Originally Posted by species8472

Those numbers are correct (as I have seen them MANY times before) but DO NOT factor in the poor YIELDS of the format. If you count the poor yields, your COST per disk is way UP. Naturally studios do not discuss this but I know someone who "builds and runs" duplication facility. This is how I found out about the cost. DON'T ever assume I make something (not even cool).. Remember, I WORK in STORAGE...

But considering that the three plants have an aggregate monthly capacity of
21 million BDs, we’ve already come a long way since BD was introduced and both the protective coating and the second layer were contentious issues. Yield rates (the percentage of acceptable product in a production run) have risen steadily since format introduction. Interestingly, single-layer BD-25 discs have reached a yield equivalent to DVD production; surprisingly, that yield is only 85%. Dual-layer BDs are catching up, currently hovering at the 79% level.