Tenth anniversary of the DVD...in America anyway
So, I saw this guy at another board talk about how yesterday marks the tenth anniversary of this amazing format that trounced VHS and even LaserDisc. It even introduced complete season sets of TV shows while VHS usually just offered "best of" sets from TV shows.
I remember back in 1999, I swore I'd only buy a DVD player once they were able to record programs like a VCR. Then when I heard that the two Power Rangers movies were going to DVD, I caved in and started longing for a DVD player. That was the absolute first DVD I ever got, and that was March 30 of 2002, which is also when I got my DVD player. My first DVD box set was Jurassic Park - Collector's Edition/The Lost World: Jurassic Park - Collector's Edition. My first season set was Transformers - Season 1.
I then got another DVD player on August 3 of the same year, but it's actually a PS2.
Then I got a new computer in November of 2003, which also had DVD playability.
Now I'm being told that either the Wii will have an attachment that will give it DVD playability, or that there will be a new model that does play DVDs. Whichever one it really is, it's all good. I've already got three means of playing DVDs.
As of today, I currently have 195 DVDs. You can bet the number will be growing and growing in time.
By the way, it's said that Twister was the first movie to make it to DVD. Can anyone confirm this?
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