A return to a topic that explores viewing habits and our history of interaction with the media. Previous entries have covered cinema viewing habits, likes, dislikes, and what draws us to particular films choices over others. This third part of the exploration of our love of film takes a look at the evolution of home entertainment media through the years (no focus on the type of setup we all have – that can be a part of How Do You View 4 when I inevitably get around to that topic).
A few of us ‘oldies’ of the #MTOS gang will no doubt start to get nostalgic at the talk of VHS and Betamax, and with good reason. It is through the growing home market that many of us got a chance to consume a wide variety of films from an early age. Up until the home market boom, if we wanted to see a film we either went to the cinema, or scored the pages of the Radio Times each week in the hope it would get a showing on one of our 3 TV stations (pre-Channel 4).
So, on 3rd November, let’s take a look at how we have enjoyed the home formats over the past few decades, leading up to speculation on the future of the media.
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Q1: The home video market really began in the late 70s when VHS and Betamax were made commercially available. For those of us old enough to remember, were you an early adopter? What was the first VHS/Beta you remember seeing/purchasing? #MTOS
Q2: How much of a collector were you? What was the most extravagant part of your collection? Do you still own some of your old VHS tapes? #MTOS
Q3: During the declining years, quite a few ‘collector editions’ sets were released, usually with boxes stuffed with merchandise. Did you collect any of these, and do you still have them? #MTOS
Q4: Before the transition to DVD, there was laserdisc. Did you own a laserdisc player, or did you covet them? #MTOS
Q5: DVD came along in the late 90s. When did you switch to the format? What was your first purchase in the format? #MTOS
Q6: DVDs (once the initial ‘vanilla’ wave had passed) started adding extras such as commentaries and featurettes. What are your favourite purchases that had extras on them? What were the most disappointing? #MTOS
Q7: The hi-def age came in 2006 when Bluray and HD-DVD were released. When did you switch to the format, and which format did you jump onto first? What was your first film purchase and why? #MTOS
Q8: In this era we still have extras, but we also have ‘steelbox’ editions. What are you drawn to more – the content or something that looks great on the shelf? #MTOS
Q9: Now an era of streaming and digital content. Do you still purchase physical media, or are you fully digital now? Why? #MTOS
Q10: Where do you hope to see the future of the home entertainment market move? Will we see a return to physical media, or is everything going to be ‘cloud’ based? #MTOS
