2006 in home video
2006 in home video is considered something of a watershed for home media technology, with VHS being phased out as Blu-ray fought to replace the presently dominant DVD format. 2006 marked the end of the VHS era with the release of A History of Violence, the last VHS release for a major Hollywood movie. Major retailers were switching to DVD-only sales while tapes were being sent to discount stores.[1] This time marked the beginning of a major format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD which would be quickly won by Blu-ray.[2]
Events
February
- Retail chain Walmart in the USA stops selling VHS tapes after the Christmas and holiday season.[3]
April
June
- June 20 - The launch of Blu-ray Disc in the US.[5]
September
Movie releases
The following movies were released on video on the following dates:
This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.| U.S./Canada Release Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 1 | The Prince of Egypt | DVD release |
| January 3 | Broken Flowers | VHS and DVD release |
| The Cave | VHS and DVD release | |
| The Gospel | VHS and DVD release; final Screen Gems film released on VHS | |
| Wedding Crashers | VHS and DVD release | |
| Secuestro Express | DVD release | |
| My Date with Drew | DVD release | |
| January 5 | George of the Jungle | Special Edition VHS and DVD release |
| January 10 | The Constant Gardener | VHS and DVD release; final Focus Features film released on VHS |
| Hustle & Flow | VHS and DVD release | |
| The Man | VHS and DVD release | |
| Red Eye | VHS and DVD release | |
| Transporter 2 | DVD release | |
| The Indian in the Cupboard | Special Edition VHS and DVD release | |
| The Chumscrubber | DVD release | |
| Saraband | DVD release | |
| January 17 | Ghost in the Machine | DVD release |
| Junebug | VHS and DVD release | |
| Lord of War | VHS and DVD release | |
| Two for the Money | VHS and DVD release | |
| Underclassman | VHS and DVD release; final Miramax film released on VHS | |
| Venom | DVD release | |
| Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room | DVD release | |
| Asylum | DVD release | |
| January 24 | The Aristocrats | VHS and DVD release |
| Flightplan | VHS and DVD release; final Touchstone Pictures film released on VHS | |
| The Fog | VHS and DVD release | |
| Oliver Twist | VHS and DVD release; final TriStar Pictures film released on VHS | |
| Thumbsucker | DVD release | |
| Hercules | Special Edition VHS and DVD release | |
| National Lampoon's Barely Legal | DVD release | |
| Thumbsucker | DVD release | |
| Down and Derby | DVD release | |
| January 31 | Corpse Bride | VHS and DVD release |
| In Her Shoes | VHS and DVD release | |
| The Legend of Zorro | VHS and DVD release | |
| Supercross | VHS and DVD release | |
| Bubble | DVD release | |
| February 7 | Doom | VHS and DVD release; Full Screen, Unrated Full Screen & Widescreen Edition |
| Elizabethtown | VHS and DVD release; Full Screen Edition | |
| Just Like Heaven | VHS and DVD release; Full Screen & Widescreen Edition | |
| Waiting... | VHS and DVD release | |
| Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | VHS and DVD release; Widescreen Edition; final DreamWorks Animation film released on VHS | |
| Bambi II | VHS and DVD release; final Disney film released on VHS | |
| National Lampoon's Adam & Eve | DVD release | |
| The Net 2.0 | Direct-to-DVD | |
| Daltry Calhoun | DVD release | |
| Eros | DVD release | |
| February 14 | Proof | DVD release |
| Saw II | VHS and DVD release; final Lionsgate film released on VHS | |
| Zathura | VHS and DVD release | |
| MirrorMask | DVD release | |
| The Thing About My Folks | DVD release | |
| Nine Lives | DVD release | |
| February 21 | Domino | VHS and DVD release; Full Screen & Widescreen Edition |
| North Country | VHS and DVD release; Full Screen & Widescreen Edition | |
| Rent | DVD release | |
| The Weather Man | VHS and DVD release | |
| Separate Lies | DVD release | |
| First Descent | DVD release | |
| February 28 | Lady and the Tramp | 50th Anniversary and Platinum Edition DVD release |
| Pride & Prejudice | DVD release | |
| Prime | VHS and DVD release; Full Screen & Widescreen Edition | |
| Walk the Line | DVD release | |
| Yours, Mine and Ours | VHS and DVD release; final Paramount Pictures film and final Metro-Goldwyn Mayer film released on VHS | |
| The Ice Harvest | DVD release | |
| Three... Extremes | DVD release | |
| Where the Truth Lies | DVD release | |
| March 6 | The Legend of Zorro | VHS and DVD Release; Region 2, UK |
| March 7 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | VHS and DVD release |
| Howl's Moving Castle | DVD release | |
| Jarhead | VHS and DVD release | |
| Prime | DVD release | |
| The Tenants | DVD release | |
| This Thing of Ours | DVD release | |
| Zu Warriors | DVD release | |
| Kids in America | DVD release | |
| Just Friends | DVD release | |
| Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie | DVD release | |
| March 14 | Good Night, and Good Luck | VHS and DVD release |
| A History of Violence | VHS and DVD release; final New Line Cinema film released on VHS | |
| Marebito | DVD release | |
| The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio | DVD release | |
| The Year of the Yao | DVD release | |
| Be Here to Love Me | DVD release | |
| March 20 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Region 2, UK VHS and DVD release |
| March 21 | Capote | DVD release |
| Chicken Little | VHS and DVD release | |
| Dreamer | VHS and DVD release; final DreamWorks film released on VHS | |
| In the Mix | VHS and DVD release | |
| The Adventures of Brer Rabbit | DVD release | |
| Dear Wendy | DVD release | |
| A League of Ordinary Gentlemen | DVD release | |
| Derailed | DVD release | |
| The Dying Gaul | DVD release | |
| House of the Dead | DVD release | |
| Paradise Now | DVD release | |
| Everything Is Illuminated | DVD release | |
| March 28 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | DVD release |
| Memoirs of a Geisha | DVD release | |
| King Kong | DVD release and international VHS release | |
| A Sound of Thunder | VHS and DVD release; Final VHS release | |
| Stay | DVD release | |
| I Love Your Work | DVD release | |
| April 3 | Cheaper by the Dozen 2 | Region 2, UK |
| April 4 | Brokeback Mountain | DVD release |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | VHS, PSP and DVD release | |
| Crash | DVD re-release | |
| The Greatest Game Ever Played | DVD release | |
| Dirty | DVD release | |
| Bee Season | DVD release | |
| Little Manhattan | DVD release | |
| Ushpizin | DVD release | |
| April 11 | Fun with Dick and Jane | DVD release |
| An Unfinished Life | DVD release | |
| Wolf Creek | Unrated Edition | |
| The Greatest Game Ever Played | DVD release | |
| Ellie Parker | DVD release | |
| June 6 | The Missing | Extended Cut DVD re-release |
| June 13 | The Dolly Sisters | DVD release |
| This Is America, Charlie Brown | 2-DVD Collector's Edition | |
| August 22 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Trick or Treason | DVD release |
| September 26 | Munster, Go Home! | Part of Two-Movie Fright Fest |
| The Munsters' Revenge | Part of Two-Movie Fright Fest | |
| October 31 | Essential Ernest Collection | 2-DVD box set |
| December 26 | True Lies | DVD release |
Post HD DVD debut
April 18, 2006 marks the debut of HD DVD. All of the following entries should be assumed to be DVD releases unless marked otherwise.
Post Blu-ray debut
June 20, 2006 marks the debut of Blu-ray Disc. All of the following entries should be assumed to be VHS or DVD releases unless marked otherwise.
TV show releases
The following television shows were released on video on the following dates:
This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.Post HD DVD debut
April 18, 2006 marks the debut of HD DVD. All of the following entries should be assumed to be DVD releases unless marked otherwise.
| U.S./Canada Release Date | Title | Season # | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 25 | American Dad! | Volume 1 | |
| Reba | 3 | ||
| The Waltons | 3 | ||
| May 1 | Everybody Loves Raymond | 4 | Region 2, UK |
| Murder, She Wrote | 2 | Region 2, UK | |
| May 2 | Dinosaurs | 1 and 2 | |
| I Love Lucy | 6 | ||
| Kate & Allie | 1 | ||
| King of the Hill | 6 | ||
| Leave It to Beaver | 2 | ||
| The Nanny | 2 | ||
| May 9 | The Andy Griffith Show | 6 | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond | 6 | ||
| The Facts of Life | 1 and 2 | ||
| The Golden Girls | 5 | ||
| Life Goes On | 1 | ||
| Rescue Me | 2 | ||
| Scrubs | 3 | ||
| That '70s Show | 4 | ||
| Trailer Park Boys | 5 | ||
| The West Wing | 6 | ||
| May 15 | Roseanne | 3 | Region 2, UK |
| May 16 | The Big Valley | 1 | |
| Grounded for Life | 2 | ||
| Hill Street Blues | 2 | ||
| Supernanny | 1 | ||
| That Girl | 1 | ||
| May 19 | Life Goes On | 1 | |
| May 22 | Dallas | 4 | Region 2, UK |
| Joking Apart | 1 | Region 2, UK | |
| Knight Rider | 3 | Region 2, UK | |
| The Tribe | Series 3 | Region 2, UK | |
| May 23 | Deadwood | 2 | |
| M*A*S*H | 10 | ||
| Redwall | 2 | ||
| Samurai Jack | 3 | ||
| Wings | 1 and 2 | ||
| X-Men: Evolution | 3 | ||
| May 30 | The Dukes of Hazzard | 6 | |
| Joey | 1 | ||
| June 6 | Charmed | 5 | |
| Home Improvement | 4 | ||
| June 13 | The Boondocks | 1 | |
| Cheers | 8 | ||
| Frasier | 8 | ||
| MacGyver | 6 | ||
| Medium | 1 | ||
| Walker, Texas Ranger | 1 |
Post Blu-ray debut
June 20, 2006 marks the debut of Blu-ray Disc. All of the following entries should be assumed to be DVD releases unless marked otherwise.
Other 2006 releases
- Romance & Cigarettes - United Artists - John Turturro (director), James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Christopher Walken, Mandy Moore, Mary-Louise Parker, Eddie Izzard - Direct to DVD
- Denver Broncos: The Complete History - Released on DVD by NFL Films
References
- ↑ Boucher, Goeff (22 December 2008). "VHS era is winding down". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
The last major Hollywood movie to be released on VHS was "A History of Violence" in 2006. By that point major retailers such as Best Buy and Wal-Mart were already well on their way to evicting all the VHS tapes from their shelves ... tapes went to bargain-basement chains such as Dollar Tree, Dollar General and Family Dollar
- ↑ "Toshiba Announces Discontinuation of HD DVD Businesses" (Press release). Toshiba. February 19, 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2008.
- ↑ "Wal-Mart said to stop selling VHS". CNN. 13 June 2005. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ↑ Evan Powell (20 April 2006). "HD-DVD: It's Here, and it's Spectacular". Projectorcentral. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ↑ Melissa J. Perenson, (20 June 2006). "Blu-ray Movies Hit Stores Today". Techhive. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ↑ Niclas Lidström (5 September 2006). "Knappt 6 000 kronor för första HD-DVD spelaren" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ↑ "Significant Others: The Complete Series". Shout! Factory. December 1, 2005. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ↑ "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Volume 04". TV Shows on DVD. 4 April 2006. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Volume 05". TV Shows on DVD. 29 August 2006. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Volume 06". TV Shows on DVD. 5 December 2006. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
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