Hi Stumpy,
Try checking BluRay.com. They feature Amazon sales and update the lowest prices daily. I'm still waiting to snag Rio Bravo myself. I have no idea why it's priced so high.
Comancheros, Horse Soldiers and Hondo are all reasonably priced and the improvement over DVD is shockingly good, at least on my equipment.
We deal in lead, friend.
Waynamojim makes a point I meant to mention about the upgraded quality of DVDS on Blu players. If there's now a movie that I only marginally enjoy and it's in my DVD collection, I pass on going up to Blu. But westerns, war movies and a few SF movies are worth the investment to me.
I'm 62 and use the criteria - Do I want to see this again before they set me drooling into a dark corner of the home? If yes, I buy it on sale. If not, who cares.
We deal in lead, friend.
I've been through VHS, laser discs, DVDs and now Blu Rays. Managed to miss Beta anyway. I have a 50 inch Pioneer 1080 plasma set in the family room and have converted our basement into a home theater with a liquid crystal projector, five speaker surround sound with a sub-woofer, stadium seating complete with cup holders and a popcorn machine.
The Blu Rays have jaw dropping quality but I don't plan to replace all my other formats. If you monitor Amazon you can find some very cheap Blu Rays. "The Comancheros", for example, is only $10.00 and boasts one of the sharpest transfers I've ever seen. It also has lots of extras unavailable on the other formats. Blu Rays are the closest experience to actually going to the theater.
I figure life is short, and my wife and I are movie fans, so this is our big indulgence.
We deal in lead, friend.
