First DVDs
I was looking for something in my archive and found the receipt for the first DVDs that I bought: The Fifth Element and The Long Kiss Goodnight (both Region 1). I thought I bought these in 1999, but the receipt shows that it was actually in August 1998. I paid 585 NOK. That’s 92 USD with today’s currency rate. Today I would have to pay 32 USD.
September 16th, 2005 at 10:47 am
Here in China I would have to pay less than 2 USD for these two
originalDVDs.September 17th, 2005 at 11:17 pm
The older it gets the cheaper it is. I think it’s normal. But anyway if u buy films in VCD’s it’s even cheaper.
Geez , i don’t think u can order DVD from China to another country. Anyway u have to know Chineese to search in websites…
September 18th, 2005 at 2:38 am
I did not pay a cent for my first 10 DVDs. When DVD was not popular yet, I purchased a Sony DVD player that included 10 DVDs. The DVD player, though, cost me $348.
September 18th, 2005 at 10:13 am
That’s right mirek, VCDs are much more cheaper than DVDs. But there quality …
Sending DVDs to other countries is nearly impossible because officially the People’s Republic is member of the WTO and should avoid such commercial copies. However, the biggest DVD store nearby is the neighbor of the local police station…
October 7th, 2005 at 9:23 am
Great Movies , Fifth Element is one of my favorites.
October 18th, 2005 at 5:55 am
The fifth element… awesome firts choice!!!
October 18th, 2005 at 8:16 pm
i bought long kiss goodnight dvd for 23$.
living outside civilised world is not pretty
October 19th, 2005 at 3:28 pm
I live in Canada and from time to time I order DVDs from Hong Kong. I use DDDhouse.com and it is in english.
October 19th, 2005 at 10:51 pm
hefty price for that 5th Element DVD, in Germany you would have had to pay import tax on top of that too. I remember the days when my DVD shopping from overseas was painfully expensive. You will be able to get them cheap while you are in the States. Good luck with your new project!
October 19th, 2005 at 10:55 pm
Those were two of my very first upgrades from VHS to DVD
Now, your next task in spreading movie goodness: Make your older sister enjoy Wag the Dog
October 21st, 2005 at 9:54 pm
So when you say “archive” do you mean like a digital archive, or do you mean the filebox we all have stuffed full of papers and when its full we incinerate them or throw them away sometimes even throwing the entire filebox into the trash and just go to Target and buy another one? Curious minds want to know
October 22nd, 2005 at 7:08 pm
Elliot:
Filebox
February 9th, 2006 at 2:35 am
wow here in brazil 2 or 3 years ago, the dvds costs 70 or 80 R$ ( above 35 USD), now the most expensives dvds is above 35 or 40 R$ ( above 25 USD) . Only Best Sallers like Star wars 3 or Lord of The Rings , and other “Classic Movies” has the price more expensive. An ilegal dvd movie here costs above 3 USD.
Wow man!!
See ya!
March 10th, 2006 at 10:38 am
Hello friends!
What are your favorite burning program for burning original dvds my favority is clone dvd
October 3rd, 2006 at 5:59 pm
We also bought that DVD, around a year after DVDs became commonplace. I didn’t cost nearly as much as it did when you bought it, it was $17.