Citations:pre-viewed

English citations of pre-viewed

Adjective: "(euphemistic, of a VHS cassette, DVD, etc.) previously viewed; used"

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• 1985 — Tony Seideman, "Low-Price Titles in Demand At Three-Day Applause Sale", Billboard, 7 December 1985:

  Ads mentioned "pre-viewed" movies as low as $9.95. "People knew they were used," says Shackman. "That was very clear."

• 1999 — Personal Computer Magazine, Volume 18, Issues 19-22, page 269:

  The DVD section is huge, and cheap pre-viewed videos are also available.

• 2000 — MicroTimes Magazine, 29 August 2000, page 81:

  If you're willing to wait a few months, you can usually get an excellent "pre-viewed" copy of a movie for as little as $6 from many video stores.

• 2001 — Michelle Singletary, "A Penny Saved Is... Well, It's A Penny Saved", South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 30 July 2001:

  Linda Harris of Reston, Va., found a way to cut what it costs to buy videos. "Purchase pre-viewed movies from a video store," she recommends. Harris said she saves as much as half the cost of a new video. For example, she bought a pre-viewed movie, Dinosaur, for $6.99. The original cost $19.99.

• 2002 — Jenni Smith, "Firm rakes in campaign yard sign, banner requests", Dallas Morning News, 6 October 2002:

  Its label customers include Blockbuster, Pier 1 and Pilgrim's Pride. "An example of our work is when you look at the pre-viewed movies at Blockbuster, there's a big red price sticker," Mr. Cooper said. "We made that."

• 2003 — Christopher Symington, "Holiday time is showtime", Record-Journal, 29 December 2003:

  They watch movies in theaters and, if they're good enough, they'll rent them when they come out and — if they're still good — they'll buy them on pre-viewed DVD after that.

• 2005 — Zach Borden, "Scared students watch movies the old way", The Michigan Daily, 7 November 2005:

  "I'd rather just go to Hollywood Video or Blockbuster and purchase pre-viewed DVDs," he said.

• 2006 — Vicki J. Kuyper, 101 Ways to be a Great Mom, Dalmatian Press (2006), →ISBN, page 66:

  Pick up a few child-friendly videos or DVDs from the pre-viewed sale section of your local video store to be viewed only when your children are ill.

• 2007 — "Extended foreign version of 'Protector' in DVD set, 'Hollywoodland,' 'Flags' released", The Washington Times, 8 February 2007:

  New and pre-viewed DVDs of all three of those New Concorde Entertainment dinosaur fright films are currently available via Amazon.com.

• 2008 — Mark J. Davis, The Teacher's Guide to Copyright, BuzzGig, LLC (2008), →ISBN, pages 39-40:

  Once Blockbuster buys a DVD from the movie studio, the "first sale" occurs. Video stores may then rent those movies several times to recoup their high price before selling "pre-viewed" items to the public.

• 2010 — "Avoid holiday hangover: debt", Miami Herald, 26 November 2010:

  "I got a white ceramic popcorn bowl from Crate & Barrel at Goodwill for $2 and stuffed it with candy bars, on sale at Walgreens, popcorn, buy-one-get-one-free at Publix . . . three pre-viewed movies for $20 at Blockbuster," she said.