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[Blacklion]

Panasonic

Sleepy Hollow

 

[Brian Fellows]

May of 2000. I bought it with some of my graduation money. I bought Blade, The 13th Warrior, Aliens, and Idle Hands with it.

 

[Teddman]

 

[signet]

late 1997 early 1998

Later I got a Pioneer DV-414 DVD Player

 

[tedtropy]

Launch PS2 as a Christmas Present and the incredibly awesome Fight Club DVD set. Perhaps that was a mistake, as I henceforth expected all DVD sets to be that comprehensive. Whoops.

 

[norinrad21]

My first DVD player, was a SHINCO, bought it from one of those HK sites, unfortunately it died after a year or so :lol

first dvd was Bubble Gum crisis

 

[DCX]

I bought an Emerson DVD player and my first DVD/s was an Action 4 Pack that included: Dumb and Dumber, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Spawn and Mortal Kombat Annihilation.

DCX

 

[Cerebral Palsy]

Bought my first dvd player the day Fight Club came out. Fight Club was my first dvd.

 

[djtiesto]

2-3 years ago, not sure what it was.

EDIT: Oh wait, it was Princess Mononoke.

Yeah, my first movie was Princess Mononoke as well, I got that before I got a DVD player ... first DVD player was PS2, Xmas 2001. Though my brother had one on his computer earlier.

 

[MASB]

Christmas 2002. The first DVD I watched on it was Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition.

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

I got my first one in 1997, and it was $750. No really, it was very top-of-the-line for it's time. My first DVD...well, I bought about 8 movies so there were a few, though I'd have to say Austin Powers is what impressed me the most at the time.

I remember a web site called DVDresource, and it was great, almost better than thedigitalbits. Too bad the guy was hated out of the site. Another good site is dvdfile.com, but they're getting as bad as digitialbits now.

 

[pestul]

PC DVD-ROM in 99'.. first film was The Matrix.

 

[somnific]

ps2 in '01, first dvd was the shawshank redemption.

 

[CurlySaysX]

PS2 in 2000 i think... and Dumb and Dumber was my first DVD movie.

 

[distantmantra]

I had a DVD player in my PC since 1998, but during that time the only DVDs I ever purchased were South Park: BLU and The Matrix.

I bought my first player during the summer of 2000 for $350; the first DVDs I got for it were Evangelion vol. 1 and Magnolia.

 

[AlphaSnake]

I got one in 1999 and my first DVD was The Matrix. Wasn't that the official First DVD for everyone?

Same.

 

[Mugen]

Mine is the Matrix also. Old Panasonic model...

 

[ConfusingJazz]

First was in '99, first dvd was the matrix (official first must-have dvd).

Amazing, my family now has more dvd players then we EVER had VCRs. I have 2 in my appartment. One hell of a successful medium.

 

[The Interrobanger]

First Player: 1999
First DVDs: City Of Lost Children and Brazil Criterion

 

[moist]

1999

I think got Apollo 13 with it but i can't really remeber

 

[Drensch]

I bought Matrix on dvd when it first came out(I got a sick ass deal), I bought a dvd player a few years later a Pioneer 343, in 2002.

 

[mrklaw]

first was a pioneer dv505 around 1995 - awesome first player, and I self modded it to be region selectable. Actually bought it in Japan for cheap because no one was buying them at the time. Cost me about £150, which was really cheap back then.

First DVD I think was LA Confidential, or possibly Terminator 2 from Japan.

Now have a philips 963SA, which i upgraded to for PAL progressive scan. And its lovely.

 

[stonedwal]

First player was the PS2 in 2000, first DVD was Gladiator.

 

[samus4ever]

1998 and the Matrix. I remeber when I bought it people were like, "woah" a dvd is being bought.

 

[Kefkaff]

First DVD player was in.. 2000 or 2001. I forget. First DVD was Star Wars: Episode 1

 

[heavy liquid]

I bought a ProScan DVD player in 1998 ($400! It's amazing how cheap they are, now!).

I don't remember what the first DVD was that I bought, though. I think it was either The Killer or Hard Boiled (both Criterion).

I just bought a Zenith DVB318 DVD player. Upconverts to 1080i via DVI or component, plays all region and converts PAL to NTSC. Love it. And it cost about a third of my first player.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

it was some Toshiba player from Costco, for around $300 or so in '99 iirc. First DVD was Tombstone.

 

[Solid]

PS2

The Matrix or Gladiator I think...

 

[Error Macro]

First half of 2000, I don't remember exactly which month, but I think it was April or May. A Sony 550, for $450. First DVD I bought was the Army Of Darkness Limited Edition, from some guy on eBay. Before I even had a player. In fact, I bought a DVD player mostly because of that DVD set. First DVD I bought in a store was Suicide Kings at Wal*Mart for 7 bucks. When everything else was 20+, that seemed like a great deal.

 

[Comfort_Eagle]

PS2

First movie was the Rushmore Criterion Collection.

 

[element]

Toshiba SD-2109 in late 98

First DVDs I got: