We finally bought a DVD player and I went looking last weekend at Walmart to see what the DVD collection of "The Godfather" costs. OUCH!!!! almost $80.00! Is it really worth that price? That is more than the DVD player cost!!
Is there much that is different from the DVD collection than is in the 3 VHS tape collection? Pros and cons anyone?

very much worth the price so go get it Scarlett!

GoodFella

So what does it have that the 3 set VHS collection that runs about 26.00 doesn't, just curious?

At the mall where Lombardi lives, they were selling the VHS trilogy for $20.00.

Well obvisouly the DVD Collection should give you a better sound and picture quality. Plus, it also comes with a 5th DVD that has all the extra features, like most of the deleted scenes and the documentary, as well as pics and a family tree. Believe me, it's worth buying, especially if you're a Godfather fan. I think you can get it for $74.99 at circuitcity. Or you can try and buy it online. Try yahoo shopping, i think they're selling it for $64.99. Good luck.

Shop around Scarlett, that's my best advice. There must be somewhere cheaper now than when it was first released. Try online places, you should find it much cheaper.

Play.com are selling the region 1 version for £45.99 (about $65) delivered.

The DVD is well worth investing in if you have a player.

The other option is to get your player converted to multiregion and buy the region 2 version for £32.99 (about $46-47) delivered.

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).

Australia gets it at about $110 which is equal to about $55US.

The extras disc is worth the price of admission by itself. You get the deleted scenes, "The Godfather Family" (making of the film, with Brando's makeup test and DeNiro's screen test--dynamite!); family tree, commentary, tons of other stuff.

Yep, like everyone already said, the DVD collection is worth the price. I've seen it as expensive as $100 USD and as cheap as $60. You just gotta shop around.

Any old movie that your a fan of, is worth getting on DVD no matter how much it is. I have Godfather & Scarface on DVD & can't stand to watch either of them on VHS now! DVD is just so much better, there's no comparsion. Not only that, but as Double-J already suggested, shop around online for a cheaper copy, rather than paying $80. I usually go to BestBuy , eBay , Amazon , and Half.com