The Special Edition DVD of The Longest Day is not at all sharp. I'd love to see the Blu-ray, but not til prices on players and discs come down. I do not regret my HD DVD purchase (HD A3), because it was cheap. I quickly amassed a collection of 50 HD discs for little money. I'd love to watch the Blu-rays of The Longest Day and Patton, but not for $30 per title, and not for $300 (minimum) for a decent Blu-ray player.
I am intrigued by the notion of better upscaling players. I know they can never look as good as HD DVD and Blu-Ray, but I do have ton of SD DVDs I'd like to see in trhe best possible way without rebuying them (expensively) on Blu-ray.
Patton looks outstanding, really great. On closeups it’s almost as if you could reach into the screen and touch the actors.