Fri May 12, 2017 5:48 am
If you are replicating and not duplicating (-/+r) the cost is much, much higher for BluRay. Additionally, with replication the min order is 1000 units, and niche-market silents are not going to do that kind of sales. The up-front costs of replicating 1000 blurays far outweighs potential royalties in most cases. I have found the same to be true with DVDs; the one DVD that I replicated (min order 500 units) has yet to sell 250 units over 3 years. And yes, a lot of people still do not own BR players; cost of making both BR and DVD in a release is also prohibitive. For a release of a non-Keaton niche silent on BR, a limited edition Bluray-R run may be worth considering, but it still means add'l work and upfront costs.
Ben