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gettin real steamed at all these people poo poo-talkin' laserdisc as a format
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Rusty Staub posted:gettin real steamed at all these people poo poo-talkin' laserdisc as a format I'm sure it was cool when all tvs were 4:3 screens and video tapes were the most commonly used video format.
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Apr 26, 2017 17:36
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LDs are cool if for no other reason than they have big 12" x 12" artwork that you can hang on your wall.
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Apr 26, 2017 17:38
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It's like vinyl except for the disc itself having no redeeming qualities.
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Apr 26, 2017 18:08
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My dad still owns his Laserdisc player. In fact, the last time I took him record hunting, he found out the store had a bunch of LDs for $1, so he sat down on the floor in the middle of the aisle and proceeded to pick through every last one of them.
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Apr 26, 2017 18:22
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Big Mean Jerk posted:My dad still owns his Laserdisc player. In fact, the last time I took him record hunting, he found out the store had a bunch of LDs for $1, so he sat down on the floor in the middle of the aisle and proceeded to pick through every last one of them. a good dad
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Apr 26, 2017 18:28
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A perfect dad assuming he eats sardines straight out of the can.
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Apr 26, 2017 19:15
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Egbert Souse posted:I dodged a bullet since I asked for a DVD player in 2000 and went 50/50 with my parents. Yeah but two decades later, nobody asks to see my DVD player, but plenty of people see my laserdisc player and ask what it is, and I say "oh that? That's my laserdisc player" and I explain to them what it is and then they say "wow, that's so cool, grandpa!" So who's laughing now?
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Apr 26, 2017 19:21
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When I was a little kid I watched American Werewolf in London on an RCA videodisc.
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Apr 26, 2017 19:25
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Do you have the star wars LD?
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Apr 26, 2017 23:20
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Remember the Clerks commentary track where Kevin Smith poo poo talks the DVD format and proclaims Laserdisc the superior format?
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Apr 26, 2017 23:43
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Boinks posted:Remember the Clerks commentary track where Kevin Smith poo poo talks the DVD format and proclaims Laserdisc the superior format? And then years later rescinded his poo poo talking of DVDs, referring to it as "a fine format."
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Apr 26, 2017 23:47
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Happy Hippo posted:And then years later rescinded his poo poo talking of DVDs, referring to it as "a fine format." Yep I think he took it all back during the Clerks X commentary.
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Apr 26, 2017 23:53
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From a purely technical standpoint weren't laser discs much better than early DVD, quality wise? Better picture and sound and what not?
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Apr 27, 2017 00:16
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Vince MechMahon posted:From a purely technical standpoint weren't laser discs much better than early DVD, quality wise? Better picture and sound and what not?
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Apr 27, 2017 01:03
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Steve Yun posted:Nahhhh. It was close but DVD had a slight edge on LD. Laserdisc had 425 vertical lines of resolution, DVD had 480. Laserdisc had "uncomporessed" analog video vs DVD's compressed digital video. While DVD looked slightly better in most cases, the one advantage LD had was that they could have very busy shots like the HBO opening title and maintain quality while DVD would turn to mush. Fast forwarding on a laserdisc also kinda ruled as compared to DVD, as can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RufXzdt6Qhc&t=210s
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Apr 27, 2017 01:21
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Yes! I think I paid $500 for my first set top DVD player, because one of its advertised features was that it could show footage while fast forwarding! I'm kind of curious how Prometheus looked on DVD. The scene where David puts on the goggles and watches Dr. Shaw's dreams in floating 3D pixels was insanely busy Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Apr 27, 2017 |
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Apr 27, 2017 01:31
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Steve Yun posted:Laserdisc had "uncomporessed" analog video what's with the scare quotes pal
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Apr 27, 2017 01:34
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Big Mean Jerk posted:My dad still owns his Laserdisc player. In fact, the last time I took him record hunting, he found out the store had a bunch of LDs for $1, so he sat down on the floor in the middle of the aisle and proceeded to pick through every last one of them. Your dad is a proto-goon.
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Apr 27, 2017 06:38
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Spatulater bro! posted:LDs are cool if for no other reason than they have big 12" x 12" artwork that you can hang on your wall. the big ol' shiny disc is also pretty cool lookin
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Apr 27, 2017 09:09
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My favourite thing about Laserdisc is when you had to flip the disc over to keep watching the film. I have vivid memories of Disc 1 of Uncle Buck ending after he punches the clown, and then someone would have to get up and flip it over. Fun times.
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Apr 27, 2017 14:03
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you had to flip early DVDs too
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Apr 27, 2017 14:29
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The next thing I expect to learn from this thread is that you had to rewind them, too.
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Apr 27, 2017 14:52
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Rusty Staub posted:you had to flip early DVDs too Casimir Radon fucked around with this message at 14:58 on Apr 27, 2017 |
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Apr 27, 2017 14:52
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Lots of films had to be flipped, even not especially long ones. The issue was dual-layered DVDs weren't a thing yet so they could only store 4.7 GB per side. The only one I owned the was first Seven release.
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Apr 27, 2017 15:05
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I remember when Jurassic Park 3 came out on DVD and there was this weird slight pause during the final Spinosaurus fight. We thought there was something wrong with the disc. It was years before I realized it was a dual layered DVD moving to the next later.
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Apr 27, 2017 15:27
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Detective No. 27 posted:I remember when Jurassic Park 3 came out on DVD and there was this weird slight pause during the final Spinosaurus fight. We thought there was something wrong with the disc. It was years before I realized it was a dual layered DVD moving to the next later. Layer changes on my old Sony player were the loving worst. They'd last at least a full 2 seconds. When they happened I'd get that momentary fear that the disc was defective. It got me every single time. It wasn't until years later that I realized some players are better at handling layer changes than others.
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Apr 27, 2017 15:34
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My parents didn't buy a DVD player until 2002 so apparently I missed out on a lot of the weird early poo poo. The first one we had bought had progressive scan so we never had any issues like that. It did crash if you tried to use the feature on the BTTF DVDs that was supposed to draw stuff on the screen while the movie played.
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Apr 27, 2017 15:50
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Behold, the oldest DVD I own. Just look at that terrible packaging.
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Apr 27, 2017 16:44
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Behold, the oldest DVD I own. Just look at that terrible packaging.  And I always thought those WB cardboard packages were horrid.
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Apr 27, 2017 16:47
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Potential damage to the disc aside, I actually think that packaging is pretty cool looking. A bunch of those lined up on a shelf would definitely scratch my OCD itch.
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Apr 27, 2017 16:48
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The DVD of Das Boot I have came in a CD jewel case. Not sure what's up with that.
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Apr 27, 2017 16:54
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Iron Crowned posted:
I actually didn't mind them, they always kept the discs secure and the locking hinge was oddly satisfying. Their main problem was in stacking or lining them up because they'd warp easy and your shelf would look all  .I think they were wider than standard cases too, so the spines stuck out.
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Apr 27, 2017 16:54
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Iron Crowned posted:
Newline and maybe a couple other studios used to use them too. I have tons of them. I never had a huge problem with them aside from one thing: on the shelf the case to the right of the snapper will often get hung up on its plastic latch. A nuisance.
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Apr 27, 2017 17:01
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Stephen King's IT was a cardboard flapper case and a double sided flipper.
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Apr 27, 2017 18:48
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Boinks posted:Stephen King's IT was a cardboard flapper case and a double sided flipper.
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Apr 27, 2017 18:51
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I don't have my thrift store laserdisc player anymore but I do still have my Back to the Future trilogy, along with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II, Lethal Weapon 2, and Logan's Run. Back in college 2003-2007) I used to check laserdiscs out from the library like a goony weirdo.
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Apr 27, 2017 19:57
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I never owned a LD player but recently I've seriously considered buying one and some Criterion LDs. I'm just worried the novelty will wear off quickly.
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Apr 27, 2017 20:00
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Spatulater bro! posted:I never owned a LD player but recently I've seriously considered buying one and some Criterion LDs. I'm just worried the novelty will wear off quickly. It will. So very quickly. Plus unless you buy one of the few Squeeze LD titles that filled the 4:3 frame for use on 16:9 TVs, you're going to be watching cropped NTSC video. You're watching something that looks like garbage for no reason.
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Apr 27, 2017 20:13
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I can't bear to spend any money on a video release that's pan & scan and I'm not spending $40+ on a single movie unless it's really special (like Napoleon or Lawrence of Arabia). That's why I unrepentantly gave away more original trilogy tapes to a library since I'd rather watch the altered cuts than ever watch the films in anything but widescreen again. By the way, Kino Lorber is releasing a 4K restoration of Rawhead Rex into theaters, then to Blu-Ray.
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