1983 in home video
1983 was a time when home video players were becoming affordable for use in homes having dropped by half in a few years to around US$500.[1] Pre-recorded tapes remained expensive creating the video rental industry with rentals sometimes including the player.[2]
It was also a time known as the "format wars" with two major standards Sony's Betamax and JVC's VHS competing for dominance. Consumer camcorders were also gaining popularity with prices dropping below $1000.[3]
Industry milestones
February
- February 18 - The local courthouse in Åhus, Sweden fines the owner of a video rental shop for renting out a violent movie rated 15 to a 14-year-old boy.[4]
April
May
October
Date unknown
- CBS/Fox Video launched Key Video and Playhouse Video in this year.
Movie releases
The following movies were released on video in 1983:
- Annie
- The Beastmaster
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
- Blade Runner
- Creepshow - June 1983
- The Dark Crystal
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
- First Blood - Unknown
- Flashdance - September 1983
- Gandhi
- The Howling
- Jaws 3-D (3-D was removed for video)
- Mad Max
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
- The Outsiders
- Pink Floyd The Wall
- Porky's
- Raiders of the Lost Ark - December 1983
- Risky Business - December 1983
- Rodan
- The Secret of NIMH
- Something Wicked This Way Comes
- Tootsie
- Tron - October 1983
- Twilight Zone: The Movie - December 1983
- Victor Victoria
- Videodrome
References
- ↑ Roehl, Richard; Varian, Hal R. (2000) [1996]. "Circulating Libraries and Video Rental Stores". berkeley.edu. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ↑ Roehl, Richard; Varian, Hal R. (2000) [1996]. "Circulating Libraries and Video Rental Stores". berkeley.edu. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ↑ "1980's Appliances including prices". People's History. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ↑ Horisont 1983, Bertmarks förlag, page 42 - Första domen mot videovåld
- ↑ History of Media Technology (accessed 8 April 2011)
- ↑ History of Media Technology (accessed 8 April 2011)
- ↑ History of Media Technology (accessed 8 April 2011)
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