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"CAV" now that's a word I haven't heard in a long time... a long time. One of my prized possessions is my Tron Disney Archive Edition Laserdisc. Got it brand new back in the day for around $300. It's now worthless, but, it's also ridiculous and a monument to when I was single and had disposable income. I always wanted that LD player that could play both sides. When I watch any Star Wars I still get a feeling of having to get up just before the part you have to turn the disc over.
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eSports Chaebol posted:i think the matrix was the first big release on a dual-layer DVD so people who got in early on DVDs actually couldnt play them lol I worked at Blockbuster when DVDs were first becoming mainstream, this happened all the loving time. I kind of felt bad, but 
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Feb 23, 2016 02:52
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Skeleton Ape posted:I worked at Blockbuster when DVDs were first becoming mainstream, this happened all the loving time. I kind of felt bad, but looks like you are an obsolete early adopter too with your tulip glass instead of glencairn glass in your av!
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Feb 23, 2016 03:03
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IIRC laserdisk was analog, somehow. The huge jewel cases that ya stick the whole thing in there and it pops out empty sure was nifty tho.
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Feb 23, 2016 03:20
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Star Wars Alien Star Trek: The Motion Picture (long version) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn Close Encounter of the Third Kind (SE) x2 WarGames Firefox Raiders of the Lost Ark Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck Cartoons: Collection Two On Golden Pond Saturn 3 The Ten Commandments The Royal Opera: Samson et Dalila Má Vlast The Elephant Man Wizard of Oz Casablanca Chariots of Fire
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Feb 23, 2016 03:47
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has anyone mentioned how comically large laser discs are? i mean lol. why so big?
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Feb 23, 2016 04:01
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Wank posted:"CAV" now that's a word I haven't heard in a long time... a long time. Back when I worked at a Best Buy, our internal video feed for the TVs was a laser disc player. One of the movies we had for it was Star Wars, and I get the same exact feeling when watching it now. It didn't automatically switch sides, either. So eventually, you'd get tired of seeing the first half of Star Wars all morning, so you'd watch til it was almost to the end, and then flip it so you could watch the end all afternoon. "Looks like we're coming up on Alderaan..." Looks like we're coming up on flipping the disk over. "Terminate her! Immediately!" ...and flip!
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Feb 23, 2016 04:11
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i dont have any, so the op is seriously triggering me.
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Feb 23, 2016 04:19
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thathonkey posted:has anyone mentioned how comically large laser discs are? i mean lol. why so big? You usually have to flip them over to finish the movie.
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Feb 23, 2016 04:20
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Dogmeat posted:You usually have to flip them over to finish the movie. i have an old star wars release thats on 3 discs u would have to get up and flip the disc, get up and change the disc, get up and flip the disc, get up and change the disc all to watch one movie
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Feb 23, 2016 04:39
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so it's like vinyl except worse is the picture warm at least?
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Feb 23, 2016 04:40
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Samuel L. ACKSYN posted:i have an old star wars release thats on 3 discs Yeah that's probably the CAV, you can freeze on individual frames or something and maybe it had more colors(?), but it limited it to 30 minutes a side. The Alien I have is all extended CLV, but the whole movie is still 3 sides across 2 discs. thathonkey posted:so it's like vinyl except worse It kicked the poo poo out of VHS in picture quality, but yeah it's basically vinyl for tv.
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Feb 23, 2016 04:45
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thathonkey posted:so it's like vinyl except worse at least with vinyl people say it sounds better than more modern formats no one can legit argue laserdisc is better quality than bluray or pretty much all dvds some laserdisc nerds argue the sound on LDs is better than on dvds for <weirdo logic> and it comes on cool giant disks
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Feb 23, 2016 04:46
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if u like seeing the depths of collecting insanity, check out Muse laserdisc collectors sometime. holy moly. 
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Feb 23, 2016 04:48
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Samuel L. ACKSYN posted:at least with vinyl people say it sounds better than more modern formats Unless you're talking about the original Star Wars cuts. Hopefully Disney gets their head out of their rear end.
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Feb 23, 2016 05:32
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Samuel L. ACKSYN posted:if u like seeing the depths of collecting insanity, check out Muse laserdisc collectors sometime. Lol, you aren't kidding. $127.50 for a loving brochure about a MUSE Laserdisc player. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pioneer-HLD...=p2047675.l2557 And that's a completed auction. It actually sold for that much.
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Feb 23, 2016 06:50
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Samuel L. ACKSYN posted:at least with vinyl people say it sounds better than more modern formats On a CRT tv with only analog inputs, I found laserdisc better than DVD. On better TVs with better inputs DVD is better. Sound is better on Laserdisc since it isn't compressed where it is on DVD - can anyone hear the difference though? No contest with Blu Ray.
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Feb 23, 2016 07:00
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that's a lot of fuckin laser discs op some i doubt even made it to laser disc so i wonder about the authenticity of the lsit
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Feb 23, 2016 07:07
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FIRST TIME posted:Lol, you aren't kidding. lol theres a 4k+ muse laserdisc player listed as related at the top. You know what the cool thing about that is? even buying that you still can't actually play Muse discs until you get a Muse Decoder.And u want the digital 5.1 audio, too? well, u gotta buy an ac-3 demodulator. but wait, you have a DTS laserdisc?? hope u have a DTS decoding reciever, too. anyway so after spending shitloads of money u can now have the same experience as watching a slightly blurry bluray with japanese subtitles turned on
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Feb 23, 2016 07:23
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I predict that within 10 years, laser-read video-discs will hold twice the data, be ten times as large, and be so expensive that only the 5 richest hipsters in Brunswick will own them
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Feb 23, 2016 08:27
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when i was a kid my friend's dad dropped thousands on a bitchin laserdisc collection. all i remember is that he had all the wishmaster movies
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