No BBC=Anger
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Who remembers at college or whatever of passing out during the night and slowly waking up in the morning or during the night to hear the menu music playing over and over in a loop. Good times.
28 years ago the First DVD players were released in the US
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HRK69
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That’s unbelievably specific. I'm genuinely shocked lol
Aesius
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I'm surprised the site is still up. It's from when the vast majority of people still actually watched DVDs, lol. Think I saw it on reddit in like 2011.
Hollywood Hitman
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I miss those days so much, nuts how long ago now it's all been but physical was always more fun no matter what, seeing your collections was always so memorable
swaffles23
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I was still renting VHS at that time. I didn't get my first blu ray player until the PS2 launched. I remember Final Destination was the first DVD I ever bought
Alex Anderson
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I don't remember my first DVD ;_;
San Dan Glokta
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Probably Shrek
Hollywood Hitman
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What sucks tho is i can remember when we had betamax, in a dinosaur. But VHS for me was probably the most overall memorable times, was my whole childhood.
Gamerfan81
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Like most people at this forum, the ps2 was the first dvd player. I believed my parents bought those combination VHS/DVD player combos in the early 2000s.
Then the DVD would become obsolete with blu-ray, now streaming and going all digital is taking over. Ah, time flies.
Then the DVD would become obsolete with blu-ray, now streaming and going all digital is taking over. Ah, time flies.
Doom85
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My first DVD:
LOTR: Return of the King
I was on a limited college budget in 2004, had gotten a GameCube instead of a PS2 (wouldn’t get the latter until 2007), and so I only finally got a DVD playing device when I went off to a college with a new PC my parents got for me. So my DVD spending was very limited, probably only owned a dozen during my time off at college, but still had some films I greatly enjoyed and rewatched a ton:
LOTR: Return of the King
I was on a limited college budget in 2004, had gotten a GameCube instead of a PS2 (wouldn’t get the latter until 2007), and so I only finally got a DVD playing device when I went off to a college with a new PC my parents got for me. So my DVD spending was very limited, probably only owned a dozen during my time off at college, but still had some films I greatly enjoyed and rewatched a ton:
The Lunch Legend
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief and Nosiest Dildo Archeologist
I love this kind of stuff, lol
Those initial prices for standalone players were insane!
Those initial prices for standalone players were insane!
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The Lunch Legend
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief and Nosiest Dildo Archeologist
Robot Carnival
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this topic is already making me feel old. and the fact that the ad in the OP was from Circuit City REALLY give me that extra kick in the gut.
I can't remember what my first DVD or player was but I know the PS2 was there in my home eventually. I still have a bunch of movie DVDs stored away in a box too. hell, I'm pretty sure I can find some VHS tapes somewhere if I look.
I can't remember what my first DVD or player was but I know the PS2 was there in my home eventually. I still have a bunch of movie DVDs stored away in a box too. hell, I'm pretty sure I can find some VHS tapes somewhere if I look.
StreetsofBeige
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Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
I know some people are still passionate collectors, if that's what you like I am not throwing shade - but it seems crazy to think about how everybody, and I mean everybody, had a collection of specific movies in their houses to watch.
Like looking through a bookshelf you could go to someone's house and get a snapshot of their tastes with a glance at the shelves in their living room. You'd expect to see that when you visited, completely normal.
Now, you might even be surprised to see it.
I wonder how many millions of discs there are floating around charity (goodwill) shops and how many are in landfill. When you consider it wouldn't be crazy for any house you visit to have a hundred films on disc, the scale of the waste created must be pure insanity.
Like looking through a bookshelf you could go to someone's house and get a snapshot of their tastes with a glance at the shelves in their living room. You'd expect to see that when you visited, completely normal.
Now, you might even be surprised to see it.
I wonder how many millions of discs there are floating around charity (goodwill) shops and how many are in landfill. When you consider it wouldn't be crazy for any house you visit to have a hundred films on disc, the scale of the waste created must be pure insanity.
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
I bought my first DVD player around 1999. Went out and bought a few DVDs at the same day to start a collection.
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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Dr Cowley
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Loved the players from the 2000s that were able to play anything like mp3 discs and picture CDs. I have CD wallets full of burned disc with mpeg and divx files of metal vids, anime and justice league cartoons. And if a film was longer than 76 mins you could chop the file in 2 and bang it 2 discs.
DVD burners were expensive for a while but CD burners were dirt cheap.
As for DVDs I bought, I'm sure first one was street fighter the animated movie
DVD burners were expensive for a while but CD burners were dirt cheap.
As for DVDs I bought, I'm sure first one was street fighter the animated movie
Putonahappyface
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I probably had 300 DVD's. Traded them all in towards Blu-ray's and rinse and repeat for 4K UHD's.
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AJUMP23
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You are the ideal consumer for hollywood.
I probably had 300 DVD's. Traded them all in towards Blu-ray's and rinse and repeat for 4K UHD's.
I ripped all mine and put them on my plex server
Putonahappyface
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Not anymore. All of the content I buy now are films remastered in 4k UHD from the 1980's to early 2000's.
Windle Poons
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
The easter eggs were the best finding those hidden gems.
The soundtracks playing in the trailers weren’t necessarily on the movie soundtracks, I learned.
Mitsurux
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With VHS it was so cool to be able to own copies of movies, the jump to DVD was just unbelievable at the time, Image quality, QoL features, additional Special Features, multiple Audio tracks, sometimes separate cuts of movies on same disc... was truly a next gen step in home video.
1st DVD i think i ever watched was Gladiator
I currently still have my SONY (RDR-VX555 i think that is the model can check when home) VHS/DVD Player/Recorder hooked up to my main TV (Up-scales to 1080p with HDMI out, sound via Digital coax)
1st DVD i think i ever watched was Gladiator
I currently still have my SONY (RDR-VX555 i think that is the model can check when home) VHS/DVD Player/Recorder hooked up to my main TV (Up-scales to 1080p with HDMI out, sound via Digital coax)
Aesius
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Agreed. It's a shame that 16:9 480p CRTs never really caught on. I remember seeing some in the mid-00s when HDTVs were still extremely expensive. But they were perfect for DVDs.
StreetsofBeige
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When Blockbusters started closing up, one BB store near my old place promoted buying any DVD you got for $4. I have no idea what they did with them. Maybe they tried flipping them for $10 asap at store or online. I dont know but the store closed up for good not long after. I dumped off some old cruddy DVDs, probably got $50 and bought whatever newer stuff they had.
It was flat rate deal. So if you had a good movie worth more or a piece of junk nobody would ever want they offer $4 for anything.
It was flat rate deal. So if you had a good movie worth more or a piece of junk nobody would ever want they offer $4 for anything.
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No BBC=Anger
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Some DVDs had great opening menus/setups. This is the Blu Ray version of Tomb Raider 2001 but the original DVD was the same. Only decent footage I could quickly find. That's all gone with streaming.
EverydayBeast
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Let’s not forget red box
I collect VHS tapes
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This is why I just decided to stick with VHSI probably had 300 DVD's. Traded them all in towards Blu-ray's and rinse and repeat for 4K UHD's.
Putonahappyface
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You'll be pleased to know that vhs is making a comeback, just like vinyl has done.
Blitzkrieg!
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Has anybody informed you yet then even 4K UHDs are generally inferior to remuxes?I probably had 300 DVD's. Traded them all in towards Blu-ray's and rinse and repeat for 4K UHD's.
I collect VHS tapes
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I’m going to be rich
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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Trunx81
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My dad was a VHS fanatic, he taped everything. Had thousands of longplay cassettes in the basement. He even managed them with a SHARP organizer before switching to a PALM Pilot. You could search for the movie title, actors, director, composer. Of course he also printed the informations out and filed them, together with a critic of the film. Crazy times. When DVD came, he quickly jumped the waggon, especially with DVD-R/DVD-RAM. Too bad that he got the idea to mark the DVDs with stickers. The stickers heated up in the player and made the discs unreadable. He must have gone through 100 discs before we realized it.
My own first DVD was Hunt for Red October. Sold my collection 4 years ago over ReBuy.
My own first DVD was Hunt for Red October. Sold my collection 4 years ago over ReBuy.
Putonahappyface
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I took this from Reddit.
"The file is the same but the device is different. So a remux playing on one device vs a disc playing in a different device. Some blu ray players, such as the panny ub820 have fantastic hdr tone mapping. That could mean a difference compared to a device steaming a remux.
The next big difference is Dolby Vision. Most streaming devices can't really handle as well as a player can.
Audio could be a thing too. Depending on what device you use to stream the remux, you may not have access to the ideal audio codec such as dts x or dolby atmos. The apple tv is a good example."
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
Blitzkrieg!
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Yes there are some considerations that need to be made about your playback device if you want to play everything in top quality, but it can be done without too much trouble.
The point I was making about remuxes is that they combine the best components from different releases of the film into one package. When films release on physical media, the product that each region receives can be considerably different. The video quality on the USA release may be inferior to the Japanese release, while both may have inferior audio compared to the Spanish release. Occasionally you'll even have strange things happen like the 4K UHD release having worse audio quality than the Blu-Ray version, in which case the remux will include the Blu-Ray audio. The remuxes seek to assemble the best components available for a given film. I used to collect an extensive amount of Blu-Ray but give it up once I learned these unfortunate truths. Fuck paying $40 for a physical copy of a film when the studio can't even be bothered to ensure I'm receiving the best version of it.