ADDITION: Lions Gate - Region 1 - NTSC June 08': Firstly - good news: The transfer has lost that deplorable brightness boosting that was, in essence, the worst flaw of the two previous NTSC editions. This manipulation, including fiddling with the black levels, produced edge-enhancement/removed background information and made both Artisan releases extremely poor in the image department. This is most noticeable in the drinking at the train station capture sequence below. The Lions Gate's visual integrity appears improved with it looking sharper, darker and representing better contrast balance. There is some movement within the frame from the other two editions - notably it appears to have moved up a shade (with less info on the bottom - and some sides - but shade more on top). It amounts to less than 5% so I'm not going to quibble. Bottom line of the appearance is - it's  vastly superior.

Audio has the same options as the Collector's Edition from 2002 - enhanced and original - both restored. I didn't note the sync issue accepting once but others may be more sensitive to it than I am. Subtitles are offered in English or Spanish in a white font (see sample below).

Extras: We are given pretty much all of the same supplements from the 200 Collector's edition - the. occasionally fun, group commentary plus on disc 2 The Making of High Noon featurette (22:09), Behind High Noon (9:47) and the Radio broadcast with Tex Ritter on the Ralph Emery Show (5:35).

What is new is a wonderful 50 minute Inside High Noon featurette by Moda Entertainment. It's a nice overview with input from many - usually relations of those involved in the original production - so it has a lot of 'nostalgia' value to it. After that we have two short Tex Ritter tidbits - 6 minutes visiting his 'museum' in Carthage Texas and a very rough looking, 3 minute, video of him performing the Oscar winning theme song on The Jimmy Dean Show.

I dream of having this classic on Blu-ray one day but for the foreseeable future this new Lions Gate DVD package is the one to own. I'm pleased with the appearance and bonus material. The price makes it one of the bargains of the year in my opinion. I actually feel like watching it again right now. Maybe I will. Recommended! (of course)