I had a good VHS collection, and I bought a few DVDs. Maybe 10 at the most. And some of those were gifts. I got into netflix right out of the gate, and it seemed kind of like a waste of money to buy something. Especially since, like Jiarn says, I realized I never watched any of them anyway.
Also, wouldn't it be fairer to judge VHS by its endpoint, not it's beginning? More like how does it feel to be living in I don't know...2000? After all recording fidelity and read heads improved significantly over the years.