Post by mslo79 on Mar 21, 2017 7:25:31 GMT
We got a DVD player in the early 2000's. i want to say about 2001-2002 but i know it was no later than 2003 for sure as that was the year i figured out our DVD player would play SVCD's as that's what i basically started with and eventually moved to XviD on a moded XBox console with XBMC (XBox Media Center) then to the modern SD/HD x264 stuff. main issue with the SVCD option is that you had to span a movie across 2-3 CD's.
also, i read somewhere online that DVD rentals overtook VHS rentals in the year 2003 if i recall correctly.
i can't imagine too many people had a DVD player in the late 1990's as prices where too steep. if i recall correctly, i remember seeing a commercial for a DVD player advertisement and it was something like $700 and i imagine $100-ish (or less) is probably when the masses start jumping on board as much over that and it's a bit pricey, especially if your not sure the technology is going to stick around as you had that HD-DVD vs BluRay format war a while ago and obviously BluRay won that one for the HD stuff.
as far as our first purchase on that format... i want to say it was likely a Clint Eastwood Western but i can't remember any specific title as i remember renting DVD's here and there back in the day.
also, i read somewhere online that DVD rentals overtook VHS rentals in the year 2003 if i recall correctly.
i can't imagine too many people had a DVD player in the late 1990's as prices where too steep. if i recall correctly, i remember seeing a commercial for a DVD player advertisement and it was something like $700 and i imagine $100-ish (or less) is probably when the masses start jumping on board as much over that and it's a bit pricey, especially if your not sure the technology is going to stick around as you had that HD-DVD vs BluRay format war a while ago and obviously BluRay won that one for the HD stuff.
as far as our first purchase on that format... i want to say it was likely a Clint Eastwood Western but i can't remember any specific title as i remember renting DVD's here and there back in the day.