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Champloo came out in 2004, wasn’t VHS a distant memory by then, or was I just “living in the future”? :) Sure you’re not thinking of Cowboy Bebop?

by duggan 2y ago

djaouen 2y ago
It might have been. Even then, I remember thinking that it was odd that it came on VHS. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
pjc50 2y ago
Could well have been a "fansub" circulating on copied VHS.
justsomehnguy 2y ago
[not the OP] I find it quite amusing what many people (including myself sometimes) have a pretty blurry memory about when we moved from VHS. But I think it mostly contributes on what for some people VHS were a dominant media for quite a while, because they didn't had the means to see the digital media. It's easier to understand what the first [commercially] successful DVD player was PlayStation 2, which became available ~2001. Before that DVDs were quite a costly[0] endeavour. But at the same time people with the access to a computer (and a local 'everything for $15' totally-legit-shop) had the benefits of DivX ;) releases on a plain CD-ROMs, which every home computer had. Some anecdata: I first seen Blade (1998) on VHS, but The Matrix (1999) on DivX rip, yet (I think) Spirited Away (2001) on VHS. I frequented a local VHS rental (because a friend worked there and so it places it up to 2002? 2001?) so I had seen a lot of films on VHS, but again, by 2002 it was a meme how people searching for XXX on DC++ got XXX (2002) instead. [0] https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/your-1st-dvd-player-vs-1st-blu-ray-player-how-much-and-when-did-you-buy.273256/ https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/your-1st-...
- duggan 2y ago
  This is fascinating, and yeah, since I was a teenager around then, VHS probably just became ancient history as soon as I could play DVDs.
runamuck 2y ago
Disney released "Cars" on VHS in 2006. (The last big studio VHS release)

Champloo came out in 2004, wasn’t VHS a distant memory by then, or was I just “living in the future”? :) Sure you’re not thinking of Cowboy Bebop?

by duggan 2y ago

Champloo came out in 2004, wasn’t VHS a distant memory by then, or was I just “living in the future”? :) Sure you’re not thinking of Cowboy Bebop?

djaouen 2y ago

It might have been. Even then, I remember thinking that it was odd that it came on VHS. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

pjc50 2y ago

Could well have been a "fansub" circulating on copied VHS.

justsomehnguy 2y ago

[not the OP] I find it quite amusing what many people (including myself sometimes) have a pretty blurry memory about when we moved from VHS. But I think it mostly contributes on what for some people VHS were a dominant media for quite a while, because they didn't had the means to see the digital media. It's easier to understand what the first [commercially] successful DVD player was PlayStation 2, which became available ~2001. Before that DVDs were quite a costly[0] endeavour. But at the same time people with the access to a computer (and a local 'everything for $15' totally-legit-shop) had the benefits of DivX ;) releases on a plain CD-ROMs, which every home computer had. Some anecdata: I first seen Blade (1998) on VHS, but The Matrix (1999) on DivX rip, yet (I think) Spirited Away (2001) on VHS. I frequented a local VHS rental (because a friend worked there and so it places it up to 2002? 2001?) so I had seen a lot of films on VHS, but again, by 2002 it was a meme how people searching for XXX on DC++ got XXX (2002) instead. [0] https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/your-1st-dvd-player-vs-1st-blu-ray-player-how-much-and-when-did-you-buy.273256/ https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/your-1st-...

duggan 2y ago
This is fascinating, and yeah, since I was a teenager around then, VHS probably just became ancient history as soon as I could play DVDs.

runamuck 2y ago

Disney released "Cars" on VHS in 2006. (The last big studio VHS release)