I have seen, though the plastic box is very cheap and really looks fake the disc and insert both appear to be well made.
I guess the Counterfeiters were waiting to see who won the Hi-Def format war before deciding what format to copy, Blu-Ray won an these hit the shelves fairly quickly.
Below are some more nice pictures, click to zoom!
July 12, 2008 at 7:14 pm |
its not really blu ray…… just says so on the box/disk… i have many of my own. theyll play in a regular dvd player too
July 13, 2008 at 4:39 am |
Hi HFW,
Actually this really does not play on a normal DVD player , I am familiar with the copy DVDs in blu-ray boxes and this is not really the same.
I put it into a Blu-Ray drive attached to my friends notebook (I don’t have a blu-ray drive of my own) and the structure is not the same as a DVD so it would seem impossible to play on a DVD player even if the DVD player could read it.
Whilst it’s possible to put Blu-Ray structure on a DVD, this does appear to be Hi-Def quality.
July 19, 2008 at 6:25 pm |
Hi importdvds,
That news sounds good to me. We have a proliferation of those fake Blu-ray discs in the Philippines as well, selling for about $1.25/disc compared to the DVDs that sell for $.80/disc. Today, I was just offered the “real” fake Blu-ray disc for about $8.00/disc. Considering importation costs from China, I guess at that price, it’s considerably cheap. Looking forward to getting a copy soon. Too bad no extras are included.
August 1, 2008 at 5:37 am |
Is there anywhere to buy these “real” fake blu rays online? I want to give them a go.
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