Commodore Remix

Vectrex mate.

Vectrex.....




http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vectrex-conso ... 4612d8e434




And one for a bare £30. As long as you want one that's busted....


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MB-Vectrex-/2 ... 2eca53308f




And for chiptune use, to fulfil my rule of mounting a console onto the Retro Wall only if it can be used in-studio. I've squeezed too many up there as it is:


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vectrex-Melod ... 41767d4ef8




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Unlicensed NES game:


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nintendo-NES- ... 35cb024ee8


Box:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nintendo-NES- ... 27d6d94661


More to look for: http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_unlicensed_games

Cool, I love minutae like that

I'm glad about that Chris. I've come home with a Laserdisc player and I want to feed it.





£20, quality and working perfectly. (I would have thought for that money at least the automatic b-side player would be broken.) DVD's lost its shine now, with its tiddliness. No wonder I'm still up 'til this time...




And just look at this other cheapness.....


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Laserdisc-The ... 4d118b6799



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Beatles-A ... 2c7299e554



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Laserdisc-Ind ... 4d118bca48


Lennon live: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1985-Pioneer- ... 1c36a7b837



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LASERDISC-THE ... 2c72e6c271



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jurassic-Park ... 4ac96ba766





http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LASERDISC-LAS ... 2c72e6c7df



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Complete- ... 232f7f85a2



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MIKE-OLDFIELD ... 2a31834abc

Masses and masses to kill my account stone dead.



..Like Let It Be on Laserdisc. Let It Be on Laserdisc, Let It Be on Laserdisc: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Beatles- ... 4ac9aaea48





Good job I've plenty yet at home:















Should work on mine:


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PIONEER-LASER ... 35cbe28415

At some point my Gran had a laserdisc player, but the only disk she had was... you know, I can't remember, but it was adult and boring. Space-age, holding such a disc though.

How does the spec compare to modern DVDs?

Well let's see, now I'm awake early and itching to play some more goodies. (A bit of cultured music I think as I've got the MC Hammer.)

The two aren't directly comparable, just like VHS HiFi soundtracks and CD. The Video Game Nerd said LD was analogue but I must admit I scoffed. After all, you got digital audio from it and the disc was read by laser but the claim turns out true. The Nerd's also right that there can be more of a sheen to the LD picture than DVD as a result, which is especially impressive when LD is 15 years older.

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My own unit is a good, late one by Pioneer, so output quality should be among the best. It carries two laser transports to play both sides and has SCART and optical out too. On top of this, it plays both NTSC and PAL discs, directly outputting whichever format so there's no conversion to sully the signal chain. And a later one should have more durable works too, with good, solid, industrial mechanics. (And with LD discontinued, that's a must.)

Even so, I'm not sure mine's as new as the Nerd's. And a good CRT telly is a definite must to really see that polish.




When DVD was fresh: http://www.starlaser.com/dvd-lasr.htm


Two drawbacks are that LD was never recordable and there's more to go wrong in a deck. But you don't get blocking or other digital artifiacts and it's intriguing to get your hands on a disc where you get to see what the production master tape looked like. That's not quite true on a DVD.

I still love DVD as it's ubiquitous, cheap, high grade by now and you get a recorder in every computer. But Laser Disc is special isn't it, a technically unreplaced, unique format on its own.

If you got an essentially lossless version of the master tape I can see why that would be special. I'm guessing the Star Wars laserdisc is... expensive on Ebay?

Well you'll be surprised at times. LD is still common enough second hand, with Oxfam shops still selling them for just a few Pounds each. Turn of the Millenium the discs were still made and mine must only be roughly 1993, judging by the stock Pioneer design and the look of what's inside.




And put it this way, it's still good enough for me to want a spare deck. Blows my mind the format was launched in the '70s.


And for me, there's an interesting thing to watch out for. LD may be old and troublesome for a hi-def TV to work with. And Blu-Ray may now trounce it in terms of pure capacity and video information.

But you get that DIFFERENT quality with Laser Disc, that more natural look which is foregone with digital, as the picture is processed for the resolution to count more. The tellies are just different now, which is why I have both types.

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EDIT: Yeah, I was right. Bang on '93.

Google search return:

Pioneer LaserDisc - LaserDisc UK Web Site
http://www.laserdiscarchive.co.uk/pioneer1.htm‎
19 Mar 2007 - Pioneer CLD-1400 (1990) NTSC 3.58MHz Upgrade Pioneer CLD-1500 ... Pioneer CLD-2950 (1993) Pioneer CLD-1850 (1994) ... Pioneer LD-V8000 circa mid 90's, player were made for several years. Pioneer CLD-V1212D

And now THIS is a Laser Disc player:



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-SONY-LVA ... 3a8512c845

And it WAS recordable, according to the seller.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SONY-LVR-4000 ... 3a8512d169

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-sony-LVM-3A ... 3a847c3f82

Who knows then, perhaps there's choice homemade porn by some kinky old rich couple floating around somewhere. I'd rather watch that than some pretentious knobends like INXS. Though only worth recording for the novelty, as the analogue TV is now off.






Good, strong picture. I had to turn down the controls on my LCD, so vibrant were the pictures coming through.



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sony-Laserdis ... 3cd5d6206b

...And of course we have CED videodiscs, Laser Disc's lesser known cousin.......



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CED-VIDEODISC ... 2a31833f22




Here's a cheap player.



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GEC-CED-Video ... 2eca5cd1ee


May as well finish off.

Videodisc? Was it any good?

Not really. Same quality as bog standard VHS. Uses a stylus so the records wear out.

Still, interesting device.

And for something rather special, NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 2 videos on Laser Disc.



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Now-thats-wha ... 232fcdd885


And I thought they were only out on VHS. The VHS box only mentioned VHS, vinyl and tape.

Well well well. And only a fiver too.

This wiki talks about 4 sides and has a great track listing seems to be all the hits of that era.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_That%2 ... _series%29

And all those pop videos in laser-vision... envious, a little.

I owned a Laser Disc player in the 90s. I had "Dune" and "Bladerunner" and several others. It took many many DVD releases of Dune until there was finally one that would match the Laser Disc's quality. The same can be said about Bladerunner DVDs until the release of the remastered blu ray that is.