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 film. 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:
| U.S./Canada Release Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 3 | Broken Flowers | Universal Studios Home Entertainment VHS and DVD release |
| The Cave | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment VHS and DVD release, final Lakeshore Entertainment film released on VHS | |
| The Gospel | Sony VHS and DVD release, final Screen Gems film released on VHS | |
| Wedding Crashers | New Line Home Entertainment VHS and DVD release | |
| Secuestro Express | DVD release | |
| My Date with Drew | DVD release | |
| January 10 | The Constant Gardener | USHE VHS and DVD release |
| Hustle & Flow | DVD release | |
| The Man | New Line VHS and DVD release | |
| Red Eye | DreamWorks Home Entertainment VHS and DVD release | |
| Transporter 2 | DVD release | |
| The Chumscrubber | DVD release | |
| Saraband | DVD release | |
| January 17 | Ghost in the Machine | DVD release |
| Junebug | DVD release | |
| Lord of War | Lionsgate Home Entertainment VHS and DVD release | |
| Two for the Money | USHE VHS and DVD release, final Morgan Creek Productions film released on VHS | |
| Underclassman | DVD release | |
| Venom | DVD release | |
| Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room | DVD release | |
| Asylum | DVD release | |
| January 24 | The Aristocrats | DVD release |
| Flightplan | DVD release | |
| The Fog | Sony VHS and DVD release, final Revolution Studios film released on VHS | |
| Oliver Twist | DVD release | |
| National Lampoon's Barely Legal | DVD release | |
| Thumbsucker | DVD release | |
| Down and Derby | DVD release | |
| January 31 | Corpse Bride | DVD release |
| In Her Shoes | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS and DVD release | |
| The Weather Man | DVD release | |
| The Legend of Zorro | Sony VHS and DVD release, final Spyglass Entertainment and Amblin Entertainment film released on VHS | |
| Supercross | DVD release | |
| Bubble | DVD release | |
| The Weather Man | DVD release | |
| February 7 | Doom | USHE VHS and DVD release |
| Elizabethtown | Paramount Home Entertainment VHS and DVD release, final Vinyl Films and Cruise/Wagner Productions film released on VHS | |
| Just Like Heaven | DreamWorks VHS and DVD release | |
| Waiting... | Lionsgate VHS and DVD release | |
| Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | DreamWorks VHS and DVD release, final DreamWorks Animation film released on VHS | |
| Bambi II | Walt Disney Home Entertainment VHS and DVD release, final non-Disney Movie Club exclusive Disney film released on VHS | |
| National Lampoon's Adam & Eve | DVD release | |
| The Net 2.0 | Direct-to-video DVD release | |
| Daltry Calhoun | DVD release | |
| Eros | DVD release | |
| February 14 | Proof | DVD release |
| Saw II | Lionsgate VHS and DVD release, final Twisted Pictures film released on VHS | |
| Zathura: A Space Adventure | Sony VHS and DVD release | |
| MirrorMask | DVD release | |
| The Thing About My Folks | DVD release | |
| Nine Lives | DVD release | |
| February 21 | Domino | New Line VHS and DVD release, final Scott Free Productions film released on VHS |
| Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild | Sony direct-to-video VHS and DVD release | |
| North Country | DVD release | |
| Rent | DVD release | |
| Separate Lies | DVD release | |
| First Descent | DVD release | |
| February 28 | Lady and the Tramp | 50th Anniversary and Platinum Edition VHS and DVD release (VHS only available through DMC) |
| Pride & Prejudice | USHE VHS and DVD release, final StudioCanal film released on VHS | |
| Prime | USHE VHS and DVD release | |
| Walk the Line | DVD release | |
| Yours, Mine and Ours | Paramount VHS and DVD release, final Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Columbia Pictures and MGM film released on VHS | |
| The Ice Harvest | USHE VHS and DVD release, final Focus Features film released on VHS | |
| Three... Extremes | DVD release | |
| Where the Truth Lies | DVD release | |
| March 7 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | DVD release |
| Howl's Moving Castle | DVD release | |
| Jarhead | USHE VHS and DVD release | |
| The Tenants | DVD release | |
| This Thing of Ours | DVD release | |
| Zu Warriors | DVD release | |
| Kids in America | DVD release | |
| Just Friends | New Line VHS and DVD release | |
| Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie | DVD release | |
| March 14 | Good Night, and Good Luck | DVD release |
| A History of Violence | New Line VHS and DVD release, final New Line Cinema film released on VHS | |
| Marebito | DVD release | |
| Love's Long Journey | Fox VHS and DVD release | |
| VeggieTales: Are You My Neighbor? | VHS re-release and DVD release | |
| VeggieTales: Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler | VHS and DVD release, final Big Idea Productions released on VHS | |
| The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio | DVD release | |
| The Year of the Yao | DVD release | |
| Be Here to Love Me | DVD release | |
| March 21 | Capote | DVD release |
| Chicken Little | VHS and DVD release (VHS only available through DMC) | |
| Dreamer | DreamWorks VHS and DVD release, final DreamWorks Pictures film released on VHS | |
| In the Mix | Lionsgate 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 (Full Screen & Widescreen) and two-tape VHS release, final Universal Pictures film released on VHS | |
| A Sound of Thunder | DVD release | |
| Stay | DVD release | |
| I Love Your Work | DVD release | |
| April 4 | Brokeback Mountain | DVD release |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | VHS and DVD release, final Walden Media film released on VHS | |
| 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 DVD release | |
| Ellie Parker | 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:
| U.S./Canada Release Date | Title | Season # | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 3 | 1st and 10 | 1 | |
| 1st and 10 | 2 | ||
| Alien Nation | Complete Series | ||
| All in the Family | 5 | ||
| Gunsmoke | 50th Anniversary Edition - Volume 1 | ||
| 50th Anniversary Edition - Volume 2 | |||
| 50th Anniversary Edition Giftsest | |||
| Have Gun – Will Travel | 3 | ||
| Hunter | 3 | ||
| Silk Stalkings | 4 | ||
| January 10 | Andromeda | 5.3 | |
| As Time Goes By | Reunion Specials | ||
| Black Books | 1 | ||
| The Flash | Complete Series | ||
| Hee Haw | 5 | ||
| The House of Eliott | 2 | ||
| Men Behaving Badly | 3 | ||
| Men Behaving Badly | 4 | ||
| Nighty Night | 1 | ||
| Red Dwarf | 7 | ||
| Rising Damp | 1 | ||
| Strong Medicine | 1 | ||
| Urban Gothic | 1 | ||
| Viva La Bam | 4 | ||
| Viva La Bam | 5 | ||
| Wild Kingdom | Hunters Of The Sky | ||
| The African Wild 2 | |||
| January 17 | Adventures of Superman | 2 | |
| Doogie Howser, M.D. | 3 | ||
| Fraggle Rock | Vol 5: Down In Fraggle Rock | ||
| Good Morning, World | 1 | ||
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | 2 | ||
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | 3 | ||
| Mr. Show with Bob and David | Complete Collection | ||
| The Old Grey Whistle Test | Volume 2 | ||
| Titus | 3 | ||
| January 24 | 1-800-Missing | 2 | |
| 'Allo 'Allo! | Complete Series 4 | ||
| Angelina Ballerina | Follows Her Dreams | ||
| Dallas | 4 | ||
| My Little Pony | Two Great Pony Tales | ||
| Saturday Night Live | Best Of Alec Baldwin | ||
| Best Of David Spade | |||
| The Backyardigans | Polka Palace Party | ||
| The Time Tunnel | Volume 1 | ||
| The Tomorrow Show | Punk & New Wave | ||
| The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss | The Cat's Home But Not Alone | ||
| January 31 | The A-Team | 3 | |
| All American Girl | 1 | ||
| Archie Bunker's Place | 1 | ||
| Avatar: The Last Airbender | Book 1: Water, Volume 1 | ||
| The Benny Hill Show | Benny Hill, Complete And Unadulterated: The Hill's Angels Years - Set 4 | ||
| Dark Shadows | DVD Collection 22 | ||
| Diff'rent Strokes | 2 | ||
| Elmo's World | Reach For the Sky! | ||
| The Gastineau Girls | 1 | ||
| Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | 3 | ||
| Hill Street Blues | 1 | ||
| Inked | The Best of Season 1 | ||
| Knight Rider | 3 | ||
| Magnum, P.I. | 3 | ||
| The Pink Panther Show | Classic Cartoon Collection (5-DVD 2006 MGM) | ||
| The Rat Patrol | 1 | ||
| MI-5 | 3 | ||
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Volume 20: Turtles Against H.A.T.E. | ||
| Two's Company | Series 4 | ||
| The X-Files | 1 | Reissue | |
| The X-Files | 2 | Reissue | |
| The X-Files | 3 | Reissue | |
| February 7 | The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries | 2 | |
| The Batman | 1 | ||
| Blue Collar TV | 1, Volume 2 | ||
| The Electric Company | Volume 1 | ||
| Emergency! | 2 | ||
| Growing Pains | 1 | ||
| Grounded for Life | 1 | ||
| Hearts Afire | 3 | ||
| Just for Laughs | Vol. 2: On the Edge | ||
| Just for Laughs: Gags | Volume 2 | ||
| The Lost World | 1 | ||
| The Lost World | 2 | ||
| Moonlighting | 3 | ||
| Nick Jr. Favorites Vol. 3 | |||
| Nick Picks 3 | |||
| Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond | One Step Beyond Collection | ||
| Pet Alien | Vol 4: Spaced Out | ||
| Poltergeist: The Legacy | 1 | ||
| Thomas & Friends | Track Stars | ||
| Barney & Friends | Let's Go To The Beach | ||
| Bob the Builder | When Bob Became A Builder | ||
| ToddWorld | It's Okay to Be You | ||
| Sex and the City | Sex and the City Essentials: Breaksups | ||
| Sex and the City Essentials: Lust | |||
| Sex and the City Essentials: Mr. Big | |||
| Sex and the City Essentials: Romance | |||
| The Simpsons | Kiss & Tell | ||
| Survivor: Pearl Islands | The Complete Season | ||
| Teen Titans | 1 | ||
| Touched by an Angel | 3, Volume 1 | ||
| Wildfire | 1 | ||
| Wire in the Blood | 3 | ||
| February 14 | The Andy Griffith Show | 5 | |
| Charles in Charge | 1 | ||
| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | 3 | ||
| Gimme a Break! | 1 | ||
| The Golden Girls | 4 | ||
| Goof Troop | Volume 1 | ||
| Grey's Anatomy | 1 | ||
| Living Single | 1 | ||
| Quack Pack | Volume 1 | ||
| Significant Others | Complete Series | [7] | |
| February 21 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | 3 | |
| Action | 1 | ||
| The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin | Volume 01: The Journey Begins | ||
| Volume 02: The Journey Continues | |||
| The Dick Cavett Show | Comic Legends | ||
| Go, Diego, Go! | The Great Dinosaur Rescue | ||
| Goof Troop | Volume 1 | ||
| The Irish R.M. | 3 | ||
| NYPD Blue | 3 | ||
| Quack Pack | Volume 1 | ||
| Redwall | 1 | ||
| SpongeBob SquarePants | Lost In Time | ||
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Season 1, Vol. 1 | ||
| What's New, Scooby Doo? | Vol 8: Zoinks, Camera, Action! | ||
| February 28 | The Avengers | Emma Peel Collector's Edition | |
| The Adventures of Pete & Pete | 3 | ||
| Beast Machines: Transformers | The Complete Series | ||
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Ultimate Collection Volume 2 | ||
| C.O.P.S. | Volume 1 | ||
| Charmed | 4 | ||
| Combat! | Best of Hanley | ||
| Best of Saunders | |||
| The Drew Carey Show | Television Favorites | ||
| Ellen | 3 | ||
| House Party | Kids Say the Darndest Things: Vol. 2 | ||
| The Lawless Years | 1 | ||
| Monty Python's Flying Circus | Graham Chapman's Personal Best | ||
| John Cleese's Personal Best | |||
| Terry Gilliam's Personal Best | |||
| Terry Jones' Personal Best | |||
| NewsRadio | 3 | ||
| Night Court | Television Favorites | ||
| The Real Ghostbusters | Vol 1: Creatures Of The Night | ||
| Vol 2: Spooky Spirits | |||
| Vol 3: Slimefighters | |||
| Roseanne | 3 | ||
| Rosemary & Thyme | 2 | ||
| Rumpole of the Bailey | Megaset | ||
| Weird U.S. | Vol 1: Strange But True/Road To Weirdsville | ||
| Vol 2: Weird Worship/Weirdly Departed | |||
| Vol 3: Rebels And Traitors/Crimes And Punishment | |||
| Welcome Back, Kotter | Television Favorites | ||
| March 7 | Andromeda | Vol 5.4 | |
| Baby Looney Tunes | Volume 1: Playday Pals | ||
| Volume 2: Let's Play Pretend | |||
| The Brady Bunch | 5 | ||
| The Cosby Show | 2 | ||
| The Electric Company | The Best of The Best of The Electric Company | ||
| The Flintstones | 5 | ||
| Hogan's Heroes | 3 | ||
| Lilly the Witch | Volume 1 | ||
| Volume 2 | |||
| Police Woman | 1 | ||
| The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour | Complete Series | ||
| Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales | The Best of Tennessee Tuxedo | ||
| Three's Company | 6 | ||
| Underdog | The Best of Go-Go Gophers | ||
| Walking Tall | The Complete Series | ||
| The White Shadow | 2 | ||
| Wild 'n Out | 1 | ||
| March 14 | All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series | Dogs Undercover | |
| Friends to the Rescue | |||
| Columbo | 4 | ||
| I Dream of Jeannie | 1 | ||
| MacGyver | 5 | ||
| Murder, She Wrote | 3 | ||
| Naked City | Set 3 | ||
| She Spies | 1 | ||
| The Simple Life 3: Interns | Complete Season | ||
| Sleeper Cell | 1 | ||
| Speed Racer | Collector's Edition Vol. 4 | ||
| V.I.P. | 1 | ||
| March 21 | 21 Jump Street | 5 | |
| Batman Beyond | 1 | ||
| Bewitched | 3 | ||
| Ed, Edd n Eddy | Volume 2: Fools' Para-Ed-Ise | ||
| The Flying Nun | 1 | ||
| Gidget | The Complete Series | ||
| Huff | 1 | ||
| Justice League | 1 | ||
| Mind of Mencia | 1 | Uncensored | |
| Over There | 1 | ||
| Roseanne | 3 | ||
| South Park | 7 | ||
| Tales from the Crypt | 3 | ||
| Unsolved Mysteries | The Best of Unsolved Mysteries | ||
| The Ultimate Collection | |||
| The White Shadow | 2 | ||
| The Young Riders | 1 | ||
| March 28 | American Muscle Car | 1 | |
| The Andy Milonakis Show | 1 | ||
| Astro Boy | Ultra Edition - Set 1 | ||
| Avatar: The Last Airbender | Book 1: Water, Volume 2 | ||
| Danger Mouse | 5 & 6 | ||
| Dark Shadows | DVD Collection 23 | ||
| Degrassi: The Next Generation | 3 | ||
| Doctor Who | Story #001, 002, 003: The Beginning Collection | ||
| Dog the Bounty Hunter | The Best of Season 2 | ||
| Friends | The One With All The Babies | ||
| The One With All The Birthdays | |||
| The One With All The Weddings | |||
| Godzilla: The Series | Vol 02: Monster Mayhem | ||
| Vol 03: Mutant Madness | |||
| Highway to Heaven | 3 | ||
| The Invisible Man | 1 | ||
| Knots Landing | 1 | ||
| Masters of Horror | Cigarette Burns (John Carpenter) | ||
| Dreams In The Witch House (Stuart Gordon) | |||
| Dreams In The Witch House/Cigarette Burns | |||
| Modern Marvels | Extreme Gadgets | ||
| FBI's Crime Lab | |||
| Great Inventions | |||
| Walt Disney World | |||
| Monty Python's Flying Circus | Monty Python's Personal Best Collection | ||
| Northern Exposure | 4 | ||
| Not the Nine O'clock News | The Best Of Not The 9 O'clock News | ||
| Quantum Leap | 4 | ||
| Robot Chicken | 1 | ||
| Six Feet Under | 5 | ||
| The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! | Volume 1 | ||
| Tales of the Unexpected | Set #4 | ||
| Wonder Showzen | 1 | ||
| The X-Files | 4 | Reissue | |
| 5 | Reissue | ||
| 6 | Reissue | ||
| April 4 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Really Best Episodes In The Universe | |
| The Adventures of the Little Prince | The Perfect Planet | ||
| The Star Gazer | |||
| Arthur | Arthur's Club Rules | ||
| Arthur Rides the Bandwagon | |||
| The A-Team | 4 | ||
| Barney & Friends | Barney's Musical Scrapbook | ||
| Let's Pretend with Barney | |||
| Dawson's Creek | 6 | ||
| Full House | 3 | ||
| Garbage Pail Kids | The Complete Series | ||
| Knight Rider | 4 | ||
| Magnum, P.I. | 4 | ||
| Sesame Beginnings | Beginning Together | ||
| Make Music Together | |||
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[8] | Volume 4 | ||
| Tripping the Rift | 2 | ||
| April 11 | 6teen | Idol Time at the Mall | |
| The Bob Newhart Show | 3 | ||
| Farscape | Starburst Edition - Volume 9 (3.3) | ||
| In Living Color | 5 | ||
| The Merv Griffin Show | 40 of the Most Interesting People of Our Time |
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 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. Archived from the original on 2012-05-31. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ↑ "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Volume 04". TV Shows on DVD. 4 April 2006. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Volume 05". TV Shows on DVD. 29 August 2006. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Volume 06". TV Shows on DVD. 5 December 2006. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
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