MaximRecoil said:

"Unwatchable" and "horrendous" and "terrible" are terms which denote the bottom of the barrel, especially when you think all three terms apply in combination. The LaserDisc releases were worse, so where are they on your ladder? The VHS releases were worse still; where do they fit in "by today's standards"? How about the VCD releases?

If we give this a number scale, 1-10, with 1 being "unwatchable" and "horrendous" and "terrible", and 10 being the best Blu-ray releases, then the VCD releases would be a 1, the VHS, Betamax, and CED releases would be a 2, the better LD releases on a high-end player would be a 4, the GOUT would be a 5 (the best DVD releases would be a 6 or 6.5), and Blu-ray would be a 10. One could argue slightly different numbers for each of those, but I'd love to hear a logical argument for giving the GOUT a 1.

Simple, we are talking today's standards - VHS and LD are dead formats (and were in 2006 as well), so they don't enter into the debate about today's standards at all.