Reaping the Ebay harvest

[Commie_User]

It must have been a format worth keeping as it literally lasted 31 years: http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forum ... n/2032769/

The holy grail must be to find an even later production model like that one. It's poss mind you but hardly cheap. Hey no: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pioneer-DVL-9 ... 1c368efebc



I'm seriously tempted anyway.








And I'm bidding for that NOW 2. Unfortunately, the four side affair is only the vinyl job. Though you do still get excellent fidelity on the VHS HiFi soundtrack, which must never be forgotten. That's half the reason I buy an old tape.

[Commie_User]

Mass murder classic: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-RILLINGTON ... 51b0ef8086





Arsty perverts classic: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Laserdisc-Cra ... 5af51be5e0








Good studio footage. Arsty sh*t interposed too: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rolling-Stone ... 43bf8109a6






Hmm... http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Laserdisc-The-Ma ... ~~60_1.JPG









Don't even get these features on the DVD: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/A-Night-to-Re ... 19e26dfae7







And not even the DVD's in stereo: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/THE-BEATLES-A ... 3040871%26

LD comes ahead in the specials too, as the Nerd reflected.





http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/THE-BEATLES-H ... 3745099%26

[Commie_User]

And who knows, A Mary Pickford disc could yield a few good organ samples, in that lovely creamy LD goodness.



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12-Laserdisc- ... 4ac8dba671

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LD-laserdisc- ... 3cc442f56f




And bloody hell, I Clavdivs....


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LASERDISC-T-I ... 3385468342

Didn't even know they had it in America.



Let there be noise.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AC-DC-LIVE-LD ... 5d43641294






Pre-Fab Four now:


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Rutles-Ru ... 3f290d11b2

[Commie_User]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-The-Retu ... 4ac9c08d04




http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Monty-Pythons ... 4ac9c0a2db



Brazil: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Laserdisc-Bra ... 5af51be52d





Corpses classic:


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Laserdisc-Daw ... 4d1270056e




http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Fly-Fly-2 ... 4ac9c1f8e6




http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Hunt-for- ... 4ac9bf2761



RETURN OF THE JEDI out-takes: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EditDroid-198 ... 20d824539d



QUO: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WOW-LASERDISC ... 565b3f873f


HOFFA: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Laserdisc-Hof ... 5af4a6e8a6


Nice last-of-the-lines model:



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pioneer-DVL90 ... 5af52d9172

[Commie_User]

Why don't you get an LD player? I'm hoping, slowly but surely, for a good little wine cellar. Only made of Laserdiscs on a shelf.



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PAL-Laserdisc ... 3cd5ae3b26




http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Strangler ... 35c4690d77





http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sex-Pistols-T ... 3cd093dadb





http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Beatles-The-M ... 53fd61e152




http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Twilight-Zone ... 4d12ed7412



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Twilight- ... 2c72c84dbc




http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/THE-TWILIGHT- ... 2c73137b53

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LD-Laserdisc- ... 53f392f3cb

...And so on.








http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/7-Music-Laser ... 2583000140








http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/THE-TOWERING- ... 4ac8ca7965



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Attack-of-the ... 20d7c7e533





I've forgotten all about those tape decks, micros and 78s I was thinking about earlier.

[Chris Abbott]

Does it do widescreen properly?

[Commie_User]

Well 'properly' hasn't meant the same over the years, hence the 1990s VCD habit of stretched movies on 'box' tellies. If the films are formatted in the right aspect to start with then they should do well on your 4:3 viewer, which most of us had.


And it's also nice to be told my own model, by 1994, was maybe the best since the format began. Which probably also means one of the best ever, if I don't want kinky extras like AC3 audio output: http://www.laserdiscarchive.co.uk/laser ... d-d925.htm




Though I'm still chasing that 1998 model.

[Chris Abbott]

Would it do widescreen on a modern telly?

[Commie_User]

Absolutely no reason why not. LD movies' aspect ratios are either 'normal', anamorphic or widescreen but your telly's automatic ratio setting should work with that.

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Mmm, nice: http://www.blam1.com/LaserDisc/FAQ/

[LMan]

Funny, Commie. I own the exact same model. It had a tray-within-tray that could pick up audio CDs.

Chris, mind that the optical resolution of LaserDiscs is lower than DVD (576 × ~570 for PAL).

[Chris Abbott]

Does that mean that LDs look bad on modern TVs like old computer consoles do?

[Commie_User]

By no means. Just of course the picture can look softer than the hi-res digital material they're designed for. But then, anything interlaced PAL will look a little softer. Though warmer.

Oh yes, warmer.


And I should have that lovely brushed aluminium one as a spare, since I won the bid. Though magazines said the quality was only middling, that's still 'only' in the 1998 top end sense, so I still expect much from it.

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http://collectorsfrenzy.com/details/180526829030



Let It Be's coming as well. Oooooo. And for around half the price of this dudes too. Official releases are so hard to find.

[Commie_User]

And for a bit of second childhood, the Sooty Show. Back when it was funny.



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SOOTY-SUPERDO ... 27d79f8583

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/THE-SOOTY-CHR ... 1280387%26


I've still got some Matthew episodes and they are better than you remember. Like when Matthew said 'I'm going to show them my bonzai', Sweep squeaks back that perhaps he should leave the room.


Just the thing when that LD player has to go back.

[LMan]

Does that mean that LDs look bad on modern TVs like old computer consoles do?

They will certainly be quite blurry, so yes, my guess is that it'll look bad, especially compared to BluRay.

[Commie_User]

Oh no, don't say blurry! That makes it sound faulty.

I prefer softer, as 'blurry' implies no definition or ghosting and things like that. Take it from me there's definition enough to keep LD a pleasant watch on big scale tellies. Even my VGA screen's nice.


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Apparently, there's a difference between the movie edition and the music edition.

So let me see now.......



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MICHAEL-JACKS ... 19e2a89dbb



Back when he wasn't quite so weird. And I like the software with this:


http://www.lionsgateshop.com/product.as ... alFeatures




But while I'm in my kick, I'm gonna favour Laser Disc. It even smells of chemicals, or at least mine still do. The pong of science. Weird as that is, too.

And I should also look for Delta Force with Chuck Norris. Not on Ebay now, but should be at one point.