History of your video player devices. - Blu-ray Forum

tron3 · 08-30-2007, 04:18 PM

Thought this might be a fun thread to share. It will be interesting to see how much "video experience" we have and could be insightful as to why our opinions vary so much.

About Feb 1986 was my first Panasonic VHS VCR. Broke down twice and repaired. It's broken again but I hope to get it repaired because it was such a great unit. One or two other units bought along the way.

December 2002 Bought my first DVD/VCR combo for my room. Couldn't believe it was the same old tv when I saw the picture from DVD.

Followed by another in 2003 when I bought my Sony HD-TV.

August 2007 bought blu-ray and sold my first DVD/VHS combo for 50 bucks.
5 blu-titles in the house now and waiting for my 5 freebies.

There is no going back. I would buy HD-DVD before going back to anything less. ...Wow, did I just say that?

stockstar1138 · 08-30-2007, 04:21 PM

had a vhs player in the house when i was born. got a spiffy dvd player via ps2 back in 2000, got a spiffy blu-ray player via ps3 in jan. 2007.

Blu As Hell · 08-30-2007, 04:47 PM

Well...started out with various VCR's in the house when I was a kid. Then in '96 I bought my Pioneer Laser Disc player. In '97 I bought my first DVD player, (It was a Toshiba!

) Then in 2000 I bought a Panasonic DVD player. In 2003 I bought a Pioneer DVD player. In 2006 I bought a JVC Home Theater in a Box. October bought the HD DVD add on for 360. (That got kicked to the curb two months later.) In December I purchased my pride and joy my BDP-S1!!!!!!!!

After this...who knows what Blu-Ray player will be next with so many choices!!!!!!

stephenj · 08-30-2007, 04:53 PM

April 1990: VHS player (an RCA 4-head, no stereo sound)

September 1996: Sony VHS with stereo sound

December 1996: Pioneer Laser Disc player

April 1997: Toshiba 3006 DVD player (first DVD owner in baton rouge, LA!)

August 2001: Toshiba progressive scan DVD player

October 2004: Ilo region-free DVD player

April 2006: Toshiba HD-D1 HD-DVD player

August 2007: Sony PS3 Blu-Ray player

T-Town Oil · 08-30-2007, 04:56 PM

we were so poor we had no vcr. my dad made a tv out of cardboard and my brother and i got inside of it and acted out movie scenes. pretty funny looking back on it now.

Blu As Hell · 08-30-2007, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by T-Town Oil

we were so poor we had no vcr. my dad made a tv out of cardboard and my brother and i got inside of it and acted out movie scenes. pretty funny looking back on it now.

As long as ya'll had fun.

Sometimes you have make due with what you got.

DavePS3 · 08-30-2007, 05:11 PM

mono Quasar VCR
Beta HiFi
Hitachi VHS HiFi
Emerson VHS HiFi
Sony VHS HiFi (4)
NEC Laserdisc
Sony Laserdisc
Pioneer Laserdisc
Cambridge Audio DVD (480i)
KiSS upconverting DVD/Media player
PS3
...1460 DVD's 65 of those are Blu-Ray.

shatta · 08-30-2007, 05:13 PM

1991 i think ..a panasonic VCR with a remote longer than the PS3 remote
1993-2000-about 5 other VCR brands
2001- DVD player, cant remember the brand--i think it was a hatachi
2003-ps2
2004-dvd/vcr combo
2006-panosonic DVD with progressive scan
2007-ps3

1989-a 14"TV that looked like the shit

i was only 5
did i mention a ps1 in 95

Digital Filmmaker · 08-30-2007, 06:23 PM

Here is my "home video" recorder/player history. It does not include any equipment I have bought for commercial use. Sorry, I don't recall ALL of the model numbers (even some of the most recent ones). Chalk it up to age.

1966 - Sony CV-2000 1/2" Open-reel VTR
1969 - Sony AV-8650 1/2" Open-reel Editing VTR
1972 - Sony VO-1600 3/4" U-Matic VCR
1979 - Magnavox LaserDisc Player
1978 - Panasonic VHS VCR
1981 - Magnavox VHS VCR
1982 - Pioneer LaserDisc Player
1986 - Mitsubishi VHS Hifi VCR
1987 - Pioneer LD-838 LaserDisc Player (still in use!)
1989 - Panasonic AG-1980 Super VHS VCR (2) (still in use! w/new heads)
2000 - Sony DVD Player
2002 - Sony DVD Player
2005 - Sony DVD Player
2007 - Panasonic Blu-ray Player
2007 - Sony Playstation 3 Blu-ray Player
2007 - Sony DVD Player w/HDMI upscaler

AlaskaDon · 08-30-2007, 07:35 PM

It must be true. I really am an old fart

My first video playback device was the RCA Video Disk Player. I want to say I bought this about 1982. Anybody remember these things? The discs were the size of LP's and you slid the case into the player and pulled it back out leaving the disk inside. You had to flip it over halfway through the movie too. It even had a needle like on a phonograph which you had to periodically blow the dust off of LOL. Oddly enough, the first movie I bought for it was Star Wars - Episode 4.

I got into VHS about a year after that, then into DVD in 2000. My first purchase on DVD was The Matrix if iirc. Matrix supposedly got a lot of people into DVD. I bought my PS3 in December of 2006.

daisuke149 · 08-30-2007, 07:56 PM

hehe mines a simple and short list.

sometime before 1996 cant rememebr when mighta been 1993 purchased a reallly damn expensive sony 8head hifi vcr with biuld in cd/vcd player + karoake. The thing has 4 line inputs and 2 line outs. A beast for the time.

in 1999 dvd-rom via pc.
in 2002 dvd player standalone
2006 ps3.

thats my own stuf not family's etc

SNAP · 08-30-2007, 08:07 PM

Started w/VHS in 1984---been thru many
Laserdisc Player in 1988 (still have it) as well as 3 other LD players & 500+ discs
S-VHS vcr in 1988 been thru a few( have 2 currently)
DVD player in 1997-gone but have 4 currently + a 10'' portable player.
DVD RECORDER/VHS RECORDER COMBO in 2006
TOSHIBA A20---Birthday gift June 2007
SONY BDP-S300---Spiff thru work August 2007

Maxell · 08-30-2007, 08:25 PM

1988-1998: various vcr's
1998: Apex DVD player, my first DVD player
2001: Another Apex, first one died
2002: Playstation 2, although mostly used for games. (DVD playing looked dark)
2003: Added a Magnovox portable DVD player and a newer Panasonic VCR
2005: Bought a Toshiba DVD recorder. It died 5 months later.
2007: The year I went Hi-Def! Got me a Samsung 32" LCD, then:
Bought a RCA progressive scan. Returned it though because it made a buzzing sound while OFF.
Bought a Philips Upconvert (plays Divx also).
Bought a PS3 (July) after price drop. Blu Ray!

bhampton · 08-30-2007, 08:37 PM

Hmmm.

Hard to remember,.. I didn't write it all down or anything.

I got a VCR and 13 inch TV in 87.

Had lots of mono VCR's and always wanted but just couldn't get a stero VCR.

Picked up a Creative Labs DVD Drive with Dxr2 card for my PC for $79 which at the time was less then the cost of the Stereo VCR's back in 1999.

VCR went bye bye as soon as the DVD player was setup and hasn't been back.

I bought a LD player a few years ago just for 2 movies and now I think about getting rid of it pretty much all the time. (Tried to sell it once for $10 but there was no interest even though it's considered a fairly good player)One of the two movies is supposed to come to DVD any moment now (but final timeframe hasn't been set) and the other has always been available on illegit DVD but I just can't bother with paying for a bootleg.

Got the PS3 for myself last Nov and saved it for opening on X-mass.

I guess I can remember the milestones....

These days,... I'm trading in my 600 DVD's for about $3 each at FYI and buying up Blu Rays.

=Brian

SNAP · 08-30-2007, 08:46 PM

What kind of LD player is it??........If you still have it.....I'll take it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bhampton

Hmmm.

Hard to remember,.. I didn't write it all down or anything.

I got a VCR and 13 inch TV in 87.

Had lots of mono VCR's and always wanted but just couldn't get a stero VCR.

Picked up a Creative Labs DVD Drive with Dxr2 card for my PC for $79 which at the time was less then the cost of the Stereo VCR's back in 1999.

VCR went bye bye as soon as the DVD player was setup and hasn't been back.

I bought a LD player a few years ago just for 2 movies and now I think about getting rid of it pretty much all the time. (Tried to sell it once for $10 but there was no interest even though it's considered a fairly good player)One of the two movies is supposed to come to DVD any moment now (but final timeframe hasn't been set) and the other has always been available on illegit DVD but I just can't bother with paying for a bootleg.

Got the PS3 for myself last Nov and saved it for opening on X-mass.

I guess I can remember the milestones....

These days,... I'm trading in my 600 DVD's for about $3 each at FYI and buying up Blu Rays.

=Brian

DavePS3 · 08-30-2007, 09:09 PM

Man, don't get me started on PS1, PS2's X-Box's and audio decks... we'll be here another week.

D1-2005 · 08-30-2007, 09:15 PM

[QUOTE]

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlaskaDon

It must be true. I really am an old fart

My first video playback device was the RCA Video Disk Player. I want to say I bought this about 1982. Anybody remember these things? The discs were the size of LP's and you slid the case into the player and pulled it back out leaving the disk inside. You had to flip it over halfway through the movie too. It even had a needle like on a phonograph which you had to periodically blow the dust off of LOL. Oddly enough, the first movie I bought for it was Star Wars - Episode 4.

i thought i was the only one who had one of these, my grandma owned a video store and i got a bunch of movies and these crap players when she retired.

Wiz13688 · 08-30-2007, 09:18 PM

Here's my personal list:

First VHS RCA $3000 1977 First taped show (Olivia Newton John Special on ABC)
First S-VHS JVC $1800
First LD player Pioneer $1500
First DVD player Sony $1000
First Blu-ray player Sony PS3 $500

This is the reason that when people start saying that HD-DVD player have a price advantage, I tends to laugh right in their face. After all that, they are trying to tell me that a $150 difference (between 1080p player) is a price advantage. What a joke.

GarettP · 08-30-2007, 09:18 PM

Let's see
Emerson VCR
A nice Sharp VCR(that my son still uses)
RCA DVD player(son has that too)
PS2

And my all time favorite and as Dave Chappelle says in Half Baked, but I will change it a little
PS3 you're my only Friend!

CptGreedle · 08-30-2007, 09:28 PM

Oh man.. well...
being that I just got married last year... at a fairly young age, I hadn't had time to buy that many things since I've been "out of the folks" house.
In the 80's, I've had VCRs and TVs... lots of toshiba I think...
In the early 90's we had a camcorder... we got sony products but still a new toshiba TV. Had a old amplifier and pre-amp attached to the TV with huge speakers to give us bigger sound but they were old speakers with no shielding and would actually distort the images on the screen (I remember changing the angles of the speakers to get less interference). That eventually became a brand new amp with 2 modern speakers and then a new tv and we used the old one in the basement.
In the late 90's, early 00's, we got a tivo, and a surround sound system.
I went out and bought my first PS1 in 1999 as a graduation gift to myself.
By 2001 or 2002, I bought a new TV for the basement, a Sony, 32" flat screen (not thin profile) with HD-ready (aka EDTV capable), and a year later got a cheap 5.1 surround sound DVD player, but it only played DVDs in surround sound. Very interesting hook up to get the new PS2 to even run in stereo on it when we got that (on the day it came out

). I still use my PS2 from opening day.
I stayed with that system a while and focused on computers and school.
Then when I got married in 2006, I brought that tv with me, and in 2007, bought a Sony Bravia 46" XBR3, and a PS3. And Wii. And we got a Yamaha AV receiver and a 9.1 surround sound speaker system (actually I took the 5.1 system and put the speakers on the new receiver and added 4 more JBL speakers).
I think this will be it for a while, until the new 3D systems are out.

Someday I hope to build a projection system in a home theater painstakingly designed to look like the interior of the space ship from Futurama, complete with a bender unit (with a beer-bottle opener).

Well that won't be for a long time, but I can dream can't I?

08-30-2007, 04:18 PM	#1
tron3 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Aug 2004 Location:New Jersey Blu-ray reviews:3	History of your video player devices. Thought this might be a fun thread to share. It will be interesting to see how much "video experience" we have and could be insightful as to why our opinions vary so much. About Feb 1986 was my first Panasonic VHS VCR. Broke down twice and repaired. It's broken again but I hope to get it repaired because it was such a great unit. One or two other units bought along the way. December 2002 Bought my first DVD/VCR combo for my room. Couldn't believe it was the same old tv when I saw the picture from DVD. Followed by another in 2003 when I bought my Sony HD-TV. August 2007 bought blu-ray and sold my first DVD/VHS combo for 50 bucks. 5 blu-titles in the house now and waiting for my 5 freebies. There is no going back. I would buy HD-DVD before going back to anything less. ...Wow, did I just say that? Last edited by tron3; 08-30-2007 at 04:20 PM.

08-30-2007, 06:23 PM	#9
Digital Filmmaker Active Member Member since:Mar 2006 4K collection:190 Blu-ray collection:1597 DVD collection:405	Here is my "home video" recorder/player history. It does not include any equipment I have bought for commercial use. Sorry, I don't recall ALL of the model numbers (even some of the most recent ones). Chalk it up to age. 1966 - Sony CV-2000 1/2" Open-reel VTR 1969 - Sony AV-8650 1/2" Open-reel Editing VTR 1972 - Sony VO-1600 3/4" U-Matic VCR 1979 - Magnavox LaserDisc Player 1978 - Panasonic VHS VCR 1981 - Magnavox VHS VCR 1982 - Pioneer LaserDisc Player 1986 - Mitsubishi VHS Hifi VCR 1987 - Pioneer LD-838 LaserDisc Player (still in use!) 1989 - Panasonic AG-1980 Super VHS VCR (2) (still in use! w/new heads) 2000 - Sony DVD Player 2002 - Sony DVD Player 2005 - Sony DVD Player 2007 - Panasonic Blu-ray Player 2007 - Sony Playstation 3 Blu-ray Player 2007 - Sony DVD Player w/HDMI upscaler Last edited by Digital Filmmaker; 08-30-2007 at 06:58 PM.

08-30-2007, 09:18 PM	#18
Wiz13688 Junior Member Member since:Aug 2007	Here's my personal list: First VHS RCA $3000 1977 First taped show (Olivia Newton John Special on ABC) First S-VHS JVC $1800 First LD player Pioneer $1500 First DVD player Sony $1000 First Blu-ray player Sony PS3 $500 This is the reason that when people start saying that HD-DVD player have a price advantage, I tends to laugh right in their face. After all that, they are trying to tell me that a $150 difference (between 1080p player) is a price advantage. What a joke. Last edited by Wiz13688; 08-30-2007 at 09:23 PM.

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08-30-2007, 04:21 PM	#2
stockstar1138 Banned Member since:Apr 2007	had a vhs player in the house when i was born. got a spiffy dvd player via ps2 back in 2000, got a spiffy blu-ray player via ps3 in jan. 2007.

08-30-2007, 04:47 PM	#3
Blu As Hell Blu-ray Guru Member since:May 2007 Location:Macon Georgia 4K collection:120 Blu-ray collection:461 DVD collection:4 Blu-ray reviews: 1	Well...started out with various VCR's in the house when I was a kid. Then in '96 I bought my Pioneer Laser Disc player. In '97 I bought my first DVD player, (It was a Toshiba! ) Then in 2000 I bought a Panasonic DVD player. In 2003 I bought a Pioneer DVD player. In 2006 I bought a JVC Home Theater in a Box. October bought the HD DVD add on for 360. (That got kicked to the curb two months later.) In December I purchased my pride and joy my BDP-S1!!!!!!!! After this...who knows what Blu-Ray player will be next with so many choices!!!!!!

08-30-2007, 04:53 PM	#4
stephenj Banned Member since:Aug 2007	April 1990: VHS player (an RCA 4-head, no stereo sound) September 1996: Sony VHS with stereo sound December 1996: Pioneer Laser Disc player April 1997: Toshiba 3006 DVD player (first DVD owner in baton rouge, LA!) August 2001: Toshiba progressive scan DVD player October 2004: Ilo region-free DVD player April 2006: Toshiba HD-D1 HD-DVD player August 2007: Sony PS3 Blu-Ray player

08-30-2007, 04:56 PM	#5
T-Town Oil Expert Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Tulsa, Oklahoma Home Theater Gallery:20 Blu-ray collection:42 Blu-ray reviews:3	we were so poor we had no vcr. my dad made a tv out of cardboard and my brother and i got inside of it and acted out movie scenes. pretty funny looking back on it now.

08-30-2007, 05:11 PM	#7
DavePS3 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Toronto Home Theater Gallery:56 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	mono Quasar VCR Beta HiFi Hitachi VHS HiFi Emerson VHS HiFi Sony VHS HiFi (4) NEC Laserdisc Sony Laserdisc Pioneer Laserdisc Cambridge Audio DVD (480i) KiSS upconverting DVD/Media player PS3 ...1460 DVD's 65 of those are Blu-Ray.

08-30-2007, 05:13 PM	#8
shatta Expert Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:New York	1991 i think ..a panasonic VCR with a remote longer than the PS3 remote 1993-2000-about 5 other VCR brands 2001- DVD player, cant remember the brand--i think it was a hatachi 2003-ps2 2004-dvd/vcr combo 2006-panosonic DVD with progressive scan 2007-ps3 1989-a 14"TV that looked like the shit i was only 5 did i mention a ps1 in 95

08-30-2007, 07:35 PM	#10
AlaskaDon Special Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Tennessee Blu-ray collection:-	It must be true. I really am an old fart My first video playback device was the RCA Video Disk Player. I want to say I bought this about 1982. Anybody remember these things? The discs were the size of LP's and you slid the case into the player and pulled it back out leaving the disk inside. You had to flip it over halfway through the movie too. It even had a needle like on a phonograph which you had to periodically blow the dust off of LOL. Oddly enough, the first movie I bought for it was Star Wars - Episode 4. I got into VHS about a year after that, then into DVD in 2000. My first purchase on DVD was The Matrix if iirc. Matrix supposedly got a lot of people into DVD. I bought my PS3 in December of 2006.

08-30-2007, 07:56 PM	#11
daisuke149 Active Member Member since:Aug 2007	hehe mines a simple and short list. sometime before 1996 cant rememebr when mighta been 1993 purchased a reallly damn expensive sony 8head hifi vcr with biuld in cd/vcd player + karoake. The thing has 4 line inputs and 2 line outs. A beast for the time. in 1999 dvd-rom via pc. in 2002 dvd player standalone 2006 ps3. thats my own stuf not family's etc

08-30-2007, 08:07 PM	#12
SNAP Expert Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:HILLSBOROUGH, NJ	Started w/VHS in 1984---been thru many Laserdisc Player in 1988 (still have it) as well as 3 other LD players & 500+ discs S-VHS vcr in 1988 been thru a few( have 2 currently) DVD player in 1997-gone but have 4 currently + a 10'' portable player. DVD RECORDER/VHS RECORDER COMBO in 2006 TOSHIBA A20---Birthday gift June 2007 SONY BDP-S300---Spiff thru work August 2007

08-30-2007, 08:25 PM	#13
Maxell Expert Member Member since:Aug 2007	1988-1998: various vcr's 1998: Apex DVD player, my first DVD player 2001: Another Apex, first one died 2002: Playstation 2, although mostly used for games. (DVD playing looked dark) 2003: Added a Magnovox portable DVD player and a newer Panasonic VCR 2005: Bought a Toshiba DVD recorder. It died 5 months later. 2007: The year I went Hi-Def! Got me a Samsung 32" LCD, then: Bought a RCA progressive scan. Returned it though because it made a buzzing sound while OFF. Bought a Philips Upconvert (plays Divx also). Bought a PS3 (July) after price drop. Blu Ray!

08-30-2007, 08:37 PM	#14
bhampton Blu-ray Count Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:986 Blu-ray collection:2542 DVD collection:67 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:18	Hmmm. Hard to remember,.. I didn't write it all down or anything. I got a VCR and 13 inch TV in 87. Had lots of mono VCR's and always wanted but just couldn't get a stero VCR. Picked up a Creative Labs DVD Drive with Dxr2 card for my PC for $79 which at the time was less then the cost of the Stereo VCR's back in 1999. VCR went bye bye as soon as the DVD player was setup and hasn't been back. I bought a LD player a few years ago just for 2 movies and now I think about getting rid of it pretty much all the time. (Tried to sell it once for $10 but there was no interest even though it's considered a fairly good player)One of the two movies is supposed to come to DVD any moment now (but final timeframe hasn't been set) and the other has always been available on illegit DVD but I just can't bother with paying for a bootleg. Got the PS3 for myself last Nov and saved it for opening on X-mass. I guess I can remember the milestones.... These days,... I'm trading in my 600 DVD's for about $3 each at FYI and buying up Blu Rays. =Brian

08-30-2007, 09:09 PM	#16
DavePS3 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Toronto Home Theater Gallery:56 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	Man, don't get me started on PS1, PS2's X-Box's and audio decks... we'll be here another week.

08-30-2007, 09:18 PM	#19
GarettP Senior Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Montrose, CO Blu-ray collection:75 Blu-ray reviews:21	Let's see Emerson VCR A nice Sharp VCR(that my son still uses) RCA DVD player(son has that too) PS2 And my all time favorite and as Dave Chappelle says in Half Baked, but I will change it a little PS3 you're my only Friend!

08-30-2007, 09:28 PM	#20
CptGreedle Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Sworn super-hero now services Atlanta (and suburbs). Blu-ray collection:128 Blu-ray reviews:5	Oh man.. well... being that I just got married last year... at a fairly young age, I hadn't had time to buy that many things since I've been "out of the folks" house. In the 80's, I've had VCRs and TVs... lots of toshiba I think... In the early 90's we had a camcorder... we got sony products but still a new toshiba TV. Had a old amplifier and pre-amp attached to the TV with huge speakers to give us bigger sound but they were old speakers with no shielding and would actually distort the images on the screen (I remember changing the angles of the speakers to get less interference). That eventually became a brand new amp with 2 modern speakers and then a new tv and we used the old one in the basement. In the late 90's, early 00's, we got a tivo, and a surround sound system. I went out and bought my first PS1 in 1999 as a graduation gift to myself. By 2001 or 2002, I bought a new TV for the basement, a Sony, 32" flat screen (not thin profile) with HD-ready (aka EDTV capable), and a year later got a cheap 5.1 surround sound DVD player, but it only played DVDs in surround sound. Very interesting hook up to get the new PS2 to even run in stereo on it when we got that (on the day it came out ). I still use my PS2 from opening day. I stayed with that system a while and focused on computers and school. Then when I got married in 2006, I brought that tv with me, and in 2007, bought a Sony Bravia 46" XBR3, and a PS3. And Wii. And we got a Yamaha AV receiver and a 9.1 surround sound speaker system (actually I took the 5.1 system and put the speakers on the new receiver and added 4 more JBL speakers). I think this will be it for a while, until the new 3D systems are out. Someday I hope to build a projection system in a home theater painstakingly designed to look like the interior of the space ship from Futurama, complete with a bender unit (with a beer-bottle opener). Well that won't be for a long time, but I can dream can't I?

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