When we first got our DVD player, we watched a lot of DVDs for a couple of weeks.
After the novelty had worn off somewhat, I put in a VHS movie for the first time in a while. My initial reaction was, "what in the HELL is wrong with that picture?" I thought my VHS player had malfunctioned.
But no, I had just had my first opportunity to learn how inferior VHS is to DVD.
Exactly my experience. I got a DVD two years ago and still have my original VHS player hooked up but I have never once used it since. All my VHS tapes are collecting dust and I have even bought movies on DVD to replace those I already had on VHS.
I was just in the stores today buying the 4-DVD box set of LOTR. It is absolutely mobbed out there. I don't know why I keep reading that retail is off. It was like the weekend before Christmas all over again and people weren't just making returns. They were buying stuff and in mass quantities.
Anyway, I plan to spend New Year's Eve by the fireplace absorbing those LOTR DVDs. Not out of fear of terrorist attacks but I am sick and tired of crowds. Also, since all the city celebrations have become "alcohol-free", it's not even worth the bother. Not that I'm a lush or anything but New Year's Eve is just not New Year's Eve without the champagne.