^I don't think that's the point, though.
DVD was a nice step up from VHS and SVHS in terms of audio/video quality but what your average consumer mostly got was not pixels.
It was the convenience of having a medium that was much more durable and did not degrade with time. It was the convenience of navigating episodes, scenes and extra content through a visual menu instead of having to deal with time counters. It was the availability of multiple audio tracks and subtitles. It was the convenience of never having to worry about rewinding.
Blu-Ray added a few niceties in this sense (PIP multi-streaming, overlay and richer interface) and of course it added greater audio/video fidelity. But for the average consumer it's still by all means a nice update to the DVD format, not something radically new.
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