I bought the Jpn BD by myself,which has a better quality than the US BD. Source: JP BD:http://u2.dmhy.org/forums.php?action=viewtopic&forumid=8&topicid=6375(Self Ripped) US BD:http://asiandvdclub.org/details.php?id=75469 Comparison JP BD(up) vs US BD(down)   Encoding Settings: crf=16.0, mbtree=1, qcomp=0.90, fgo=0, aq=3:0.80 Audio1: Japanese - 2.0 16bit 48kHz FLAC Audio2: English - 5.1 24bit 48kHz FLAC Audio3: English - 2.0 16bit 48kHz FLAC(Commentary,only in EP1,2,20,22) subtitle1: English PGS mediainfo Quote: General Unique ID : 233206803798188457501534114812892606573 (0xAF71FF25912744ECA935DC28DA10F06D) Complete name : D:\\HI10P ainme\\\[philosophy-raws\]\[Michiko and Hatchin\]\\\[philosophy-raws\]\[Michiko and Hatchin\]\[01\]\[BDRIP\]\[Hi10P FLAC\]\[1920X1080\].mkv Format : Matroska Format version : Version 4 / Version 2 File size : 1.25 GiB Duration : 22mn 37s Overall bit rate mode : Variable Overall bit rate : 7 916 Kbps Encoded date : UTC 2013-11-03 14:08:25 Writing application : mkvmerge v6.5.0 ('Isn't she lovely') built on Oct 26 2013 23:56:44 Writing library : libebml v1.3.0 + libmatroska v1.4.1 Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High [email protected] Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames Codec ID : V\_MPEG4/ISO/AVC Duration : 22mn 37s Width : 1 920 pixels Height : 1 080 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate mode : Constant Frame rate : 23.976 fps Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 10 bits Scan type : Progressive Writing library : x264 core 138 r2359+704+48 3f879a0 tMod \[10-bit@4:2:0 X86\_64\] Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / fade\_compensate=0.00 / psy\_rd=0.60:0.10 / mixed\_ref=1 / me\_range=48 / chroma\_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast\_pskip=0 / chroma\_qp\_offset=-3 / threads=24 / lookahead\_threads=6 / sliced\_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=0 / interlaced=0 / bluray\_compat=0 / constrained\_intra=0 / fgo=0 / bframes=12 / b\_pyramid=2 / b\_adapt=2 / b\_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open\_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=infinite / keyint\_min=1 / scenecut=40 / intra\_refresh=0 / rc\_lookahead=60 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=16.0000 / qcomp=0.80 / qpmin=0:0:0 / qpmax=81:81:81 / qpstep=4 / ip\_ratio=1.40 / aq=3:0.80 / aq-sensitivity=10.00 / aq-factor=1.00:1.00:1.00 / aq2=0 / aq3=0 Language : English Default : Yes Forced : No Audio [\#1](//www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=1) ID : 2 Format : FLAC Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec Codec ID : A\_FLAC Duration : 22mn 37s Bit rate mode : Variable Channel count : 2 channels Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Bit depth : 16 bits Writing library : libFLAC 1.3.0 (UTC 2013-05-26) Language : Japanese Default : Yes Forced : No Audio [\#2](//www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=2) ID : 3 Format : FLAC Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec Codec ID : A\_FLAC Duration : 22mn 37s Bit rate mode : Variable Channel count : 6 channels Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Bit depth : 24 bits Delay relative to video : 23ms Writing library : libFLAC 1.3.0 (UTC 2013-05-26) Language : English Default : No Forced : No Audio [\#3](//www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=3) ID : 4 Format : FLAC Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec Codec ID : A\_FLAC Duration : 22mn 37s Bit rate mode : Variable Channel count : 2 channels Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Bit depth : 16 bits Delay relative to video : 23ms Title : Audio Commentary Writing library : libFLAC 1.3.0 (UTC 2013-05-26) Language : English Default : No Forced : No Text ID : 5 Format : PGS Muxing mode : zlib Codec ID : S\_HDMV/PGS Codec ID/Info : The same subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs Language : English Default : Yes Forced : No