Topic: First DVD Produced?

[electronic70]

I'm just curious: What is the title of the 1st Commerically produced DVD (movie)?

As I remember, the 1st commercially produced CD was a Billy Joel Album

[weddingsingr]

Yuong mga pioneer members siguro ang makakasagot diyan.

Firewired, DVDiva, Benny or our film critics like Komikero and FLIM may be able to provide that info.

[benny]

From pareng Jim's (Taylor)  FAQ :

DVD started off slowly. Rosy predictions of hundreds of movie titles for Christmas of 1996 failed to materialize. Only a handful of DVD titles, mostly music videos, were available in Japan for the November 1996 launch of DVD. The first actual feature films appeared in Japan in December 20 (The Assassin, Blade Runner, Eraser, and The Fugitive from Warner Home Video). By April there were over 150 titles in Japan. 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. (Other movies such as Batman and Space Jam were demonstrated earlier, but were not full versions available for sale.) The Warner Bros. U.S. launch followed on March 24, but was limited to seven cities.  Almost 19,000 discs were purchased in the first two weeks of the US launch -- more than expected. InfoTech predicted over 600 titles by the end of 1997 and more than 8,000 titles by 2000. By December 1997, over 1 million individual DVD discs were shipped. By the end of 1999, over 100 million discs had shipped. By the end of 2000 there were over 10,000 titles available in the US and over 15,000 worldwide. Compared to other launches (CD, LD, etc.) this is a huge number in a very short time.



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[electronic70]

Thanks for the info, Benny!  

[bukoy]

Jumanji free ito sa  mga year 1999-2000 models ng Pioneer dvds

[baby]

Twister is the first ever dvd produced

[Glenn Patrick]

Twister is the first ever dvd produced

Uy... million peso answer ito sa Pilipinas Game Ka Na Ba ha

[keating]

Warner Home Video produced the first batch of dvds in the U.S. 

[hemisphere]

For Disney, i think it's The Little Mermaid Limited Issue... correct me if im wrong..

Which btw is rumored to be released october next year.

[uebetan12]

its "a haRD  days night" ng beatles!

d yung special edition na double disc

i used to compete in gamekanaba and ive won there also kaya ayaw na kaming pasalihin..

i was waiting for this question to be asked

[Movie_Geek_Tom]

I remember this I had the eraser as a gift but no player to play it on during that time.

[uebetan12]

i'm very sure that it was the beatles' a hard days night,  their first movie which was made in 1964..........


from very reliable sources

[baby]

First line of dvd's produced are from warner (twister,blade runner,etc)  First release.  Not so good PQ and SQ.


Now for the very first HD-DVD produced.  It very clear that it's The last samurai,  Phantom of the opera and serenity.  Maybe it should be in a separate thread.

[keating]

I had Polanski's FRANTIC during the 90's but no dvd player also during that time. It was too expensive on that early years of dvd players.