ABOUT US
The Rewind Team | Contact UsTHE HISTORY OF REWIND
In the late 1990s, DVD was taking off in a big way and most homes now have at least one DVD player. As DVD grew in popularity, consumers in the UK were regularly left disappointed that people in the USA were getting films released on DVD earlier (normally at the same time as they came out at the cinema over here) plus the discs themselves were usually better than their UK counterparts often with more extra features included. So that is where Rewind came to fruition.
Rewind was launched in November 1999 and has grown steadily over the years. The concept of the site was simple: to allow for people to search for a film and to see which DVD region had the best version. For the first time, people could instantly search across thousands of titles and compare the picture/sound quality and extra features across all available versions whether they were for Region 1 (America/Canada), Region 2 (Europe) or Region 4 (Australia/New Zealand) and the site now includes all regions.
For the first 2 years, the site was run by just one individual but there is now a full team working behind the scenes ensuring the site remains the best of its kind. Rewind has come from nothing to being one of the most successful and well known DVD sites around. Rewind regularly receives comments and praise from DVD enthusiasts and the DVD press. This site was the first to have a full R1 vs R2 Comparison Database which later expanded to cover all regions due to the overwhelming success of the original database. Rewind is now home to the largest and most accurate Multi-Region Comparison Database anywhere on the Internet.
With the advent of high definition technology, Rewind hasn't stood still and has embraced this new evolution in home viewing and now incorporates a separate Blu-Ray database. We even have a section dedicated to the now defunct HD-DVD platform too.
Buying DVDs/Blu-Rays is an expensive hobby. Therefore, you want to make sure that you are getting the most for your money. If you have a multi-region or region free DVD player, check Rewind before you make a DVD purchases. By checking Rewind regularly you can receive guidance on helping you buy the best possible version of your chosen title. Don't forget to read the Rewind Disclaimer before you use the site.
From this site, you can access the normal comparisons but we also offer you a spreadsheet version of the database which you can print out or download to many mobile technologies for use on the move AND a community forum area where Rewind visitors can request comparisons and let us know of a correction. ONLY Rewind offers all of this and we offer it ALL for FREE! As we do offer this for nothing, please help support the site and when you come to buy your products use the links to retailers found around this site directly.
In addition to our renowned comparison database, we also have hundreds of full reviews of films, TV programmes and music discs with new titles being added every week.
THE REWIND TEAM
So who brings you this amazing Internet resource? Who makes sure you receive the most reliable comparison information on the Internet? Who makes sure you buy the correct version of a DVD?! We do. Who are we? Find out below.
Craig HubbleTitle: Site Owner Age: 31 Joined: November 1999 Forum Username: Craig I came up with the concept of Rewind back in 1999 and ran it by myself until late 2001. The site only had a few titles when it first launched but now has over 5,000. Rewind is now one of the best known sites in the DVD and Home Cinema community. Receiving thousands of unique visitors each and every week and gaining praise from the specialist press, the site is going from strength to strength. Top 5 DVDs: |
Adrian BusbyTitle: Site Manager Age: 37 Joined: July 2001 Forum Username: Adrian_Busby Adrian works as an IT Developer for Cornwall County Council. He is a huge horror film enthusiast and has worked his way up to Site Manager since he joined the site when it was still a baby in 2001. He produced a special feature for the Halloween series back in 2002 (which even he admits desperately needs updating. See Adrian's classic comparisons here. Top 5 DVDs: |
Noor RazzakTitle: Site Administrator Age: 33 Joined: December 2002 Forum Username: Noor_Razzak Noor is a filmmaker from New Zealand. His film credits include: director of the short film "Echoes", writer/director of the short film "Angry Samoans" and "Dreamer" a new animated project which will be doing festival circuits in 2006-2007. He is also the director for the sketch comedy website Rhinoradar which he collaborates with New Zealand's finest stand-up comics. Aside from producing films, he enjoys watching and collecting DVDs from around the world as well as Laserdiscs and collects movie memorabilia from films such as Star Wars, Robocop, the Alien films and Predator. Top 5 DVDs: |
Samuel ScottTitle: Site Administrator Age: 28 Joined: April 2003 Forum Username: Samuel_Scott Samuel has been a fan of DVD since 1998 and has accumulated 2600+ films in his collection. Although far from being an expert, he believes he has a great knowledge of the DVD field and continues to enjoy learning more and more about films and expanding his tastes. See Sam's classic comparisons here. Top 5 DVDs: |
Rob HuntTitle: Site Assistant Age: 25 Joined: June 2004 Forum Username: Rob_Hunt Rob is from Southampton, in the UK. An enthusiastic supporter of the format (and with a high amount of knowledge on it), he is passionate about both films and DVDs. Currently enjoying his time as a relaxed student at Southampton University, reading Maths, he has a fair bit of free time which he spends on various things such as reading up on subjects he is unskilled in (ie. Biology/Chemistry, Philosophy and Theology), marathon-viewing TV series, church youth and student activities and, of course, Rewind. Recently, he has begun thinking about how to experiment with his own filmmaking, which may or may not prove to be a worthy accomplishment (time will tell!). His favourite films are Dramas, Thrillers and Warner Brothers classics. Top 5 DVDs: |
Frank VincentTitle: Site Assistant Age: 34 Joined: April 2005 Forum Username: Frank_Vincent Frank is from Helmond, The Netherlands. He doesn't have a job right now, but is looking for one. His biggest hobbies are collecting soundtracks (he has over 700 CDs) and about 800 DVDs. He also does some volunteer work for a few hours a month. Top 5 DVDs: |
Gary JukesTitle: Site Assistant Age: 40 Joined: November 2005 Forum Username: Gary_Jukes Gary is an IT technician from the West Midlands. His main passion is Asian cinema, Japanese in particular, but he enjoys a wide range of other genres including 80s Euro-horror, Sci-Fi, and TV-dramas like "Twin Peaks" and "Lost". When not watching DVDs he can usually be found with his nose in a book, tinkering with his car, or listening to his favourite band, The Smashing Pumpkins (and working on Rewind, of course!). He hopes to visit Japan just as soon as he has learnt the language well enough. See Gary's classic comparisons here. Top 5 DVDs: |
Paul LewisTitle: Site Assistant Age: 33 Joined: January 2008 Forum Username: Paul_Lewis Paul teaches English and Film Studies at university level in the UK and is also currently working towards the completion of his PhD thesis on the American films of Paul Verhoeven. He has several favourite genres, and is particularly fond of the Western genre, enjoying both American Westerns and European Westerns. He also has a long-standing interest in films noir, European thrillers and horror pictures, and popular British genre cinema and television. Straight-to-video action flicks and zombie pictures are his 'guilty pleasures'.
He lives in anticipation of the day when The Friends of Eddie Coyle will be released on DVD. |
Vincent BouchéTitle: Site Assistant Age: 35 Joined: December 2008 Forum Username: Vincent_Bouche Vincent was born in Champagne, France and now lives close to Paris. He has been collecting movies since he was 12...and has never stopped! With a growing collection of over 1300 discs, he watches almost anything but particularly enjoys Asian movies. Top 5 DVDs: |
Nigel BadnellTitle: Site Assistant Age: 53 Joined: November 2009 Forum Username: Nigel_Badnell Nigel is a mathematician masquerading as a physicist who works on diagnostic processes in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas. He was born in the south of England but lived in America for a number of years before moving in Glasgow where he now lives and works. His favourite genre is Science Fiction, favourite period is 1960s/70s and his guilty pleasures are Jess Franco & Jean Rollin. And he will take the 5th Amendment if asked how many DVDs he owns! Top 5 DVDs: |
Oliver WicksTitle: Site Assistant Age: 28 Joined: January 2011 Forum Username: Oliver_Wicks Oliver lives in Yorkshire, works in I.T., loves collecting films & games and has done so for many years. The 1st film he ever got was Dumbo on VHS when he was about 6 or 7 but his main film passions are anything by Pixar, Studio Ghibli and the Alien/Predator/AVP films - though he draws the line at Alien 4 & Predator 3! His guilty film/gaming pleasure is the D.O.A: Dead Or Alive series. Top 5 DVDs: |
Anthony DiPaolaTitle: Site Assistant Age: 21 Joined: January 2011 Forum Username: Anthony_DiPaola Anthony is a DVD collector who resides in Harrington Park, New Jersey, USA. He's been a fan of DVDs since 2003 and has been a collector ever since. His favourite films are the Star Wars saga, anything in the horror genre (Halloween, Evil Dead, etc.), Kevin Smith films and anything animated. Top 5 DVDs: |
Markus LangTitle: Site Assistant Age: 43 Joined: January 2011 Forum Username: Markus_Lang Markus has been providing DVD and Blu-ray specifications for Rewind since 2004. He is a music scholar from Helsinki, Finland and has collected more than 1,000 movie discs, which he squeezes into his tiny apartment, along with LPs and CDs. He is interested in both classic and contemporary cinema and particularly enjoys the making-of documentaries. Top 5 DVDs: |
We should also note here that many 'volunteers' have come and gone over the years and the team would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their contributions to the site.
CONTACT US
The best way to contact us is via the The Rewind Forums where you will receive a quick response from a member of The Rewind Team. If you want to personally contact Rewind, please use our feedback form.