What was your first DVD?

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  1. AKA

    AKA Senior Member Thread Starter

    Thought this would make a great thread for the SH Forums. Mine were "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut," "Mallrats," and "American Pie," which I bought at the same time in January, 2000 (two weeks before I got my first player).
     
  2. Steve-oh

    Steve-oh Senior Member

    Location:
    Michigan, USA
    Fight Club, special edition, bought it about six weeks before I got my DVD player, in the fall of 2000. Glad I did considering the prices it's getting on eBay now.
     
  3. Gary

    Gary Nauga Gort! Staff

    Location:
    Toronto
    Phantom of the Paradise!

    Purchased before I got a DVD player!
     
  4. Steve Hoffman

    Steve Hoffman Your host Your Host

    Nancy Sinatra "Movin' With Nancy". She gave it to me long before I had a player.
     
  5. ZIPGUN99

    ZIPGUN99 Active Member

    "Invaders From Mars" the Tobe Hooper remake.
     
  6. JohnG

    JohnG PROG now in Dolby ATMOS!

    Location:
    Long Island NY
    The Eagles: Hell Freezes Over DTS dvd.

    I remember playing this on my new DVD player (at the time it was a Toshiba 2109) directly to my TV because my Family Room was being constructed and that was the only way to see if the DVD player worked.
    I remember it sounding damn good just thru the TV speakers.

    Wet my appetite to hear it in full DTS glory thru my Denon etc. once the room was completed!
     
  7. Tyler

    Tyler Senior Member

    Location:
    Hawaii
    Yellow Submarine, bought it before I bought my DVD player!
     
  8. reechie

    reechie Senior Member

    Location:
    Baltimore
    Picked up the five Paramount Marx Brothers titles, just before they went out of print, pretty much on the same weekend we got our first DVD player.

    Also got the Beany & Cecil disc that weekend as well.
     
  9. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    A Hard Days Night....
     
  10. Cliff

    Cliff Magic Carpet Man

    Location:
    Northern CA
    I bought my first 10-12 before I even had a DVD player! I think my first three were:
    Meet Joe Black, The Perfect Storm, and Total Recall.
     
  11. aashton

    aashton Here for the waters...

    Location:
    Gortshire, England
    For the life of me I can't remember - I know it was Spring '98 and suspect that Blade Runner was amongst the first batch. There were no Region 2 films at the time and so everything had to be imported - either personally or via a laserdisc shop (the shops weren't allowed to sell them directly to you but could order on your behalf ;) ).

    Another place I would order from was www.dvdexpress.com which later became www.dvd.com - my customer number was very low and I remember that they used to list all the movies by letter and your could scroll through the whole catalogue :)

    All the best - Andrew
     
  12. Mike Dow

    Mike Dow I kind of like the music

    Location:
    Bangor, Maine
    Me too! I bought the DVD in Sept. 99 and the player in Feb 00. Why did I wait so long?
     
  13. Mick Jones

    Mick Jones Senior Member

    Well the first DVD that I bought was D.A. Pennebaker's Don't Look Back from a Canadian internet retailer when I ordered my DVD player, but as that hadn't arrived when the player did I went out and bought P.T. Anderson's Magnolia locally.
     
  14. Andrew

    Andrew Chairman of the Bored


    Ditto, although it was a rental in my case. Glad I saved my $$$ on that one! :sigh:
     
  15. jeendicott

    jeendicott Senior Member

    My first DVD player was built into my IBM Powerbook. It was a brand new technology, and my first disc was "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."
     
  16. Roland Stone

    Roland Stone Offending Member

    Mine was UNBREAKABLE. I pretty much buy DVDs only if I'm have to write an article for the college's monthly insert into the local papers, so I've bought UNBREAKABLE, AT CLOSE RANGE, THE COLOR OF MONEY, MOSQUITO COAST, and ROB ROY. It's tough to write a lengthy review without giving away the ending or important plot twists!
     
  17. Hawklord

    Hawklord Senior Member

    My first was "Ghost In The Shell"
     
  18. Claus

    Claus Senior Member

    Location:
    Germany
    Pulp Fiction
     
  19. lsupro

    lsupro King of Ignorers

    Location:
    Rocklin, CA
    The Godfather Set - Movie
    L.A. Woman - Doors - DVD-A
     
  20. AJH

    AJH Senior Member

    Location:
    PA Northern Tier
    Forbidden Planet.
     
  21. Soundman

    Soundman Senior Member

    Location:
    U.K. / U.S.
    Yellow Submarine was my first dvd... Went through several different brands of players within a week or so just to watch it without nasty pixelation or stuttering. (back when dvd players were not up to scratch)

    Was overjoyed to have finally got through the entire thing in the end though! :)
     
  22. ybe

    ybe The Lawnmower Man

    Amadeus
     
  23. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    Pink Floyd's "The Wall"
     
  24. japes

    japes Senior Member

    Location:
    richmond, va
    I purchased a computer in Jan. '99 that had a DVD-ROM built into it. I thought that a bunch of DVD-related software would follow. It didn't (guess I should have invested in a CD burner instead).

    My first DVD around that time I believe was "The Negotiator" followed by "The Last Emperor - Director's Cut" and the Criterion "Armageddon," (how's that for variety).

    I bought my first dedicated DVD player in June '99 (2nd generation Proscan) and I'm still using it.
     
  25. SamS

    SamS Forum Legend

    Location:
    Texas
    I think mine was Eric Clapton Unplugged and The Road Warrior sometime in late 1996 or Jan.1997.

    I remember not even being able to find a Blockbuster to rent DVD movies at. My local Best Buy had about a 12' section of discs at the time.

    It's tough being an early adopter :).............
     
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