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Out on Blu-ray!

posted 14 years ago by cljohnston108
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Now I have to go out and get a Blu-ray player!

Some great reviews of the new release out there, this being my favorite...
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6473
Man, they really went into detail, huh!

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Le-Mans-Blu-ray/21380/

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/dvd/2011-05-26-dvd-extra-steve-mcq ueen-le-mans_n.htm
http://whatwouldtotowatch.com/2011/06/02/totos-blu-ray-review-le-mans- 1971/
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/blu-ray_reviews54/le_mans_blu-ray.htm
http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/lemansbluray.php

[–] cstapleton 14 years ago

I don't own a Blu-ray player, and really can't afford to buy one at the moment, but, I'm wondering if anyone knows whether the picture and/or sound quality of the new standard DVD is better than that of the older DVD?

I have the older one, and would like to know whether, if I purchased the new one, I'd be getting anything other than the trailer and making of feature as an upgrade to what I've got.

[–] cljohnston108 14 years ago

Well, I can't seem to find any reviews of the new DVD release, so I shot off an email to the folks at Chad McQueen's racing website as a last resort. Hopefully they can tell me something.
Anyway, here's a nice little interview with Chad...
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1060425_chad-mcqueen-interviewed-on -steve-mcqueens-lemans-on-dvd-and-bluray

[–] kevin-vallence 14 years ago

Pre-ordered the blu-ray some time ago - due for release 16th June - received today!! Had a quick look, picture very good, sound incredible - will bw watching this tonight!

[–] wab-3 13 years ago

I've only seen clips so far but they look pretty good. Looks like it's mastered from an original 35mm 2.35/1 print.

[–] alekesam 13 years ago

Yes, the sound is ridiculously rich on the BluRay. Visuals is nothing to sneeze at either. I don't normally gush over Blurays but this really is the deal. I highly recommend that you get the bluray (or barring that, buy the Bluray and make a digital copy to play on your computer).

Just my one cent since I can't afford two.