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| DroidKnight said: I have never purchased a digital movie. I've watched tv using cable and satellite in the past, but now only have an antennae hooked up for my local stations. I purchase my tv series and movies on disc. Like my video game collection, I have many series still wrapped in plastic but will be able to watch once I start into my retirement. My first dvd movie to ever purchase was Waterworld in 1996, one of the first dvd movies ever made. (Still have it.). I've only added to the collection from there on. My last 2 purchases was 2 days ago for Pixels, and Ready Player 1, still waiting to arrive (Blu ray). |
Very nice DVD/BR collection, but you are probably off one or two years with your first DVD.
The first DVD-players in the USA were launched 03/31/1997:
The first batch of 15 US-DVD movies (region code 1) was released one week earlier by Warner and MGM on March 26, 1997.
These were:
- A Time to Kill
- Blade Runner
- Eraser
- Goodfellas
- Interview with the Vampire
- The Road Warrior
- Se7en
- The Birdcage
- The Bridges of Madison County
- The Fugitive
- The Mask
- The Wizard of Oz
- Twister
- Unforgiven
- Woodstock
Your Waterworld DVD was released in December 1997... my friend bought that DVD release, too. I bought the DTS version in Spring 1999:
So you probably started to collect DVDs at the same time as me and my friends... early 1998.
We bought our first DVD player together in April 1998, modded it to be region-free and placed our first order of US-DVDs:
| Air Force One |
| Blade Runner (Director's Cut) |
| Con Air |
| Contact |
| Crimson Tide |
| Dune |
| From Dusk till Dawn |
| Léon: The Professional |
| Waterworld |
While waiting for that import to arrive, all we had to watch was "Twelve Monkeys" (the first German DVD release):
In June 1998 we bought the German DVD release of "A Few Good Men" and the second parcel with imported US-DVDs arrived:
| Assassins |
| Backdraft |
| Highlander (Director's Cut) |
| Man in the Iron Mask, The |
| Sphere |
In July 1998 we bought the German DVD releases of "Knocking on Heaven's Door" + "Outbreak" and the third parcel with imported US-DVDs arrived:
| Eraser |
| Judge Dredd |
| Last Boy Scout, The |
| Mask, The |
| Postman, The |
| True Romance |
| U.S. Marshals |
| Universal Soldier |
In August 1998 we bought the German DVD release of "Mars Attacks!" and the fourth parcel with imported US-DVDs arrived:
| Assignment, The |
| Executive Decision |
| Face/Off |
| Jackal, The |
| Passenger 57 |
| Stargate |
| Starship Troopers |
| Under Siege |
