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klover · Joined: 30 Sep 2006 Posts: 124 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba

I'm picking up a LD player for 20 schmeebs tomorrow to play with and was wondering if anyone here likes/uses/hates the players?

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:10 am Post subject:

Hate the game don't hate the player. Smile

I have a whole bunch. They hit storage 2 years ago and haven't been heard from since. The picture was beautiful on my 27" CRT with built in line doubler. We even ran the origional Star Wards laser disk on a Runco 930. Back in 2000 or so. It was either scalled or doubled and looked realy nice coming off the Pioneer Elite player that was brand new back then. DV-09?? Maybe.

There's nothing wrong with laser disk. I started collecting in 1997 heavily as people bought DVD"s and dumped their laser disk collections. At one point I was paying 50 cents a disk.

What model are you picking up?

Joust · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:15 am Post subject:

I have a Laserdisk Recorder at work they are using as a doorstop.
Is it worth anything?

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:18 am Post subject:

Yes pic it up. You can author your own disk. You could be a laser disk pirate. You're only about 15 years too late. Then again where would you get the blanks?

lol

You know that might make an excellent playback machine, that is if it can play back a disk.

What did they use it for?

cmjohnson · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5180 Location: Buried under G90s

One of my DVD players is a Pioneer Elite DVL-90 LD/DVD combo player.

LD's have great sound. I have a respectable collection of LDs including some titles
that have, so far as I know, never been released on DVD. But it's been a long time
since I even plugged in the DVL-90. I wonder what it would bring on ebay? It's in PERFECT condition.

CJ

Joust · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:26 am Post subject:

no idea what they used it for. It was in the room when my dept took it over to use as an action center for support.
the thing is HUGE. its at least 10 inches thick.
i have no need for it. i've only ever seen a few laserdisks back in the 80s when they first came out and I rented Star Wars for the first time. I think i still have the VHS copy i made of it. i'll Always remember the scene when the Xwing first dives into the trench 16 times as the disk skipped. Mr. Green

erikjohn · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 636 Location: Florida

I remember first time I saw a Laser disk, my dad bought it for my uncle with a disk and we demoed it before delivery. I think it was back in 85'. The disk "The Jerk". It looked fantastic on the 25" console Laughing

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madpoet · Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 851

I've got some crazy LDs still in my collection, along with the requisite titles like the Star Wars boxset. The one thing I'm missing is the unedited Song of the South...

klover · Joined: 30 Sep 2006 Posts: 124 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba

It's a Sony MDP-200. No idea if it's even worth $20 but it works. No remote but I can use a old programmable or something.

If you ever dream of selling some discs Analog, I'd buy. Ebay seems to have a good number of decent discs right now.

benareeno · Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 1614 Location: ottawa, canada

I love LD...the sound is still unparalleled on many of the discs. Even a dolby surround version of a disc is quite often miles ahead of the DD dvd. For that reason alone you may find yourself loving LD!

Take the opening music in Mission Impossible...the LD is just remarkable...the dvd is..well, not that great.

The movie Heat is like a different movie with the LD soundtrack...this is just the tip of the iceberg. Now...if only it wasn't such an average picture.

I'm still hoping that uncompressed HD-DVD or Blu-Ray will get us back to the level of LD audio quality!

Ben

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:33 am Post subject:

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wedge · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 66 Location: B.C.,Canada

madpoet · Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 851

Yes, I have that copy Wink

. I just like the authentic original.

Axatax · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:39 am Post subject:

TomCat · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:23 pm Post subject:

Yep.. Pioneer Elite DVL-919. It WAS the way to go before anamorphic DVD. I even have a Japan release only of Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace. Really funny has original english soundtrack with Japanese Subtitles at the bottom. This came out LONG before it was released on anything in USA. Also the "gotta have" Star Wars Special Edition Box Set. Plus quite a few other titles I paid too much for! Such is life 8)

Brian Hampton · Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 1173

I'm nearly ready to retire my Ld player.

I bought it for "Home of the Brave" (A concert film not the drama film.) And that's coming to DVD soon.

I keep it for "Delicate Sound of Thunder" as I'm a bit of a Pink Floyd completist but actually DSoT is fairly poor particularly compared to the "Pulse" DVD. I guess I'll take another shot at trying to put DSoT on DVD then I can take the Ld player to the Goodwill if they will even accept it.

I actually put the LD player on Videogon for $20 for a while and no - one at all was interested which I guess is no surprize. Doesn't seem worth it to Ebay it.

-Brian

Tinman · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:42 pm Post subject:

I have several LD players. 2 Sony's and a philips with digital frame store.

The oddest LD in my collection is Frankie goes to Holliwood, Welcome to the Pleasure Dome. Got it from a friend of mine when we liked the music. An... umm... explicid disc, for sure. And it seems it does not exist as it was banned. Needless to say, that's when I found out about alternative lifestyles.... Oh well, I still liked the music.

Haven't played a LD in years. It was a great format at the time.

Marc

benareeno · Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 1614 Location: ottawa, canada

Axatax,

how does LD look through that rig of yours???

Ben