I started this conversation with my father but most of my family still finds comfort with the ever-dropping price of VHS tapes, even with the wide 65 inch screen I left for my mother she still purchases on-sale full screen DVD's. Just recently she admits she can tell a difference in the quality... oyebay some people just can't fully appreciate technology. So blue-ray it is, I can't wait to come back to a world with surround sound and 1080i whatever the format.