Format | Cover | Release Date(s) | Notes |
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VHS | October 25, 1980 |
The Wizard of Oz's sole release by MGM/CBS Home Video has the Kansas scenes grayscaled, as seen from the 1955 re-release of the film. After the film are the CBS Video logo and trailers for Fame (1980) and 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Reissued in September 1982 with a slightly improved transfer. | |
VHS | August 1985 | Like the 1980 and 1982 VHS releases, the Kansas scenes are in black and white instead of Sepia Tone, and a copyright screen appears at the end of the film. This VHS is also known as the "Videophonic Sound" edition.
Reissued in 1988 in a slipcover showing early artwork of the Wicked Witch of the West. | |
VHS | August 15, 1989 |
When The Wizard of Oz turned exactly 50 years old, changes were made to the film since a very long time. For example, the Kansas sequences returned back to its original Sepia Tone color. | |
Laserdisc | August 15, 1989 | ||
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Re-printed from the 1989 VHS, with no special features available. The 1993 and 1995 VHS tapes each contain the 1993 MGM/UA Home Video logo. | |
Laserdisc | November 17, 1993 | The "Ultimate Oz" laserdisc set was the only CAV laserdisc release for The Wizard of Oz. It was released along with a re-release of the VHS version. | |
VHS | September 10, 1996 | This was MGM/UA Home Video's last VHS release ever, and the only one to have the THX logo. | |
DVD | March 25, 1997 | This was MGM/UA Home Video's only DVD release ever. It has no special features, like the 1996 VHS, and the film is in Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono sound. | |
DVD | October 19, 1999 | Released to promote the film's 60th anniversary. Also available on VHS (in English or Spanish). If it wasn't for the Copyright Act of 1976, a lot of public domain releases would've flooded the marketplace by this point. | |
DVD | October 19, 1999 | The Deluxe Edition was only available as part of a Gift Set, and was discontinued in 2002. | |
DVD | October 25, 2005 | Unlike the 1999 DVD, the film now has better picture quality, the maximum audio bitrate of 448 kbps (instead of 384), the original mono audio track, a new music and effects only track, a brand new audio commentary, and more special features (mostly on Disc 2). The DVD was discontinued in 2008. | |
DVD | October 25, 2005 | The first two discs are exactly the same as the Two-Disc Special Edition, with an additional third disc containing films released before the 1939 adaptation. Like the Two-Disc Special Edition, it was discontinued in 2008. | |
Blu-ray | September 29, 2009 | Released to promote the film's 70th anniversary, The Wizard of Oz is presented for the first time in VC-1 high definition video and Dolby TrueHD audio quality. | |
Blu-ray | December 1, 2009 | The Three-Disc Emerald Edition contains the same specifications as the Ultimate Collector's Edition, but with less features. | |
Digital Copy | December 1, 2009 | Originally presented in standard definition. Priced at $9.99. | |
Blu-ray | March 16, 2010 | ||
DVD | March 16, 2010 | ||
Blu-ray 3D | October 1, 2013 |
For its near 75th anniversary, The Wizard of Oz was re-released in 3D. Here, the film now has clearer MPEG-4 high definition video and DTS-HD Master Audio quality. A digital copy is also included. Had the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 not become law, this would've been the last official re-release for The Wizard of Oz before it fell into the public domain. | |
Blu-ray | October 1, 2013 | ||
Digital HD | October 1, 2013 | ||
DVD | October 1, 2013 |
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Home video timeline for The Wizard of Oz
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