I don't understand how watching the movies in VHS is considered watching the "original" or "old school" version. First of all, the DVD shows the movies as they were presented in the theaters, which is what FFC's vision was. The VHS shows them in full screen, which is not how they were intended to be seen. Second, the DVD shows you a much clearer picture, which is how they were shown in the theater. VHS quality goes bad after several viewings, and after a while you're watching a blurry movie.

I don't know much about DVD rot, but the Godfather Trilogy doesn't have it, since I've watched it way more than 10 times. And any one DVD is only put out by one company (Paramount in this case), so it's not like there would be some GF DVDs produced by one company and some produced by another.

thank you for backing me up don.

vhs's have widescreen format and i've never had a VHS go "blurry." when you get a movie that was released the year it came out or before, it's considered the original. it has more value then a dvd released 6 or 7 years later. dvd's didn't come around until 1999 or 2000.

1996.

ANd Watch the Godfathers Enogh. THEY GET BLURRY!

i've watched scarface atleast 50 times. not a single problem.

Then Look Closer to the Picture

i'm telling you, nothing is wrong. and if a dvd gets scratched, you're screwed.

Yes, there are some VHS movies that are available in widescreen, but that's a very, very, very small minority of them. For DVD they are considered standard. Tapes do go blurry. The actual "tape" in the tape goes through rollers and is wound and re-wound every time you watch it. The quality will obviously deteriorate over the life of the tape. I have some tapes that I bought in the mid-90s that look like hell. Especially if you watch one scene over and over again. That section of the tape will deteriorate quicker than others. With DVD, it's a laser reading the grooves, so nothing on the DVD is actually getting touched.

As for VHS being original, just because it was released in the same year, I wouldn't consider it original. If it's in full screen and up to 40% of the picture is chopped off, that is not original. Why do you think they have that message saying that the movie has been formatted to fit the screen. If they had to format it, then it's not the original version of the movie. Also, you can't get stereo sound with a VHS, but you can on DVD.

There is really nothing better about VHS except that it's way cheaper in the stores.

75 % of my vhs's are widescreen.

What do you have?

i have over 300 vhs's. but if we're talking about mob/pacino movies, all of the one's i have are widescreen except goodfellas and casino.

Pat do you even have a dvd player?

sullivan WILL YOU SHUTUP!!! YOU BATYBOY

75% of over 300 is 225. I would be surprised if there were 225 VHS movies in widescreen format, let alone 225 select movies that you would choose to buy. But I will give you the benefit of the doubt and believe you. You are also entitled to prefer one format over the other. But it is quite obvious that VHS is going to be completely eliminated from video stores very soon, and you should seriously look into DVDs in the near future.

yes, and carpuzzi, i said 75 % of my mob/pacino movies.

Mind Giving Me a Reason?

I say what I need to say.

not a problem for me. i'm the only one who uses my dvds... dont let them go out of the house without me and if someone wants to watch it in a differant room than the room i'm in i put it in the dvd player and i put it in steadliy and slowly. not a single hand but mine touch them. and if i do happen to scratch it i have a disk doctor so i can fix it. and if the disk DR. doesn't work then whats spending an extra 15 dollers on a dvd? (this is very rare that i need to buy a fvf to replace another. i've only had to do this once.)

I do that too. BTW, whats a fvf?

I may sound obsessive here but I have both the dvd set and the vhs. I prefer the dvd's of course but watch the vhs' more for the simple fact that i'm paranoid that somethings going to happen to the dvd's.

Same thing here.

BUt I got the VHS set before the DVD's

what would you guys do if you got 2 of the same dvd's? open one and keep the other wrapped? i don't want to return them. -Pat

I prefer the DVD's but recently purchased the 25th Anniversary Widescreen Edition VHS boxed set because it came with a book, The Godfather Legacy, and a personally autographed certificate from FFC. This set had an MSRP of $149 when it first came out in 1997, but I was lucky enough to grab this one on Ebay for a measly $26...and part 1 and 2 were still sealed.