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#31
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2/13/09 at 10:05am
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Re: All things Laserdisc

happy to have finally found another laserdisc forum.
I believe Mark is no stranger to me?

Laserdisc isn't dead, it's back again with a vengeance if you ask me.
Several collector's popping up nearby. As the lddb says, Buying today what we couldn't afford then.
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2/13/09 at 8:44pm
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Re: All things Laserdisc

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Originally Posted by BroomoLDmadness
If thats your beard and your face then I am catching up on the grey side of things.

Mark,

Yes, that's the real me!

Rich Gallagher

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2/18/09 at 5:47pm
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Re: All things Laserdisc

Hey LD fans,

Just wanted to let you know I put an ad for LD's in the "software for sale/trade" forum if anyone's interested.

hotrodguy

Time to play!

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2/18/09 at 11:07pm
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Re: All things Laserdisc

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Originally Posted by dts collector
happy to have finally found another laserdisc forum.
I believe Mark is no stranger to me?

Laserdisc isn't dead, it's back again with a vengeance if you ask me.
Several collector's popping up nearby. As the lddb says, Buying today what we couldn't afford then.

DTS collector!!!!!!!!!!!!
great to hear from you again friend

I Genuinely hope that life is treating you well, and that you are taking good care of yourself?

Sincere Regards

Mark

P.S. stay in touch and don't be a stranger ''me to I guess''
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2/18/09 at 11:13pm
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Re: All things Laserdisc

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Originally Posted by Richard Gallagher
Mark,

Yes, that's the real me!


Hi Richard,

Sorry for the late reply sir'

FANTASTIC!!!!!

Hope that you are well?

Take good care of yourself

How is your Laserdisc viewing going?

Sincere and honest regards

Mark
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2/21/09 at 10:02pm
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Re: All things Laserdisc

I still have my collection of Ld's

I never new there was a 3-d version of the Mask.
I have a special edition that I think is just a greenish cover.
the sound on that is still better then the dvd, i havent picked it up on blu yet.

the sound on that and the japanese Phantom Menace laser
is still much better then the dvd's of each.

I also have that Mad World laser and the Jaws signature laser with the book, and at the time the only way to see the full doc.

I rarely look at them anymore as they look
super awful on my 73" through s-vid.

I just remembered i think i have a red disc of one of the Evil Dead movies.
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2/24/09 at 10:04am
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Yes I agree with you Kris, I also think Laserdisc is making a bit of a come back. Colectors seem to be hunting out those special titles with the extras not available anywhere else.

Tony. After so many years I have located another LD of The Mask (1961) in 3D so you will guess I am made up as we say. Some of my film friends have also recently purchased Pioneer players so we seem to have a good little group here now. It will be nice to compare the quality to the off air recording Dad did a few years ago to the Laserdisc.

"Put the mask on now"

If you would like to make some Mask 3D glasses hereis the link to my print and cut image. Remove the lens area and insert your own lenses.
WOW.
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2/25/09 at 1:27pm
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Re: All things Laserdisc

Hey, how did I overlook this topic? I'm still collecting laserdiscs concurrently with DVD and Blu-ray. My LD collection more than doubled in size last year thanks to an HTFer who was willing to ship his entire collection across the country to me at an attractive price. Most of the amount paid went to the shipping bill. Amazingly, there was not so much duplication in the titles I already had on LD or DVD, and so my family is enjoying watching all those great movies. Another HTFer (he's participating in this thread) has sold me some fine anime on LD. Still another HTF member sold me my second Mitsubishi M-V7057 LD player (clone of the venerable Pioneer CLD-D704), and yet another was responsible for equipping me with an AC3 RF demodulator at long last.

Academy ratio movies on LD, especially, still hold their own when displayed on my 100-inch 4:3 projection screen. I enjoy, too, having access to all the bonus-feature content that never got transferred to the DVD format (got those banned 007 commentaries from Criterion, for example), and the covers are a joy to look at and to handle. It's great to pay pennies on the dollar for LD special editions I couldn't afford back in the day. That's why my LD collection is still growing faster than the slow, but steady clip that my Blu-ray collection is experiencing.
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2/25/09 at 2:14pm
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I'm only 19 years old and I just got into LD not too long ago. I already have over 100 LDs, a Japanese LD player with a RD demodulator which I got it for cheap.

I'm pretty happy with it. Watching Face/Off in Dolby Digital gave me a big smile when watching the boat chase part of the movie.

shmups.system11.org :: View topic - Awesome stuff you've just bought (+pics please)

This is a post I did when I posted pictures of the LDs, LD Player, BD player, and other cool stuff.

Good when you are in a dorm room.
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2/26/09 at 11:18am
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Hey Jonathan, now I feel older... I was just a little older than you when I started in Laserdiscs and not so far off 50 now.

Good to see your pictures and I will post mine shortly. We completed getting the monitor on the wall recently and it took some fitting as my wife is only 5ft and a bit. In the end its on the wall (the monitor that is) and the rest is making the unit I want the kit to fit into. At present my LD is put away awaiting its new home but we should be up and running in a couple of days.

As many have said before, using LD these days is much better than it was in the 80's and everything is much cheaper thanks to the bluray folk. It's nice to now own many of the titles I wanted to have when my family was young and we were starting out in life..

Stand by for a photo in a few days..
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3/6/09 at 4:20am
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Well, we had one hell of a Laserdisc show last night watching disc after disc and my Pioneer had a bit of a shock I think watching so many. I decided to give all my discs a clean which took 2 days, yes 2 days folks and we wound up watching Hammer classics and last up was a Disney. Some combination eigh.




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3/6/09 at 1:59pm
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Re: All things Laserdisc

What kind of turntable is that? It looks like it's floating above the shelf!

And is that a Panasonic AG-1970 I see on the bottom shelf?
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3/8/09 at 9:46am
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Hi Bill. Nope its a FS200 and the turntable a ProJect. Nice try though..
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3/8/09 at 4:39pm
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Ah, I figured it out. European version of the AG-1980. Interesting how the control panel buttons are different.
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3/9/09 at 2:56am
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Yes there was a bit of a story behind that FS200. I used to have a Panasonic FS90 along with another film making friend of mine. We were giving a presentation of the films we had made with them and he dropped his on the way out of the theatre. OUCH! Picking up the pieces it later got written off and the insurance company presented him with a FS200 which was a later model then. Sadly my friend passed away a couple of years ago and his family knowing the story gave the FS200 to me which was very thoughtful. I wanted to get the 200 as it had the time base corrector built in and it does come in handy for putting my older Super VHS recordings onto DVD as a backup copy. Nice bit of kit and one of my little keep sakes from which I still remember that FS90 hitting the deck.

We watched a couple of Laserdiscs last night and I thought the picture quality and sound was quite outstanding on this 50” Plasma. The Laser collection is still growing although these days I am very selective what I go for. I picked up Pete Kelly’s Blues (1955) over the weekend and thought this was a smashing film starring Janet Leigh, Jack Webb and Ella Fitzgerald. Although the disc was vintage and produced in the early part of the 80’s it ran very well and was a superb movie having a great musical score in Stereo.

More later folks!
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6/20/09 at 9:52pm
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Re: All things Laserdisc

Happy to know there are still laserdisc lovers around!

I'm working on a book about laserdisc, check my post here (it's a long post, be patient):
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...laserdisc.html

Andrea

A book about LASERDISC? In THIS millennium? Why not?
Are you crazy or what? No, I just think it's time people HAVE to know the truth about
laserdisc... but I need YOUR HELP! If you want to contribute, please contact me!

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6/21/09 at 1:18am
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I just scored a Pioneer Cld-3080 last week. Was so happy. I put in my copy of The Godfather Trilogy and just watch. Brought back so many memories. This was the format where I truly discovered film.
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6/21/09 at 1:36am
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...yes, often is a joy to pick up a movie watched a long time ago, put in your favourite laserdisc player, and, apart seeing the movie itself, remember all the memories that very movie brings with it...

Andrea

A book about LASERDISC? In THIS millennium? Why not?
Are you crazy or what? No, I just think it's time people HAVE to know the truth about
laserdisc... but I need YOUR HELP! If you want to contribute, please contact me!

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6/21/09 at 3:29am
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I miss the grandeur of receiving a big deluxe Laserdisc boxset, the Se7en's and Terminator 2's just have that feeling of something special that dvd or brd cannot replicate

DVDmike007
http://www.youtube.com/user/dvdmike007

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8/18/09 at 12:48am
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I have been in love with laser discs ever since I got my first disc in the mail back in 2005.
The sheer joy of opening that box anbd seeing a record sized box with amazing art work made me remember Christmas day and opening Gifts.
consumers thought.
Nowadays seeing some of the artwork they put out feels so cold uncaring.
I spent the summer of 2005 searching out my discs one by one.
Many hours and many dollars were spent.
I then got my first laser disc player for the amazing price of 30 bucks shipped
it's a Sony MDP-600 not sure how it rates but to me I cherish it like some lost treasure.
Now the ld's I bought were mainly Japanese releases Ultra 7 (tv series) Kamen rider x(tv series)

I would love to get a database full of laser disc covers started because everyone needs to see how Disc art and packaging should be.

Demon summoner(tv series)
Godzilla Gamera etc...
I also found I really loved watching horror on ld
Like The sleeping car
Phantom of the mall
Vineyard.
Watching lasers made me feel young again made me feel like I was at the movies sneaking into my first R rated movie.
I keep my collection locked up it my old teenage mutant turtles box(fits ld's perfectly.)
I am still searching out Japanese laser discs to this date.
To me this format will never die.




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8/21/09 at 2:45am
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Yup those were the days of great artwork and quality products. One shop I have visited has covered its walls with laser artwork, but I cant help wondering what has become of the discs?

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10/15/09 at 9:40am
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I have a PIONEER CLD-3080 and a bunch of LD's, thing is I don't want them any more. Do you know what I could get $ wise for it? I plan on selling my entire lot of LD's and LD Player if I can, below is the following of my collection:

 

The Great Escape

Grand Prix

The Jeff Healey Band - See the Light

Uncommon Valor

Westworld

Red Dawn

The Blues Brothers

When World's Collide

Metropolis

The Voyager Odyssey

16 Candles

The Hunter

Conan the Barbarian

Total Recall

Aliens

The Final Countdown

Caddyshack

Predator

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Firefox

Pioneed Artists Music Video Sampler 2

Commando

The Longest Yard

The Running Man

Stripes

For Your Eyes Only

Roadhouse

The Hunt for the Red October

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

Die Hard

Terminator 1

Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country

The Connery Collection

Terminator 2

Thunderball

Von Ryan's Express

You Only Live Twice

The Night Stalker

Ivanhoe

1776

Highlander

Terminator 2

Searching for Bobby Fischer

A Fish called Wanda

Top Secret!

The Quiet Man

Independence Day

Mission Impossible

Winning

Sweet Home Chicago

Days of Thunder

Star Trek: The Captain's Collection

Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home

Hoosiers

Crocodile Dundee

48 HRS

The Beach Boys

Neil Diamond: Love at the Greek

Cool Runnings

Sudden Impact

Dragon: The Bruce Lee story

The 10 Commandments

Jurassic Park

National Lampoons Christmas Vacation

They Live

My Girl

Beverly Hills Cop

Dr. Demento's 20th Anniversary

Toy Story

Mystery Science 3000: The Movie

The Great Waldo Pepper

The Saint

Breaking Away

Sneakers

Excalibur

Collosus: The Forbin Project & Silent Running

Never say never again

Starship Troopers

The Spy who loved me

The Borg Collective

Little Giants

Star Trek: First Contact

The Wizard of Oz

The Net

Star Wars Trilogy (unopened box set!)

Moon Shot

Hope and Glory

The Parent Trap

Uncle Buck

Memphis Belle

Rudy

Pump up the Volume

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Return of the Jedi

The Naked Gun

The Naked Gun 2 1/2

The Naked Gun 33 1/3

Airplane!

Star Trek: The Animated Series

The Princess Bride

The Blue Max

Star Wars

The Empire Strikes Back

Apollo 13

Die Hard 2

Only the Lonely

The Lion King

Casablanca

Black Rain

Hot Shots 2

The Beatles Anthology

Dark Star

Le Mans

Heavy Metal

Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble

Adventures in Babysitting
 

These are what I have and if I can sell them all and the player, I will be happy.

 

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#53
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10/15/09 at 9:59am
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I'm in the same boat with a DVL-700 (w/remote and manual) and around 400 LDs, quite a few unopened.

A lot of animation, serials, sci-fi, horror, lots of box sets, almost all CAV, some signed...a pretty good collection.

PM me and I'll try to get an exact list.

...retired at last!!!

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10/23/09 at 8:05am
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I've been on the fence for a while now. I've spent the past 8(?) years trying to eliminate VHS in favor of DVD. I'm down to about 70 tapes, but I find myself with a lot of movies that have no DVD release anywhere in the world. Some of these have LD releases, but I haven't been able to bring myself to really look for an LD player. They're bloody expensive and my only real purpose for one would be dubbing whatever LDs I get to DVDR for watching on a regular basis. I don't know how much better the LDs would look than the tapes anyway. I don't understand why there still isn't any solution to this, whether it be downloadable versions of the movies or a burn on demand service offered by the studios. These movies shouldn't be forgotten.

My movie collection

Movies in desperate need of a DVD/BD release!

My twisted, uncensored views on things.
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