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Laserdiscs

I was at a friends house the other day and to my shock, he still had his Laserdisc Player. We watched Bladerunner which looked spectacular. I remember LD being kind of like a prototype for The DVD/Blu Ray..the only problem was, with LD, you would have to flip it over to watch the rest of the movie. My question to all is, has anyone else had or has a Laserdisc Player? If so what are your experiences with owning one?


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Never had, I went straight to DVD from VHS.

Friend of mine then got into LDs late in the game, probably around 1997, he was convinced DVDs would not take over so he kept buying LDs up until they were pulled from the shelves to stock up his video library. iirc, some of the special edition LDs were $100+ back then, but averaged around $35-$40. What a fool.


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Never had, I went straight to DVD from VHS.

Friend of mine then got into LDs late in the game, probably around 1997, he was convinced DVDs would not take over so he kept buying LDs up until they were pulled from the shelves to stock up his video library. iirc, some of the special edition LDs were $100+ back then, but averaged around $35-$40. What a fool.
Yeah. I recall them being pretty pricey...I sure as he'll couldn't afford them at the time. The one thing that kinda ruined it for me with LD, is the fact that movies would come with at least two discs, and you had to flip from side a to side b.


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Yeah, I think The Godfather Collection was something like 6-7 disc, three films and a disc for the extras or something, meaning to watch a single film, you had to use two disc and then flip each disc from A to B.


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He's gonna take you back to the past...

to check out his laserdisc collection:


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Pretty cool actually. Would love to spend a few hours in his basement, checking out what he had.

I still have my DVD collection in storage. Forget now, but I'd guess around 150ish store bought dvd's and another 1300-1600 burned dvds I made back when Netflix first started.


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Yeah, I think The Godfather Collection was something like 6-7 disc, three films and a disc for the extras or something, meaning to watch a single film, you had to use two disc and then flip each disc from A to B.
From what I recall, the godfather on LD looked amazing. I mean from the specialized box and packaging ...though I never got view it on LD


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He's gonna take you back to the past...

to check out his laserdisc collection:

That is f**king awesome


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I havent ever had a laserdisc player..... Im more interested in VIDEODISC players smile

I love VHS like crazy.......

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Yeah. Never knew anyone that had one back in the day but LD kind of skipped my area. We just went straight from VHS to DVD.


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Pretty cool actually. Would love to spend a few hours in his basement, checking out what he had.

I still have my DVD collection in storage. Forget now, but I'd guess around 150ish store bought dvd's and another 1300-1600 burned dvds I made back when Netflix first started.
My dad had one in the early 80's he had things like Westworld and Future world on it and some pork including Emmanuelle, but he bought videoworld every month. Ha, it was another time.


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I remember laserdiscs. Must have been 4 or 5. Huge things, the size of records.


I think the movie was..... I want to say Ghostbusters. Pretty sure it wasn't Star Wars.


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My dad had one in the early 80's he had things like Westworld and Future world on it and some pork including Emmanuelle, but he bought videoworld every month. Ha, it was another time.


Ah, the video store. Going there, looking around, pulling out a single movie.

I can watch anything I want now, whenever I want. Just isn't the same, is it.


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Ah, the video store. Going there, looking around, pulling out a single movie.

I can watch anything I want now, whenever I want. Just isn't the same, is it.
Exactly how I feel


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My dad had one in the early 80's he had things like Westworld and Future world on it and some pork including Emmanuelle, but he bought videoworld every month. Ha, it was another time.


Ha, I remember watching that softporn Emanuelle as a kid after a classmate showed me how to get around the security controls on the cable box.


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Ha, I remember watching that softporn Emanuelle as a kid after a classmate showed me how to get around the security controls on the cable box.
Haha in the UK when video stores first happened no one cared about certificates, the stuff a 14 year old Whirly watched on vid lol.


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I'm sure it shaped you into the fine person you are today.


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You know it's amazing because I just looked on Amazon, and Laserdisc Players are in the $400-$700 plus price range, but LD movies like "Goodfellas" "Cape Fear" and a few others are from $7.00-$12.00. Tempting but I think I am better off with Blu Ray/DVD.

My friend informed me there was a downsides to owning an LD player. The thing is that the LD themselves develop something called "Laser Rot" over time, and it can inter fear with playback and distorting the picture.


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Unless you're some sort of collector and you want an LD player/LD films as part of your film-format collection, I'd not invest in an LD player; as it's obsolete tech.

I'd not even invest too heavily into BluRay. Everything is going digital; why have bulky physical discs when you can fit thousands of film on a computer hard-drive and stream the films to your television using a film media server.

What I do now; have just a bit over 1,800 films.


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Unless you're some sort of collector and you want an LD player/LD films as part of your film-format collection, I'd not invest in an LD player; as it's obsolete tech.

I'd not even invest too heavily into BluRay. Everything is going digital; why have bulky physical discs when you can fit thousands of film on a computer hard-drive and stream the films to your television using a film media server.

What I do now; have just a bit over 1,800 films.
Agreed about the LD player(Still lingers in the back of my mind) but as far as investing in BluRay, I already did so when I purchased my PS4 and Xbox One. Basically I like owning classic movies such as The Godfather, Bladerunner etc. Another friend of my basically goes the same route that you do which I have to admit, is a pretty good setup.


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