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I'm not a Sophie but I'll add my two cents.

I'll probably be going for the Funi BD.

However... Currently the Amazon CA price is about 60% the Amazon US price. I'd expect CA + US to reach close to price parity by release and it could be that CA will drop further from it's current place. If that happens and the US price drops to meet it then it's quite possible that the Amazon US price will be better than UP1USA even after shipping + customs...

Having said that, region coding may play a small part in the decision... Although I have the ability to play region A it is not a "highly available" ability. I have one device and if that fails the disks become useless to me until I get a replacement... If the disks are region b then I can sustain a loss of a player and still continue to watch my disks.

Kaza packaging _could_ influence (what am I saying... it'll be a BD in a DVD size cardboard box with the spine facing the wrong way and problems / errors with the encode).

tl;dr Funi BD but holding a while for more info on pricing / regions / the "Kaze option"

<blockquote data-quote="msgeek" data-source="post: 396372" data-attributes="member: 141">I'm not a Sophie but I'll add my two cents.I'll probably be going for the Funi BD.However... Currently the Amazon CA price is about 60% the Amazon US price.&nbsp; I'd expect CA + US to reach close to price parity by release and it could be that CA will drop further from it's current place.&nbsp; If that happens and the US price drops to meet it then it's quite possible that the Amazon US price will be better than UP1USA even after shipping + customs...Having said that, region coding may play a small part in the decision... Although I have the ability to play region A it is not a &quot;highly available&quot; ability.&nbsp; I have one device and if that fails the disks become useless to me until I get a replacement... If the disks are region b then I can sustain a loss of a player and still continue to watch my disks.Kaza packaging _could_ influence (what am I saying... it'll be a BD in a DVD size cardboard box with the spine facing the wrong way and problems / errors with the encode).tl;dr Funi BD but holding a while for more info on pricing / regions / the &quot;Kaze option&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="msgeek, post: 396372, member: 141"] I'm not a Sophie but I'll add my two cents. I'll probably be going for the Funi BD. However... Currently the Amazon CA price is about 60% the Amazon US price. I'd expect CA + US to reach close to price parity by release and it could be that CA will drop further from it's current place. If that happens and the US price drops to meet it then it's quite possible that the Amazon US price will be better than UP1USA even after shipping + customs... Having said that, region coding may play a small part in the decision... Although I have the ability to play region A it is not a "highly available" ability. I have one device and if that fails the disks become useless to me until I get a replacement... If the disks are region b then I can sustain a loss of a player and still continue to watch my disks. Kaza packaging _could_ influence (what am I saying... it'll be a BD in a DVD size cardboard box with the spine facing the wrong way and problems / errors with the encode). tl;dr Funi BD but holding a while for more info on pricing / regions / the "Kaze option" [/QUOTE]