Like everyone else already said, the sound and picture quality is great. When they make DVDs, they usually try to restore the picture and re-master the audio, as they did in this case. Each of the 3 films also has an audio commentary by FFC, which give you great insight into each of the films. There's also the bonus disc, which has hours of great GF info that you wouldn't get on the VHS. But most of all, I think that DVD is just plain better than VHS all around. It's much more compact, and for the VHS trilogy they're all 2 tapes long. In the DVD sets, the only movie that is 2 discs is part II. VHS is on its way out, and DVD is probably going to be the medium of choice for the next 15-20 years. Also, since widescreen TVs will be the norm in the next 3-4 years, you might as well get the widescreen versions now (widescreen is how FFC intended the movies to be shown anyway).