What were your first VHS/Betamax/Laserdisc/DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray titles?
03-24-08, 01:46 PM
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VHS
Don't Remember
LD
Mortal Kombat
DVD
X-men
HD-DVD
Serenity
Blu-Ray
Apocolypto
Pirates of the Caribbean
Don't Remember
LD
Mortal Kombat
DVD
X-men
HD-DVD
Serenity
Blu-Ray
Apocolypto
Pirates of the Caribbean
03-24-08, 03:04 PM
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VHS - Raiders Of The Lost Ark (One of the first sellthrough titles and in VHS HiFi!)
LD - Criterion Wizard Of Oz
DVD - I got a player for XMAS with a few titles one of which I remember The Usual Suspects
HD DVD - King Kong (with the XBOX add on)
Blu - Nothing yet, but CEOTTK and The Prestige would be two I would buy right away...
LD - Criterion Wizard Of Oz
DVD - I got a player for XMAS with a few titles one of which I remember The Usual Suspects
HD DVD - King Kong (with the XBOX add on)
Blu - Nothing yet, but CEOTTK and The Prestige would be two I would buy right away...
03-24-08, 05:51 PM
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VHS- ET, my mom bought it before we even had a player because it was on sale "for a limited time."
DVD- Terminator 2, the Matrix, and Eraser. There was a 4th that I can't recall, maybe Lethal Weapon 4?
DVD- Terminator 2, the Matrix, and Eraser. There was a 4th that I can't recall, maybe Lethal Weapon 4?
03-24-08, 06:59 PM
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LD: the "discovision" versions of Xanadu and Flash Gordon.
DVD: 12 Monkeys
HD DVD: Hot Fuzz
VHS: I bought so few and yet I can't recall what one was first. Maybe it was Doc Savage Man of Bronze.
DVD: 12 Monkeys
HD DVD: Hot Fuzz
VHS: I bought so few and yet I can't recall what one was first. Maybe it was Doc Savage Man of Bronze.
03-24-08, 07:01 PM
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VHS
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Footloose
Seems Like Old Times
Foul Play
** all for the low price of 39.99 each - full screen to boot!
Beta
none
Laser Disc
Back to the Future Pt. III
Hunt for Red October
** at least they were widescreen versions
DVD
The Mask (free with player)
Seven
My Best Friend's Wedding
** both were replaced with double dips
HD DVD
300 (free with player)
Bourne Identity (free with player)
Transformers
Backdraft
** all that I already had on DVD in case HD DVD went bye-bye
Blu Ray
not yet...
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Footloose
Seems Like Old Times
Foul Play
** all for the low price of 39.99 each - full screen to boot!
Beta
none
Laser Disc
Back to the Future Pt. III
Hunt for Red October
** at least they were widescreen versions
DVD
The Mask (free with player)
Seven
My Best Friend's Wedding
** both were replaced with double dips
HD DVD
300 (free with player)
Bourne Identity (free with player)
Transformers
Backdraft
** all that I already had on DVD in case HD DVD went bye-bye
Blu Ray
not yet...
03-25-08, 05:43 PM
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VHS - I remember when my parents bought our very first VHS player back in 1982; it was $1200! They could only afford to buy 2 movies for it, at $100 a piece - one was Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon", and the other was the very first home video release of "Star Wars".
DVD - First 2 DVDs were "Mystery Men" and "South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut", both favorites of mine!
DVD - First 2 DVDs were "Mystery Men" and "South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut", both favorites of mine!
03-25-08, 06:09 PM
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VHS:
Probably some Godzilla flicks. I started getting the VHS tapes when I was 5.
DVD:
Austin Powers
Friday the 13th part 2
Friday
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Boogie Nights
HD-DVD:
The Thing
300
The Bourne Identity
Transformers
Probably some Godzilla flicks. I started getting the VHS tapes when I was 5.
DVD:
Austin Powers
Friday the 13th part 2
Friday
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Boogie Nights
HD-DVD:
The Thing
300
The Bourne Identity
Transformers
03-25-08, 07:25 PM
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VHS
I'm not 100% certain, but I believe the first VHS tape I purchased with my own money was Dragon Ball Z: Captain Ginyu - Assault.
Betamax
A couple Star Trek season 1 tapes I got off ebay about a year ago.
Laserdisc
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
DVD
Dragon Ball: The Saga of Goku and Dragon Ball Z vol. 1, 2, & 3
HD-DVD
Army of Darkness HD-DVD/DVD combo
Blu-ray
Halloween
I'm not 100% certain, but I believe the first VHS tape I purchased with my own money was Dragon Ball Z: Captain Ginyu - Assault.
Betamax
A couple Star Trek season 1 tapes I got off ebay about a year ago.
Laserdisc
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
DVD
Dragon Ball: The Saga of Goku and Dragon Ball Z vol. 1, 2, & 3
HD-DVD
Army of Darkness HD-DVD/DVD combo
Blu-ray
Halloween
12-03-10, 05:43 PM
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Re: What were your first VHS/Betamax/Laserdisc/DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray titles?
This current thread
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/58...-received.html
made me look up threads about VHS and I found this one. Sorry to revive such an old thread.
VHS
X-Men Creators Choice #1: Night of the Sentinels
X-Men Creators Choice #2: Enter Magneto
X-Men Vol.4: Captive Hearts
X-Men Vol.5: Cold Vengeance
X-Men Vol.6: Slave Island
After that I got some actual films "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle" , "The Fugitive", "Speed", "Indecent Proposal", "Predator", "Predator 2", ect,.
DVD
Godzilla: King of The Monsters
Rodan
Godzilla vs. Mothra
Tenchi Universe: Volume 1
Tenchi Universe: Volume 2
Lots more anime followed before I ever got around to buying actual films.
Blu-ray
Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition (Blu-ray/DVD combo in DVD packaging)
This is still the only Blu-ray that I have. Still haven't watched it as I don't have a Blu-ray player.
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/58...-received.html
made me look up threads about VHS and I found this one. Sorry to revive such an old thread.
VHS
X-Men Creators Choice #1: Night of the Sentinels
X-Men Creators Choice #2: Enter Magneto
X-Men Vol.4: Captive Hearts
X-Men Vol.5: Cold Vengeance
X-Men Vol.6: Slave Island
After that I got some actual films "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle" , "The Fugitive", "Speed", "Indecent Proposal", "Predator", "Predator 2", ect,.
DVD
Godzilla: King of The Monsters
Rodan
Godzilla vs. Mothra
Tenchi Universe: Volume 1
Tenchi Universe: Volume 2
Lots more anime followed before I ever got around to buying actual films.
Blu-ray
Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition (Blu-ray/DVD combo in DVD packaging)
This is still the only Blu-ray that I have. Still haven't watched it as I don't have a Blu-ray player.
12-03-10, 07:38 PM
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Re: What were your first VHS/Betamax/Laserdisc/DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray titles?
Let's see...
VHS: Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1984 (bought $30 used, still have it)
CED Video Disc: Friday the 13th in 1986 (used for $15, long gone)
Laser Disc: Pulp Fiction in 1995 (New $40)
DVD: The Rock ($30)
HD-DVD: The Invasion (Never had a player, it was a DVD combo I bought for $5)
Blu-ray: No Country For Old Men Collector's Edition
VHS: Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1984 (bought $30 used, still have it)
CED Video Disc: Friday the 13th in 1986 (used for $15, long gone)
Laser Disc: Pulp Fiction in 1995 (New $40)
DVD: The Rock ($30)
HD-DVD: The Invasion (Never had a player, it was a DVD combo I bought for $5)
Blu-ray: No Country For Old Men Collector's Edition
12-03-10, 08:01 PM
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Re: What were your first VHS/Betamax/Laserdisc/DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray titles?
Super 8: Sniffles Takes a Trip, starring Sniffles the Mouse (remember him?)
CED: That's Entertainment
VHS: Night of the Living Dead
Beta: I'm not absolutely sure. I bought several MGM/UA titles cheaply (and I bought them BECAUSE they were cheap), only to get home and discover that only one of them was a VHS tape--the rest were Beta. (In my defense, they were all in the oversized clamshell boxes, with only a sticker at the base of the spine noting what the format was.) At the time, I only owned a VHS deck. I think that one of the titles was Strike Up the Band. I dumped them all for a buck each at a garage sale.
Laserdisc: I think it was The Crying Game, a Christmas present from my brother, designed to get me to finally buy a Laserdisc player.
DVD: Scream -- a Christmas present from the aforementioned brother, for the same general reason: to kick-start me into a new home entertainment medium.
HD-DVD: The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy -- they came with the player.
Blu-ray: In the Realm of the Senses -- Criterion Collection
I still own all of these EXCEPT Night of the Living Dead (which I upgraded first to Laserdisc and then DVD), those Beta tapes, and The Crying Game, which I upgraded first to a widescreen Laserdisc and then to DVD.
I own WAY too much crap.
CED: That's Entertainment
VHS: Night of the Living Dead
Beta: I'm not absolutely sure. I bought several MGM/UA titles cheaply (and I bought them BECAUSE they were cheap), only to get home and discover that only one of them was a VHS tape--the rest were Beta. (In my defense, they were all in the oversized clamshell boxes, with only a sticker at the base of the spine noting what the format was.) At the time, I only owned a VHS deck. I think that one of the titles was Strike Up the Band. I dumped them all for a buck each at a garage sale.
Laserdisc: I think it was The Crying Game, a Christmas present from my brother, designed to get me to finally buy a Laserdisc player.
DVD: Scream -- a Christmas present from the aforementioned brother, for the same general reason: to kick-start me into a new home entertainment medium.
HD-DVD: The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy -- they came with the player.
Blu-ray: In the Realm of the Senses -- Criterion Collection
I still own all of these EXCEPT Night of the Living Dead (which I upgraded first to Laserdisc and then DVD), those Beta tapes, and The Crying Game, which I upgraded first to a widescreen Laserdisc and then to DVD.
I own WAY too much crap.
12-03-10, 08:41 PM
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VHS: The first one I remember was something called Superbook, an anime program with Bible themes -- a gift from my super religious aunt, as I recall. I remember receiving ET for Christmas the year it was first released on VHS. Also, the Disney Classics like Bambi and Cinderella.
DVD: The Dark Crystal, EdTV, The Wedding Singer, Starship Troopers, Dark City
Blu-ray: Torchwood: The Complete First Season, Iron Man, Dreamgirls, Pinocchio, Pushing Daises seasons 1 & 2
DVD: The Dark Crystal, EdTV, The Wedding Singer, Starship Troopers, Dark City
Blu-ray: Torchwood: The Complete First Season, Iron Man, Dreamgirls, Pinocchio, Pushing Daises seasons 1 & 2
12-03-10, 11:24 PM
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Re: What were your first VHS/Betamax/Laserdisc/DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray titles?
I don't remember the first VHS our family bought. Probably a Disney release.
DVD: I went to Best Buy on Christmas of 1999 and bought my first DVD player along with Fantasia, Fantasia 2000, and X-Men.
Blu-Ray: I went Blu last Sept. and bought The Dark Knight and Terminator 2.
DVD: I went to Best Buy on Christmas of 1999 and bought my first DVD player along with Fantasia, Fantasia 2000, and X-Men.
Blu-Ray: I went Blu last Sept. and bought The Dark Knight and Terminator 2.
12-04-10, 01:11 AM
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OK, since I upgraded to Blu-Ray...
Watchmen the Ultimate Cut was my first Blu-Ray. It was a HUGE motivation for me to buy the player and make the switch.
Watchmen the Ultimate Cut was my first Blu-Ray. It was a HUGE motivation for me to buy the player and make the switch.
12-04-10, 02:12 AM
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Re: What were your first VHS/Betamax/Laserdisc/DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray titles?
VHS: Alien
Laserdisc: Criterion's 2001 A Space Odyssey
DVD: The Wizard of Oz
Blu-ray: Batman Begins
Laserdisc: Criterion's 2001 A Space Odyssey
DVD: The Wizard of Oz
Blu-ray: Batman Begins
12-04-10, 12:45 PM
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VHS - Godzilla vs Megalon
Even found the same one on amazon http://www.amazon.com/Godzilla-vs-Me.../dp/B0000039ET
Even found the same one on amazon http://www.amazon.com/Godzilla-vs-Me.../dp/B0000039ET
12-04-10, 01:28 PM
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Re: What were your first VHS/Betamax/Laserdisc/DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray titles?
VHS: Appleseed and Project A-ko (I remember the cost too - each was on sale for $34.99 - man, anime costed a lot back then)
DVD: Record of Lodoss War (entire series in one set - this began my DVD addiction)
Blu-ray: Blade Runner (Haven't bought DVD since)
DVD: Record of Lodoss War (entire series in one set - this began my DVD addiction)
Blu-ray: Blade Runner (Haven't bought DVD since)
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12-04-10, 11:15 PM
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Re: What were your first VHS/Betamax/Laserdisc/DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray titles?
VHS:
I don't remember... neither probably Robin Hood: Prince of Thieve, Gremlins 2, Ernest Goes to Camp...
DVD:
Gremlins (1984) with Out of Print
Blu-Ray:
Rambo (2010)
I dont own betamax, laserdisc, & HD-DVD
I don't remember... neither probably Robin Hood: Prince of Thieve, Gremlins 2, Ernest Goes to Camp...
DVD:
Gremlins (1984) with Out of Print
Blu-Ray:
Rambo (2010)
I dont own betamax, laserdisc, & HD-DVD
12-05-10, 06:15 AM
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Re: What were your first VHS/Betamax/Laserdisc/DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray titles?
VHS - Late 1995/Early 1996
Tots TV (I was like 6 months old!)
DVD - Christmas Eve 2003
Christmas With The Simpsons
Blu Ray - June 2010
Star Trek The Movie Trilogy
Star Trek First Contact
Toy Story
Indiana Jones 4
Tots TV (I was like 6 months old!)
DVD - Christmas Eve 2003
Christmas With The Simpsons
Blu Ray - June 2010
Star Trek The Movie Trilogy
Star Trek First Contact
Toy Story
Indiana Jones 4
12-05-10, 07:59 AM
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Re: What were your first VHS/Betamax/Laserdisc/DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray titles?
VHS:
Evil Dead
Evil Dead II
Chinese Connection
Enter the Dragon
LD (bought in Florida in '92, along with the player):
See No Evil (1971)
Streamers (Altman)
The Fruit Machine (weird movie)
DVD:
Can't remember first.
Evil Dead
Evil Dead II
Chinese Connection
Enter the Dragon
LD (bought in Florida in '92, along with the player):
See No Evil (1971)
Streamers (Altman)
The Fruit Machine (weird movie)
DVD:
Can't remember first.