The Official LaserDisc Thread - Page 252 - Blu-ray Forum

meremortal · 01-04-2023, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

Just gave a Millennial a tour of my media room (see my gallery), he thought my Laserdiscs were records lol...

To be fair, it wasn't the most visible format. Peak marketshare in the 90s was something like 1% of the home video market and that might be with some generous rounding up.

denvertrakker · 01-04-2023, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

Just gave a Millennial a tour of my media room (see my gallery), he thought my Laserdiscs were records lol...

Not surprising. Whenever I've scored LDs at the thrift, they've been mixed in with the records. The general public doesn't even know the difference between CDs and DVDs, in my experience. YMMV.

manicsounds · 01-05-2023, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by denvertrakker

Not surprising. Whenever I've scored LDs at the thrift, they've been mixed in with the records. The general public doesn't even know the difference between CDs and DVDs, in my experience. YMMV.

My mother still calls them all "tapes"...

My LD collection was at 40 titles as of the end of 2022. Now it's already at 60... I doubt it will ever reach my Blu-ray count, but it's growing as I'm hunting at more places...

TheMGR · 01-08-2023, 11:39 PM

Walked out of a thrift shop today with six LDs at $2.99 apiece:

The Onion Field
Rented Lips (1987 -- dir: Robert Downey Sr.)
Under The Volcano (sealed)
Utilities (sealed; 1983, Robert Hays/Brooke Adams)
Brady's Escape aka The Long Ride (1983, John Savage/Kelly Reno)
Treasure Island: The Musical (sealed; 1982)

These were all mixed in with the vinyl records and the first few LDs I found were all ridiculously priced at $29.99 (nothing special about the titles) but as I looked further, I found a bunch that hadn't been priced so I grabbed the ones I wanted and fortunately they were sold to me for $2.99 each

UPDATE JAN 11: Went back and picked up two more --

The River Rat (sealed, 1984, Tommy Lee Jones/Martha Plimpton/Brian Dennehy)
Robert Klein on Broadway (1986)

Pondosinatra · 01-18-2023, 03:08 AM

This is kinda cool...every Criterion Laserdisc in order of the collection.

Pondosinatra · 01-21-2023, 03:46 AM

Just finished watching the Hitchcock film Frenzy. As I quite often do after watching a movie, I'll read the Trivia part about it on IMDB. There were two Laserdisc references regarding the film:

"When long-running movies finish on an odd numbered side of a LaserDisc set, the other side usually has a short message saying that the program is recorded on the other side. On the old American DiscoVision sets (which were in CAV format and ran for around thirty minutes a side), they would press a side from another movie rather than have it blank. Side 6 of this movie contains a side from Jaws (1975)."

"Side Five of the DiscoVision LaserDisc release has every frame encoded with Auto Picture Stop, rendering it unplayable on all but a few models of LaserDisc players."

ewsjr · 01-21-2023, 05:17 PM

My newest addition.

sfmarine · 01-24-2023, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

This is kinda cool...every Criterion Laserdisc in order of the collection.

Daisuke is a national treasure! So glad at the success he's had with his channel. Super nice guy to chat with and he'd often pop in to the chats hosted by Sam Hatch and give his input.

Tok · 01-25-2023, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by sfmarine

Daisuke is a national treasure! So glad at the success he's had with his channel. Super nice guy to chat with and he'd often pop in to the chats hosted by Sam Hatch and give his input.

I’m kind of hoping that Criterion gets King Kong (1933) back for its UHD release. Not that I’ve been unhappy with Warner’s releases. I don’t think we’ve gotten any of the earlier Criterion Laserdisc extras on DVD or BD.

manicsounds · 01-30-2023, 01:20 AM

https://www.dvdcompare.net/features/...cs_in_2023.php

Article on DVDCompare on getting into Laserdiscs for the first time in 2023.

jusmu · 01-31-2023, 02:40 PM

I might jump into Ld-gang next week, there is Pioneer 919 on sale.

It is japanese/NTSC-model.

Does it play PAL-movies (or is there such thing)? I ask because I live in Europe.

More questions is coming if/when I bought it

danny24 · 01-31-2023, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jusmu

I might jump into Ld-gang next week, there is Pioneer 919 on sale.

It is japanese/NTSC-model.

Does it play PAL-movies (or is there such thing)? I ask because I live in Europe.

More questions is coming if/when I bought it

Why don't you just buy a PAL LD player if you want it to play PAL LD's. It most likely won't it will be NTSC only. Unless you have a huge collection of NTSC LD's just get a PAL LD player. They made PAL/NTSC combo LD players but they are pricey. I never needed one I only have 1 PAL LD which I got in an LD lot I purchased.

sfmarine · 02-01-2023, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by danny24

Why don't you just buy a PAL LD player if you want it to play PAL LD's. It most likely won't it will be NTSC only. Unless you have a huge collection of NTSC LD's just get a PAL LD player. They made PAL/NTSC combo LD players but they are pricey. I never needed one I only have 1 PAL LD which I got in an LD lot I purchased.

I only have one PAL LD as well, but it's the Jurassic Park fossil edition which I imported from the UK. A guy on Reddit wanted it but only wanted to pay a few bucks for it because he couldn't play it...

manicsounds · 02-01-2023, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jusmu

I might jump into Ld-gang next week, there is Pioneer 919 on sale.

It is japanese/NTSC-model.

Does it play PAL-movies (or is there such thing)? I ask because I live in Europe.

More questions is coming if/when I bought it

Japanese models won't playback PAL. There are Pioneer players that play both PAL and NTSC and have that label on the front of the device. Not sure if there was a 919 PAL/NTSC player.

jusmu · 02-01-2023, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by manicsounds

Japanese models won't playback PAL. There are Pioneer players that play both PAL and NTSC and have that label on the front of the device. Not sure if there was a 919 PAL/NTSC player.

Thank you.
Need to keep that in mind when I`m buying movies.

jusmu · 02-01-2023, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danny24

Why don't you just buy a PAL LD player if you want it to play PAL LD's. It most likely won't it will be NTSC only. Unless you have a huge collection of NTSC LD's just get a PAL LD player. They made PAL/NTSC combo LD players but they are pricey. I never needed one I only have 1 PAL LD which I got in an LD lot I purchased.

I don`want to stick PAL ld`s only. This is my first player so just wanted to know these formats

bludarkknight · 02-19-2023, 04:11 PM

narrow margin 1990
scope 2.35:1 / Dolby Stereo 4.2.4 matrix decent mix theatrical dynamics presented in THX sound system . some deep lows that were felt !
director does his own DP work

bludarkknight · 02-19-2023, 04:19 PM

Glory 1989
w/s - Dolby Stereo 4.2.4 / lucasfilm ltd THX sound system
when this is playing here in THX bass is deep ! canon fire and muskets .

Hydra Spectre · 02-24-2023, 09:38 AM

How do LaserDiscs look with a CRT effect from something like the OSSC or RetroTINK-5X?
Complete with alternating scanlines.

meremortal · 03-02-2023, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Hydra Spectre

How do LaserDiscs look with a CRT effect from something like the OSSC or RetroTINK-5X?
Complete with alternating scanlines.

Curious as well.

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01-08-2023, 11:39 PM	#5024
TheMGR Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Apr 2018 Location:Canada 4K collection:54 Blu-ray collection:2642 DVD collection:2749	Walked out of a thrift shop today with six LDs at $2.99 apiece: The Onion Field Rented Lips (1987 -- dir: Robert Downey Sr.) Under The Volcano (sealed) Utilities (sealed; 1983, Robert Hays/Brooke Adams) Brady's Escape aka The Long Ride (1983, John Savage/Kelly Reno) Treasure Island: The Musical (sealed; 1982) These were all mixed in with the vinyl records and the first few LDs I found were all ridiculously priced at $29.99 (nothing special about the titles) but as I looked further, I found a bunch that hadn't been priced so I grabbed the ones I wanted and fortunately they were sold to me for $2.99 each UPDATE JAN 11: Went back and picked up two more -- The River Rat (sealed, 1984, Tommy Lee Jones/Martha Plimpton/Brian Dennehy) Robert Klein on Broadway (1986) Last edited by TheMGR; 01-11-2023 at 10:32 PM.

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01-21-2023, 03:46 AM	#5026
Pondosinatra Blu-ray Champion Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Calgary, Alberta Home Theater Gallery:45 Trading Score:2	Just finished watching the Hitchcock film Frenzy. As I quite often do after watching a movie, I'll read the Trivia part about it on IMDB. There were two Laserdisc references regarding the film: "When long-running movies finish on an odd numbered side of a LaserDisc set, the other side usually has a short message saying that the program is recorded on the other side. On the old American DiscoVision sets (which were in CAV format and ran for around thirty minutes a side), they would press a side from another movie rather than have it blank. Side 6 of this movie contains a side from Jaws (1975)." "Side Five of the DiscoVision LaserDisc release has every frame encoded with Auto Picture Stop, rendering it unplayable on all but a few models of LaserDisc players."

01-30-2023, 01:20 AM	#5030
manicsounds Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Location:Tokyo 4K collection:110 Blu-ray collection:4330 Blu-ray reviews: 99	https://www.dvdcompare.net/features/...cs_in_2023.php Article on DVDCompare on getting into Laserdiscs for the first time in 2023.

01-31-2023, 02:40 PM	#5031
jusmu Active Member Member since:Jun 2014 4K collection:122 Blu-ray collection:408	I might jump into Ld-gang next week, there is Pioneer 919 on sale. It is japanese/NTSC-model. Does it play PAL-movies (or is there such thing)? I ask because I live in Europe. More questions is coming if/when I bought it

02-24-2023, 09:38 AM	#5039
Hydra Spectre Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2019 Blu-ray collection:1 iTunes collection:1	How do LaserDiscs look with a CRT effect from something like the OSSC or RetroTINK-5X? Complete with alternating scanlines.

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