When was the official launch of DVD in North America? - Blu-ray Forum

moviedude 2K15 · 07-26-2015, 05:16 AM

I just got to thinking about how in less than a year from now Blu-ray will already be 10 years old. Man that's hard to believe! Anyways it made me think back to when I first got into DVDs and made me wonder when DVDs were first launched in North America. I can't recall when they first came out, can anyone help me out? I seem to remember Toshiba being at the forefront with DVD as I do believe they helped develop the format.(I could be wrong on that though)

I still remember my first DVD player was a display model RCA player I bought from The Brick for $300. Hell it didn't even have component video on it! Just S-Video. My first two DVDs were Three Kings and Lethal Weapon 4. Good times!

Michael24 · 07-26-2015, 05:43 AM

Wow. I also can't believe Blu-ray is almost ten years old already, but then I've only been buying it for about three years now.

Anyway, I believe DVD launched in 1997. We got our first player in December 1998.

07-26-2015, 05:16 AM	#1
moviedude 2K15 Banned Member since:Jan 2015 Trading Score:33	When was the official launch of DVD in North America? I just got to thinking about how in less than a year from now Blu-ray will already be 10 years old. Man that's hard to believe! Anyways it made me think back to when I first got into DVDs and made me wonder when DVDs were first launched in North America. I can't recall when they first came out, can anyone help me out? I seem to remember Toshiba being at the forefront with DVD as I do believe they helped develop the format.(I could be wrong on that though) I still remember my first DVD player was a display model RCA player I bought from The Brick for $300. Hell it didn't even have component video on it! Just S-Video. My first two DVDs were Three Kings and Lethal Weapon 4. Good times!

07-26-2015, 05:43 AM	#2
Michael24 Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Nov 2009 Location:California 4K collection:11 Blu-ray collection:552 DVD collection:164 Trading Score:2	Wow. I also can't believe Blu-ray is almost ten years old already, but then I've only been buying it for about three years now. Anyway, I believe DVD launched in 1997. We got our first player in December 1998.

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