Lonesome Dove in Blue-ray

[Johnny McCrae]

I recently bought an LCD Flat Screen TV to replace my 25 year TV. Yesterday I picked up a Blue-ray player and watched my all time favorite movie "Lonesome Dove" in Blue-ray. This was the first time I ever watched anything in Blue-ray and all I can say is "WOW". It was just like being there.

Anybody seen any good Westerns lately in Blue-ray?

By the way here is one of my favorite scenes from Lonesome Dove..

[Harley Starr]

1. Pale Rider
2. Silverado
3. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
4. The Quick and The Dead
5. Sukiyaki Western Django
6. 3:10 To Yuma

Just to name a few. The transfers are amazing. Now I need to get Lonesome Dove and Unforgiven, plus whatever favorites that aren't on the format yet.

[Deadeye Don]

I already have Lonesome Dove on DVD,  but now that it is out on Blu Ray I think I will need to get that version. 

Johnny,   I agree with you on that scene being a great one.  The one scene that still brings tears to my eyes is when Gus dies. That was one powerful friendship those two men had.

[Buffalo Creek Law Dog]

The Searchers
Rio Bravo
How the West was Won

[Icebox Bob]

I bought a Blu-Ray reissue of an old movie that I already had on DVD. The quality wasn't any better.  However when I did the same thing of a newer movie, the Blu-ray version was amazing.  I'm guessing that unless an old movie gets re-mastered from some sort of high resolution original your DVD version isn't worth replacing.

[Johnny McCrae]

One thing I did notice is some of my newer DVD's such as 3:10 to Yuma, Open Range etc. seem to look better with my new Blue-ray player. That could be because my old DVD player was low tech and my new Blue-ray player is now connected thru an HDMI cable.

I'm not sure about converting all my DVD's to Blue-ray but I'll sure buy the remake of True Grit in Blue-ray.