Which titles did you jump from VHS/Laserdisc to Blu?

[dmb70]

I've never owned a laser disc, but I have triple dipped the following (VHS, DVD, Blu)...
The Godfather
Planet Of The Apes
A Clockwork Orange

[jjbsn5192]

Originally Posted by V180

I've been sitting here drinking brewskis and catching up on my movie-watching, and I got to Predator 2 -- when I realized, hell, I never even owned this flick on DVD! I did, however, own a VHS copy back in the day... (9.99 from Blockbuster, I still remember) Which got me to wondering, what have other people purchased on Blu that they haven't had in their collection since the VHS or Laserdisc days?

And I mean I'd like to see a list of films you actually OWNED on these ancient formats before upgrading to Blu - not just a first-time purchase on Blu.

Here's my personal list, and I actually surprised myself... (They're all VHS to Blu)

-Blade Runner
-Predator 2 (I actually paused this flick to start this thread)
-Die Hard 2
-Die Hard with a Vengeance
-The Getaway
-Terminator 2 (crazy!)
-Raging Bull.

Maybe I should've filed this thread under "If you're over 30"...

the funny thing i always had T2 on VHS and i didnt get the DVD until about..
a few days before Terminator salvation came out in theaters in may of 2009
but i had seen T2 countless times..

and then i bought it on blu in late 2009

pretty insane.. how the quality was from VHS to DVD and then To Blu for the Ultimate Experince

[The Blu Knight]

I didn't upgrade Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life, and Monsters, Inc from VHS until I got the BDs, and the difference in unbelievable.

[AKORIS]

............more than I care to mention!

[Atreyu]

Here are a few I can think of
The NeverEnding Story
The Wizard Of Oz
The Music Man
The Godfather Trilogy
The Shining
Home Alone
Will Wonka And The Chocolate Factory
and will do The Sound Of Music when it hits blu around Christmas time.

[Bishop_99]

Edward Scissorhands
Eraser
Friday
Independence Day
Last Action Hero
Men in Black
Misery
Predator
Rocky 2
Rocky 3
Rocky 4
Rocky 4
Speed
The Terminator
Total Recall
Training Day
Twister


Let me put it this way, I upgraded to DVD very, very, very, very late and I only upgraded two of my VHS movies to DVD. I have about 80 VHS movies and about 9 DVD's. There are still plenty of movies left for me to jump from VHS straight to BD and others that aren't available yet which I will buy when they come out. So far this year out of my VHS collection I've seen Jurassic Park, Dante's Peak, Demolition Man, White Man Can't Jump, and Planet Of The Apes. Who knows, I might see a few more VHS movies before the year is over.

[jj5206]

VHS to Blu-ray
Beetlejuice
Waynes World
Twilight Zone The Movie

[SethRex]

Pinnochio
Sleeping Beauty
The Faculty (in the mail as we speak)
RoboCop
Apollo 13
The Running Man

[csdot]

none so far. but for some reason i never bought any of the Alien movies on dvd but i had the vhs trilogy set and when those come out on blu-ray ill definitely buy them. same with the original King Kong, had it on vhs as a kid but never got it on dvd. will buy the bluray day one.

[arcadeforest]

History of the World Part One: VHS to Bluray

[arcadeforest]

With that said I have not had a working VHS player in the house in about for 5 years.

[RBBrittain]

Haven't had any yet that I know of, but it's inevitable. I own VHS copies of Wings & Cavalcade, the only two Best Pictures never officially released on DVD; I'm sure Paramount will bring Wings directly to Blu someday. (I'm not so sure about Cavalcade.) My mom also still has the VHS copy of Titanic she "borrowed" from me years ago; I've already replaced it with a DVD, and that will eventually be upgraded to BD.

My collection has been lost a few times over the years (stolen, lost, etc.), so it's possible I once owned on VHS some other movies I now have on BD; but I don't recall them.

[LaserD]

I'd have to think a bit to figure out how many. For sure I can say Blade Runner (I went from LD to HD DVD, no need yet to switch that HD DVD to BD since they are the same), A Hard Day's Night, Casablanca (to HD DVD), the Grinch, Miracle on 34th St, Wizard of Oz, Snow White, The Prisoner, Frantic, Baron Munchausen.

All my Star Wars films are on cassette and LD except for a used DVD I bought of Ep. III. I've waited long enough for a high def version of these, so I'll continue wait it out until a nice box set comes out of eps. I-VI.

[RAZGRIZ-1]

I have never owned a Laserdisc but I have upgraded a few VHS to Blu-ray.

Armageddon
Days of Thunder
Ghostbusters
Independence Day
Mission Impossible
Mission Impossible II
Rocky
First Blood
Spaceballs
X-men

I never got into buying DVD's but I did have a lot of VHS'. Better late then never right?

[deadhatetheliving]

VHS to blu
-The Monster Squad
-Night of the Creeps

[LaserD]

Hopefully everyone here has located Blu-ray.com's "Official LaserDisc Thread" in the Home Theater General Discussion forum. If you haven't, come check this sticky thread out!

The Official LaserDisc Thread

P.S. Don't forget to vote in the poll. The number of "no longer watch laserdiscs" votes is progressively creaping up on us "still watch laserdiscs" voters

[sega3dmm]

I have Fantasia 2000 on VHS. I don't have the DVD, but I am waiting for the upcoming Blu-ray release! The transition is gonna be dramatic!

[BillieCassin]

I'm sure if I sit down and look there are quite a few, but the one that springs most to mind is Wizard of Oz, which is probably why I was so impressed with it on Blu versus those who had seen the last DVD.

I had Oz on VHS (twice, regular and the 50th Ann. set), and of course the Ultimate OZ laserdisc box. Just never got around to picking up the DVD.

[Marcus Wright]

I jumped to all my blus from nothing.
I mean I didnt have any format prior to blu-ray.

[Milambian]

Hmm, for me I suppose the first 6 Star Trek films come to mind. I own a beautiful VHS set of the films (the box set that has the Enterprise spanning the VHS spines, with all the VHS housed at a weird angle), but I never bought any of the DVDs aside from the extended version of the first film. I do not own the Blu-rays yet, but I have it planned to be my next purchase.