What made you go High-def?

[Matt89]

I thought this would make for an interesting topic. For those of you who have made the transition over to blu-ray/HD-DVD (even though it's dead), what initially convinced you to make the transition to high definition? Or, was there a certain title that made you go high definition?

For me, honestly...The Searchers did it. The comparisons over at DVDbeaver.com between the standard def edition and the blu-ray of The Searchers convinced me how much better high definition looked. (And for a film from 1956? My God. I'd compare it to recent films on blu-ray it looks so good.) So, I guess for me it was a bunch of blu-ray reviews over at DVDbeaver, the review for The Searchers in particular.

I remember telling myself, "Yeah I'll only get a few movies on blu-ray." But, I find that now I'm getting almost EVERY new movie I buy on blu-ray. It just looks so much better, such a noticeable difference (about 98% of the time) over an upscaled 480p DVD. Some upscaled DVDs DO actually look fantastic, but it's a hit-or-miss most of the time.

~Matt