DVD is 10 Years Old

Believe it or not, the DVD format quietly turned 10 years old this month. Who knew that it would become the fastest adopted product in history with 125 million players sold in the US in these last 10 years? I never dreamed it would become so ubiquitous, so ingrained in our culture. Now a DVD is considered the definitive version of a film, the way most people will experience it.
It seems like forever ago that I bought my first DVD player, a Toshiba SD-2107, off eBay in November of 1997.
The format was launched in March, however, primarily backed by Warner Brothers initially with a wave of titles released to test markets in seven cities. Anyone wanting a movie on DVD in these early days had to mail order them or get someone in a test market to buy them and send it to you. Among the first titles to be released included Blade Runner, The Fugitive, Batman, Eraser, Twister, The Exorcist, Interview with the Vampire, Se7en, Goldeneye, and The Wizard of Oz.