What was your first DVD? (1 Viewer)

[Greg*go]

I actually sped up my DVD player purchase just because Snatch came out a month earlier on on DVD then on VHS. I remember I walked into the store and was completely baffled by the fact that it wasn't on VHS. I bought the DVD that night, then a player 2 days later.

The reason I ask is because it was my birthday yesterday, and I remembered about 2 birthdays was when I started going for a DVD collection (which has a whole 30 titles now!)

So, what was everyone elses first experience with this format?

 

[Rain]

Fasten your seatbelts, we're off to the Polls Area. This one is a classic.
My first DVD purchased was American Beauty. I don't remember what my first DVD watched was. I had a few already by the time I bought my player.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

I purchased Tomorrow Never Dies (regular edition) and Starship Troopers along with my first DVD player way back in September, 1998. The funny thing is that I still have that Sony DVD player in our master bedroom, but both DVD titles have been replaced with special editions.

 

[John Garcia]

The Fifth Element back in '97 and watched on my 1st gen Panny A300U.
The first one I watched was Blade Runner.

 

[Mark C Sherman]

I Bought Super Speedway as a demo disc for work. 2 months later I Bought my DVD player Panasonic DVDA110. Still works to this day almost 5 years Later. Have since Got a better DVD player. total now about 175 and holding

 

[Jay H]

Not sure about purchased, but when I got my Panasonic A-120U (the newer version without the bad firmware), I got some GC to Suncoast video which I used to buy Tomorrow Never Dies and The Fifth Element based on the reviews here...
Jay

 

[AllanN]

First movie watched: Top Gun
First movie rented: The Negotiator
First movie purchased: The Graduate

 

[Trevor Harveaux]

I bought my DVD player to watch Criterion Brazil (ordered from Amazon), but they first DVD I bought with my player was Cruel Intentions.

 

[Donald Shrum]

I bought Fifth element and outbreak.

 

[Jason Wilcox]

memento

 

[Antonio_B]

well the first DVD that i bought was Resident Evil,it was on the same day that i bought my new DVD player;Sony DVPNS415.

 

[Dave Falasco]

I rented a DVD player and The Mask of Zorro when I got my first digital receiver. I had ordered a Toshiba SD-2109 player, but it hadn't come in yet and I couldn't wait, so I went to Hollywood Video (the only store within 50 miles that had DVDs for rent) and rented Zorro along with a 2108 player. When my 2109 finally came in, I picked it up and grabbed The Matrix on the way home. Now, some 200 DVDs later, those are still two of my favorites.

 

[Dave Poehlman]

After one Christmas, I was half-heartedly complaining how everyone one else in the office got a DVD player and I didn't. Well, they all pitched in and bought me one as a recognition gift for some project work I had done.

Anyway.. I believe I bought "Gladiator" on sale at Sam's Club after borrowing a few titles from friends.

The first movie I watched on DVD was "The Mummy".

 

[DonRoeber]

I had bought The Matrix before I had a player. When I bought my player, I bought Clerks and Armageddon CC with it.

 

[Patrick_S]

Hoosiers which I bought off Ebay since it was OOP at the time.

 

[Steven K]

For me, it was "Contact" and "Starship Troopers." Target had a deal going, buy a player and get two free movies. So, I paid $400 for a Toshiba 1st gen player (in Aug 98) and got the two movies. Within 2 weeks of that, I had a couple of friends who then bought players as well.

 

[Neil Joseph]

The Arrival (June 1997)....

off to polls

 

[Pat Ford]

Fargo - In the absolutely awful Polygram disk mangler case. I think this package goes down in history as the absolute worst design of all time. Although I've long moved the disk to a different case, I still keep the original abomination for posterity.

 

[Lew Crippen]

Silence of the Lambs, Criterion edition was the first I owned. Dusk to Dawn was the first I saw.

 

[Scott Dautel]

Got my Pioneer DV-500 in July '97 (still spinning away today). Had to drive to North NJ for DVD's (one of the national test market areas). There were only 8 titles out initially. My first was Eraser