VHS vs. DVD

Do you prefer the Gother DVD collection or the VHS collection?

DVD is the way to be. I like the whole widscreen thing, and the bouns disc. Good Pole!!

DVD owns because of the superior picture quality, added features/bonus disc, only 4 total movie discs as opposed to a bunch of VHS tapes, etc. DVD is supposed to be superior to VHS, VHS is the predecessor.

Definitely DVD. I too love widescreen, and the bonus disc rocks!!!

The bonus disc is very, very cool, no doubt.

Dvd, picture and sound quality. and long lasting than the vhs . . .

GoodFella

ok i hope you guys don't kill me because of my response but i have to say that other then the good bonus disk and the clearer picture i like the vhs better. there is something about the break right after sonny finish's with lucy and before he goes to see connie. it just seems like it leaves you more on the edge of your seat. am i crazy? YES!!!!! but that's what makes me a good godfather fan

Well since I haven't yet got the Godfather trilogy on DVD. Yeah I know I'm way behind.


But I'd still vote DVD, I prefer DVD on all movies.

With all respect to Mr Soprano, why would anyone chose the VHS over the DVD?!

I'm waiting for the Paramount cash-in - A new Lord of the Rings style super extended boxed set containing the Trilogy with all the extra scenes inserted into the films (including the scene of Bonaserra complaining to his wife); plus a longer bonus disc of extras featuring new interviews (including a long overdue interview with Don Geoff); wait there's more; plus Vito and Michael bookends; colour photos of Coppola and the principal cast; and finally, A copy of the book with its original style cover.

Oh dear, I just drooled on my keyboard...

Sounds great, but what about Jgeoff & SC bookends, Appolonia's breasts shaped ear muffs and a lifetime supply of

DVD, because of the added bonus features, such as FFC's commentary.

The first time I bought The Godfather was the "epic" box set on VHS, which combined the first two movies and arranged the footage chronologically and was very disappointed at the picture quality. I spent $100 at the time (early 90s) and was not happy.

The irony is that I spent $30 less for the DVD box set, which had better sound and picture, not to mention the great bonuses on the extra disc. While it's not the chronologically arranged "epic," it's a much more fulfilling experience for this viewer.

Hopefully they'll get around to releasing the chronological trilogy sometime...

You'd pay all that money again for the chronological order?

I'd say dvd

Why is this even a question?

DVD!

i agree. This seems like an easy question

DVD

only benefits with DVD: bonus disc, picture quality, and sound
BUT IF YOU WANT THE ORIGINAL, the vhs is the way to go. VHS tapes can be viewed over and over as some DVD's can only be played a certain amount of times. VHS's also are more valuable and worth more money.

dude that is not true dvds cost more where ever you go and I never hread of a dvd that u could only watch so many times.

Yeah but if you wanna watch the trilogy in a more 'old skool' way than the vhs are the way to go i recently picked up a new part two and three vhs at heathrow airport for a tenner. but dvd is the here and now of home movies.

yes, some dvd's can only be played 10 times.

Dose it say that on the box or something.

no, it's called "rot dvd."

no, it's called "rot dvd."

What's that?

someone put a link to it in this post. hold on, i'll try to find it. i couldn't find it earlier.
ok, don't see it. but ask mike sulivan. i think he was the one who told me about it.

How can you tell if you have a rot dvd or not?

it depends on what company makes it.

thats interesting never heard of them, we dont get them in this country.

Do you Get movies There? LOL! jk

And You Do.

what jou mean by that eh?

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.