Harmy said:

Yeah. Dad came in yesterday and he couldn't get over the fact that I moved a chair right in front of the TV to watch a Blu-Ray. He was like: Are you nuts?

And you just can't explain to him how great it is to see all this detail and see it big. LOL, he even complains about the screen in the cinema in our town being too big and how he has to turn his head (and it's quite a small screen, too)...

Sounds like your father and I would get along. I have watched blu-rays on a large HDTV with HDMI etc., etc., etc. and I still have not felt compelled to start spending my hard earned cash replacing my DVD collection. It does not help that most blu-ray transfers seem to look terrible due to shoddy transfers. The Bonds films in particular look awful to me.

The big selling point for me on DVDs was always that they last much longer compared to VHS (the tape gets eaten by a crap VCR etc.) - so they were a wise investment. Blu-ray seems to appeal to, well, either consumer whores or videophiles. I mean, so what that you can now see the sweat on someones face clearer? Jeez, the things people will make out to be so great to justify all the money they just gave to The Man! It is definitely a cultural imperative at work rather than any rational decision making. But it's your money, so spend it as you please.

Now, if anybody needs me I'll be down at the rippers getting a few lap dances from the money I saved from not buying blu-ray tech. I have my priorities in order.