What was your first DVD?

[AKA]

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).

[Steve-oh]

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.

[Gary]

Phantom of the Paradise!

Purchased before I got a DVD player!

[Steve Hoffman]

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

[ZIPGUN99]

"Invaders From Mars" the Tobe Hooper remake.

[JohnG]

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!

[Tyler]

Yellow Submarine, bought it before I bought my DVD player!

[reechie]

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.

[Michael]

A Hard Days Night....

[Cliff]

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.

[aashton]

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

[Mike Dow]

Originally posted by Pretzel Logic79
Yellow Submarine, bought it before I bought my DVD player!

Me too! I bought the DVD in Sept. 99 and the player in Feb 00. Why did I wait so long?

[Mick Jones]

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.

[Andrew]

Originally posted by Michael
A Hard Days Night....


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

[jeendicott]

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."

[Ron Stone]

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!

[Hawklord]

My first was "Ghost In The Shell"

[Claus]

Pulp Fiction

[lsupro]

The Godfather Set - Movie
L.A. Woman - Doors - DVD-A

[AJH]

Forbidden Planet.

[Soundman]

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! :)

[ybe]

Amadeus

[Grant]

Pink Floyd's "The Wall"

[japes]

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.

[SamS]

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 :).............