DVD vs BluRay, is it reall worth it?

This subject has been beaten to death here. Seems like two schools of thought: 1) The school I belong to, which says that the quality difference in Blu-Ray is worth the cost. When properly connected to an HDTV, the image quality is stunning. VHS can't come close and regular DVDs look great, especially when up-converted, but a true 1080p picture on a good HDTV is a sight to behold. 2) The other school says that up-converted DVDs are good enough and Blu-Ray costs too much and some won't buy-in until they know that Blu-ray won't become obsolete in the near future.

Does anyone remember when blank VHS tapes cost $20 each????

As long as you have a HDtv and not sit too far for the screen size.
You can get a new profile 2.0 Bluray player for $100 from some no name company (sorry I do not no the name, it started with a M), Xmass you be able to get brand name bluray players for $100. And the movies can be bought cheap online or Fry's, places like BB, WallyWorld, Target and that are a rip off.

VHS sucked 12 years ago and still sucks... Unless you have a 12" tv. Good DVD players are still costly, $80 for a new Sony... $200 for a Oppo. You can get brand name bluray players now for $200.

For VHS... It has been about 10 years since I have seen one and it was on a 20" std tv. DVDs can be good but most of time it is just OK. More and more bonus stuff, making it so studios have to use more and more compression for the movie to fit on the dvd disks. On a calibrated hdtv Blurays with blow away any DVD, there are maybe a hand full of Blurays that does not apply too. Then there is HD audio.

versus renting for instance? For storyline or audio-visual thrill? Not many movies have both. If former, save your money and be happy. If latter, you either have the means (why would you be here asking?) or you give up other pasttimes (ok you can still go to library) or you disinherit the kids or you get a second and third job or ... you get the point. Have to say the Disney and Pixar productions look really great on BD. There you go, splurge for the kids, they will forever be greatful!