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What was your first VHS/DVD/Blu-Ray?

May 13, 2012 1:39 AM

VHS: ET
DVD: Time Bandits
Blu-Ray: Still haven't purchased one.

kmeltzer kmeltzer

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Vhs: Indiana Jones and raiders of the lost ark
DVD: can't remember
Bluray: spiderman 3. Don't judge me, it came free with the ps3.

okham okham
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VHS: The Terminator
DVD: Die Hard
Blu Ray: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

tarasadies tarasadies
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VHS: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
DVD: Emperor's Net Groove (Or maybe it was Three Amigos -- Can't remember)
Blu-Ray: Planet Earth (bought on the same day after seeing a deal here on deals.woot)

I never purchased any movies until I had my own place and couldn't watch Dad's anymore.

btw, where's the love for Laser Disc? Sheesh!

capguncowboy capguncowboy
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VHS: Way too many to specify.
DVD: See above answer.
Blu-Ray: Still haven't tasted the Kool-Aid.

Nice question for the younger crowd though!

jsimsace jsimsace
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@capguncowboy: I remember those. Looked like a CD the size of a 33 vinyl? I always used to wonder who bought those when I would see them in Tower Records...

okham okham
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I'll add a format, too.

VHS: Can't remember, probably something from Columbia House.
Laserdisc: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
DVD: The Matrix, I think.
Bluray: Spiderman 3, it was free with the PS3. Unfortunately, the PS3 died a while ago.

mistamoose mistamoose
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VHS: Don't remember but possibly "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".
DVD: LA Story
Bluray: Firefly

gt0163c gt0163c
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VHS: Ghostbusters
DVD: The Matrix
Blu-ray: Iron Man

mattyjrpi mattyjrpi
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VHS: No idea
DVD: The Matrix
Blu-Ray: none yet

baqui63 baqui63
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Not too sure on my answers as it's tough to remember, but

VHS (that I personally owned, not counting what my family had): She's All That. Birthday present from sister. I don't even really like that movie. I think the first one I bought was Ten Things I Hate About You.

DVD: Pretty sure it was Baz Luhrmann's Red Curtain Trilogy (William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge, Strictly Ballroom) which I mostly got for Moulin Rouge. I just checked and I've got that on VHS too.

Blu-Ray: No player yet so haven't gotten any.

We first had Beta growing up though... mostly stuff taped off TV. Cartoons, and the Ewok movies, and I think my Dad had bought some of the Indiana Jones movies too.

kc6201 kc6201
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VHS: I don't recall, but I think the first one I bought (and that I didn't receive as a gift) was Disney's The Little Mermaid (don't judge me).
DVD: The Matrix
Blu Ray : The Fifth Element

eepeep eepeep
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@capguncowboy: I was glad to see your mention of laser discs....I wondered why they weren't included...lol! I'm thinking an 8-trac question should pop up soon!

cindihoward cindihoward
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VHS: Aliens
DVD: Spies Like Us
HD-DVD: Stardust
Blurry: Band of Brothers

samstag samstag
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1st VHS: no idea
1st DVD: Dark City
1st HD-DVDs: We Were Soldiers and Serenity
1st Blu-Ray: Dark City Directors Cut

sykl0ps sykl0ps
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Only one I remember was DVD. It was some weird U2 Joshua Tree "Behind the Scenes" movie about the album. I think it was made by VH1 and it was actually really really good for true "behind the scene" stuff. Not just some promotional nonsense you see now-a-days.

bonoman bonoman
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VHS: No clue
DVD: Twister & Godzilla
Blu-ray: Crank

raj316 raj316
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VHS - Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition
DVD - Star Wars Episode II
Blu-Ray - Transformers

These were the first I bought on my own.

sclark89 sclark89
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VHS: E.T.
DVD: Goodfellas (purchased before I even owned a DVD player!)
Blu-ray: Can't recall! (You'd think I'd remember the more recent of the media purchases ...)

danthonyross danthonyross
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VHS: ET
DVD: Ronin
HD DVD: The Bourne Identity
Blu-Ray- Toy Story and Toy Story 2 (came out on the same day).

thenightflier thenightflier
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VHS: Purple Rain (no snickering, please)
DVD: Pulp Fiction
Blu-Ray: Gladiator

I redeemed myself with the last two. Although I still find myself NOT skipping over "When Doves Cry" or "Let's Go Crazy" when they show up in the shuffle queue.

bbdickso1 bbdickso1
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VHS: ET
DVD: The Best of Monty Python;s Flying Circus
Bluray: Moon (bought for my husband)

tippypaws tippypaws
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VHS: Something Disney for the kids. Bought a bunch, they were stolen, along with the VCR (and the stereo).
DVD: Beaches, for the wife (Actually was before we got the DVD player).
Blue Ray: not yet.

olperfesser olperfesser
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Anybody remember videodiscs? NOT laserdiscs - they were like LPs in a big flat cartridge, and you had to flip them over halfway through the movie?

Well, I had the '70s Spider-Man TV movie on videodisc. My family rented it, and then the place we rented it from went out of business, so I got to keep it.

jason toon jason toon
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@jason toon: I remember we first rented a VCR (from a place called Curtis Mathis) because at the time they were too expensive to buy, and I think my parents weren't sure if VHS or Beta was better.

Anyways.. wasn't the videodisc the precursor to a laserdisc? I thought laserdiscs were cool when they came out. They were big, but it had something to do with lasers! And, to a younger boy... lasers are cool.

kmeltzer kmeltzer
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Laser Disc: Billy Squier
Beta: The Towering Inferno (used)
VHS: Never really bought any
DVD: Twister
HD DVD: The Last Samurai
Blu-ray disc: RV

Yes, "videodiscs" (actually, the RCA CED format) were a competitor to Laser Discs from 1981-1985.

chrisw6atv chrisw6atv
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Beta: Platoon
VHS: Public Domain (skate video)
DVD: Pulp Fiction
Blu-Ray: Shaun of the Dead

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