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Posted by lorincantrell on 08/31/06 09:07
whosbest54 wrote:
> In article <44f5c15a$1_2@x-privat.org>, whosbest54@NO_SPAMyahoo.com.invalid
> says...
> >
> >
> >In article <LJhJg.192$SH2.190@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net>, Spammers@Suck.com
> >says...
> >>
> >>Tried Googling but no joy.
> >>
> >>Just wondered out of interest.
> >>
> >Per this site, the movie Twister (1996) was the first pressed DVD.
> >
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD
> >
> Upon further reading, the site isn't clear if that title was only available
> in Japan. It may have been and the IMAX titles were the first in the U.S.
> It doesn't say what the first title in the U.K. was. The text reads as
> follows:
>
> "The first DVD players and discs were available in November 1996 in Japan,
> March 1997 in the United States, 1998 in Europe and in 1999 in Australia.
> The first pressed DVD release was the film Twister in 1996. The film had the
> first test for 2.1 surround sound. The first titles released in the U.S., on
> March 19, 1997, by Lumivision, authored by AIX Entertainment, were IMAX
> adaptations: Africa: The Serengeti, Antarctica: An Adventure of a Different
> Nature, Tropical Rainforest, and Animation Greats."
>
> whosbest54
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Hard to believe we're coming up on 10 years of DVD. The first title I
can remember seeing was "In the Line of Fire." It was in the first
display I remember seeing, in the summer of 1997 and there were several
other titles but I can't remember what they were. The early days were
a bit weird, with no standardization as to packaging. I remember
seeing the Michael Keaton flick "The Paper" in a CD jewel case at
Camelot Music sometime in 1997 or 1998.
-beaumon
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