What was your very first DVD? (1 Viewer)

[RobertM.Fleming]

first disk I ever bought was a used copy of Princess Mononoke. It was just a few weeks after release and I was surprised to see

A. stores selling used DVD's.

and B. someone would have sold this already.

...so with no DVD player to my name at all, I snatched it up...

all downhill from that point on...

 

[Jacob McCraw]

The first "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and "2001: A Space Odyssey" discs were bought in 1999 when I got my first player for Christmas that year.

Both titles have since been upgraded and I'm on my third player.

 

[Paul McElligott]

I actually got four movies for my birthday in 1999, which was about a week or two before I bought my player. It's been so long that I forgot but I think they might have been:

Aliens: Special Edition
The Right Stuff (The original two-sided snapper, since replaced)
Silverado (The old, incorrectly framed version, since replaced)
2001 (The old, non-anamorphic MGM version, since replaced)

I also got one disk when I bought my player, the original two-sided Blazing Saddles, since replaced.

 

[Jeff_Standley]

Lethal Weapon 3
Good Will Hunting

 

[Kevin M]

My first DVD was Night of the Living Dead (UAV)

I got my Pioneer LD/DVD combo player in late 96 or early 97...but there were absolutely NO DVD's available in the area for the longest time...this was the first one I found around May (at Best Buy in the CD section!) and let me tell you it is pure crap, here is what The Digital Bits had to say about it:


He ain't lying folks! It sucks, but it was the first one I ever owned so I have kept it for posterity.

...also the Pioneer DVL-700 player is still going strong after 9 years, I watch LD's on it often.

 

[Mark Zimmer]

Batman was my first DVD--it was my first VHS purchase too. I bought Batman, then acquired Blazing Saddles and two other titles that escape me now before purchasing my first player.

 

[Christopher_H]

The Matrix made me go out and buy a DVD player since it wasn't available on VHS (except for rentals).

 

[TommyT]

Ah, the memories: December, 2000: Bought my 1st player, a Sony that cost about $300. (I've since upgraded to a Sony 5-disc carousel that cost half what the old one did.) By then I'd already decided that Gladiator would be the 1st DVD I'd buy.

 

[Ruz-El]

What a difference a year makes! I now have over 700 titles, and no wife! No regrets.

Oh, I kept "Hurricane", ain't I a dog?

 

[Sam Davatchi]

Oh my God! I'm here with a bunch of late adopters! My first DVD was Goldeneye and T2! The T2 DVD is kind of a collector piece now!

 

[Mike Wadkins]

twister for r2 in 1999 before i had a player

 

[Scott Simonian]

I think it was April of 98'. I got a $400 gift certificate for my birthday. My parents knew I wanted a dvd player so that is what it was for.

Remember when the [rant]cheapest[/rant] dvd players were $400? (!!!) Holy cow!

Anyway, I bought two movies when I got mine. I bought the Fifth Element (still haven't gotten the Superbit) and Long Kiss Goodnight.

Less than four weeks later the first dvd player with dts digital out came out. It was a Panasonic. They had the "cheap" one that I traded my Toshiba for and the $600 version that had component video and a jog dial. Wow.

Times have changed.

 

[Joe Karlosi]

Early adopter here. First disc was THE EXORCIST, in March 1997 (the first edition; I'm sure there'll be even more).

 

[Greg_S_H]

The Searchers and the original Gone With the Wind disc.

 

[Kevin M]

Well you're all a bunch of wet behind the ears punks , after talking about the UAV NOTLD DVD I thought I would pop it in for the hell of it & it turns out that I kept the receipt in the case for some reason, 2/18/97.

What was the second disc you guys bought? Mine was either Taxi Driver, Blade Runner or Seven.

 

[Jeff Briggs]

My first DVD purchased/ posted to me was R1 Spartacus
January 28,1999. I wanted to ensure that when I finally got a DVD player it was multi-zone. Didn't actually get the player until March as supplies came direct from Tokyo & were very slow. It was quite some time before I started buying R4 DVDs.

 

[Kenneth Bova]

My first DVD was Bottle Rocket in August '99. When I saw that this film was available on DVD (and in widescreen!), I knew I had to get a DVD player. So I bought this one day, then got my player the next. The disc doesn't even have one special feature, but it's still one of my favorite and most watched DVDs.

 

[Chris S]

O'yea! The Panasonic A-120. I saved for months before its release so I could get one. I was in college at the time so that was quite a challenge. Man, this thread really takes me back and I'm only 27!

Anyone else remember the early threads about hunting down DVDs locally? I remember reading about the New York group that would gather on the weekends and scaur stores looking for various titles. O' those were the days....

Just imagine 8 years from now the "What was your very first hi-def DVD" thread or "What was your very last DVD".

 

[JohnTRU]

My first were three that came with my player when I bought it in 2001;

'Die Hard'
'X-Men'
'There's Something About Mary'

The first title I actually bought myself was 'Year of the Horse'

That same player has only just died, but I suppose that's what you can expect when you literally don't turn it off for two years...

 

[Larry Bevil]

My first dvd title was "In The Line Of Fire" in May 1997.