DVD players - 28 years old

[tripplej]

In America, the first dvd players came out this month, 28 years ago!

1997 - Do you remember your first player?

 

[Lesmor]

I still have it
A Panasonic player that I imported from the US
it was in perfect working order when I boxed it up years ago ,I cant bring myself to throw it in the trash

 

[Alan Halfhill]

[1997 - Do you remember your first player?}
I think my first DVD player was a combo LaserDisc/DVD player. I upgraded it a few times as they got better. I don't used to for DVD's anymore as we have on HDMI so I bought a Sony Blu-Ray player as I started getting Blu-Rays. At first the DVDs were about as good as LaserDisc but they got better with newer tech. Then Blu-Ray made a splash upgrade way past LaserDisc. I also have a HDDVD player as I bought fire sale HDDVD's from Fry's before they went out of business. I am glad I have these formats today as there are titles that have never made it to streaming. and other collectables. Now with the advent of streaming services killing some of their titles, I am glad to have this collection. They have adopted Disney's "Available For Only A Short Period of Time" model.

 

[tripplej]

My first was a sony dvd player. Later when I got a playstation, since it had blu ray, I didn't need the sony dvd player anymore and gave it away..