***** I found them at a Japanese flea market. I just wanted to have a Laserdisc for some reason, and these were like 50 cents each. I didn't have anything to play them though so I thought they might be better in Mark's hands.
One of them I know is called "Street Fighter Turbo". They are both in Japanese. Here is a picture of mark holding them so you can match up the covers: 40.media.tumblr.com/e94b0529de30ca511a1dad90c50e4a48/tumblr_no1ib3wplG1r2okkho1_500.jpg
***** yeah but you mean: any man that loves John Woo's Hong Kong movies, right ? Most of his US movies were somewhat watchable, but none of them was in the same league as The Killer, A better tomorrow I & II or Hardboiled. The Asian 4h version of Red Cliff wasn't bad either.
Frank Schneider You are absolutely right. The only two Hollywood Woo flicks I like are Hard Target and Face/Off. MI:2 had its moments, but I strongly prefer his HK output. You ever heard of Johnnie To?
***** I would have picked exactly the same US productions as you. MI:2 could have been good if he would have edited out the love story, problem is, that then there's just 30min of movie left. Yeah I know Johnnie To (well not personally of course), The Mission was awesome. Last one I've seen by him was Vengeance. Not great, but ok. Something that surprised me positively was SPL: Kill Zone with Donnie Yen. What i can also recommendate is Dobbermann by Jan Kounen. From France, not Hong Kong, but nearly the same class as John Woo's classics. Really worth a try.
Frank Schneider ***** If you haven't already you guys should check out "Infernal Affairs" by Wai-Keung Lau. It's a truly great movie in the police/triad genre and should not be missed.
Mark, you need to review the Pioneer Laseractive. With all the expansion pacs you can play sega genesis, sega cd, turbografx 16, turbografx 16 cd, and super cd rom2 games, along with laserdisc games, movies, audio cd's and karaoke
Nutz4Gunz45 As someone who owns one of those gargantuan beasts, I second this notion. There's Mega Drive, there's LaserDisc, then there's MEGALD; the holy union of Sega and LaserDisc. That is right up Mark's alley.
Pro tip: If you will be playing your Laserdisc on a projector or modern TV, then use composite. Laserdisc was developed with composite in mind, and since your TV or projector will have a better 3D Comb filter, it will look much better. But, if you will be using it on a CRT TV, then use S-Video if possible. As the the 3D Comb filter in your player will most likely be better than the one on the CRT.
Actually, it's a bit the other way around. Due to modern displays being built for digital equipment, the processing of analog signals - especially composite - do not get a whole lotta love. Until I bought my Panasonic plasma, my laserdiscs looked horrible on old my 32" JVC LCD. There were a lot of rainbow artifacts, whenever very thin lines or patterns had to be displayed. If you want the best picture from your player, get either a top model CRT TV with a built-in high quality comb filter... or get an external comb filter unit to do the job. A more inexpensive way to get a 3D comb filter is by getting an older DVR and filter the signal through that. Many older DVRs from the early 2000s have great comb filters - especially the ones from Panasonic. Some of them even have upscaling capabilities and HDMI out.
"Who doesn't want this in their equipment rack? If you are going to invite some friends over for a movie viewing party, show them you are not afraid of the big D.....The laser disc", Mark. LOL
If I'm not mistaken, one of the last laserdiscs ever pressed was Dragons Lair SE which was pressed for Dragons Lair arcade game enthusiasts, and included extra scenes from the Bluth and RDI archives.
***** I'm going to say it's the best of the analog video formats, and some players (1987+) can also play CD Video, which makes it two in one, and considering some newer players can also play DVD, it _can_ be a three in one video player! But, a majority of DVD players can also play CD Videos, meh. But if you're an old-school analog guy, LaserDisc is most likely your best option.
The Duderino Man I love me some laserdiscs, mainly because i used to watch them when i was a kid in school (you could watch movies on them for 2 hrs after school was over). Also, when someone born after 1990 sees them their like, 'dude is that a huge dvd or something', kids crack me up.
***** And at least one of them is so ironic that its epic. The film 'Eraser' was so badly produced it suffers from horrible bit rot and literally erases its self.
Laserdisc picture/audio quality varies from player to player. A good player will be comparable to an interlaced dvd in pq while a lesser quality player will have more noise etc. I know because I started off with an entry level Pioneer player and upgraded to a Pioneer Cld 95.
Got a Pioneer LD Player myself love the damn thing, got some Mad Max, Total Recall, and Bubble Gum Crisis on LD. Mad jealous of the Do You Remember Love LD. I got the blu-ray but still keep a eye out for the laser disc constantly.
Definitely look around for a player locally. Many of the mid-range to high-end models are pricey on ebay (around $250 plus). Shipping for one of these beasts will cost you quite a chunk of change, as well. Yard sales and flea markets are your best bet for scoring a player without emptying your wallet. I picked up an old Sony 550 for around $18. It's an auto-flip model with decent picture quality. To me LDs are a lot more collectible than VHS and Betamax. Standard, no frills discs run about $2 to $5 a piece. Buying LDs in lots is an even better alternative. You can score 30 or more discs for less than $100 most of the time.
I ended up finding a Panasonic Laserdisc player a couple of years ago, similar to this one, for sixty dollars Australian. Found it at a charity shop by chance. This was especially rare since it is quite difficult to find an NTSC model in Australia, let alone Port Macquarie.
Recently I've been into retro entertainment systems after noticing my CD player, VCR, and walkman were all broken. I actually had fun researching them and their various features and how they work. I got a really nice Sony VCR which is so much better than the Zenith I had and it's cool to own something like that that was probably very expensive in it's time and get it cheap. I also got a Sony Discman which is probably the nicest CD player I've ever owned but as far as walkmans I haven't been as lucky. I bought 3, 2 exact same AIWAs both work but have different issues and I got a newer Sony that still had Dolby NR which works but being the newer, cheaper 90s ones it wows and flutters if you move it. For whatever reasons decent walkmans still retain their value yet many no longer work due to aging components or broken belts but there's quite a wealth of info on them that no one in today's age probably has a clue about. Which is why I have an appreciation for this older technology because everything was its own device and they all had personality. Now everything is in chips on a phone which really can't be worked on and being software really doesn't have factors or variables which can change the experience per device.
I've got that player in the conference room at the office. Good player. Makes for fun lunch breaks and confusion from co-workers. Just spun up some Demolition Man on it last Friday.
Panasonic Laserdisc players seem to last probably because they were made near the end of the laserdisc player cycle. There's much less of them online now and more Pioneer even tho I've heard that Panasonic's name is just slapped onto a quality Pioneer laserdisc player. On ebay it looks like there's a ton of dead Pioneer branded ones. Probably because more of them were made and some of the earlier laserdisc versions may have more issues while the mid 90s ones work better like the Panasonic one. So even if Panasonic laserdisc has Pioneer parts built into it it's quality parts since they're usually the ones working. My old Panasonic Laserdisc I had in the past had a big dent on the type of the case yet had no problems playing the discs still. That shows you how durable the design went into the Panasonic Laserdisc players. Not that I'm recommending anyone to dent the aluminum up or metal.
@@Culturedog You rock! Thanks appreciate it. Do you know where I can find one? Anyway I am looking to get this exact model that works great. Just doesn't come with the remote.
Wonderful I knew you would say that, the only people who like it are those with nostalgia for it. The rest of us don't have that protection, and can tell it's bad.
XXTROB When it comes to anime, my view is that it's either English subs or nothing. English dubbing is so hit or miss, and when you've got a large cast of characters, some are good, most are mediocre, and the rest are cringe-worthy.
Char Aznable I have heard that the audio for Akira was recorded before the animation, so watching it in Japanese is best because they match the lip sync, same thing with redline.
As a side note, one holy grail I always wished I could afford in the 90s (but had to settle for a Panasonic 3DO console instead), was the Pioneer LaserActive.
I found a really nice Pioneer CLD-V2600 at a thrift shop for $5. Got some heavy duty gold played AV cables. No Auto Reverse like this one, but I don't mind. Absolutely love this player. Holds up well for being from 1995!
I had a pioneer laseractive and just loved the fact I could play my Genesis sega cd and the laseractive games on it. Not that there was a lot of laseractive games to be bought for it but there was a few and at least one good one.
My family and I never owned any laserdiscs back in the days, but we only owned VHS tapes, and nowadays we only own blurays, dvds, and digital downloads.
LaserDisc have better quality then DVD, it analog so the image look better, LaserDisc is must have for Anime Fans, Star Wars Fans and all great 80's action Flicks
I have a Pioneer Laserdisc player that I got for cheap in the late 90s/early 2000s. It also has a 5 disc cd player too. I only have a few movies but they are pretty great ones. Star Wars, Aliens, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Screamers, Taxi Driver, and Terminator 2. Nothing like swapping and flipping discs, mine is supposed to autoflip but it doesn't always work
Branche Moi Ça Yes, if you buy an european player. There are a ton of french LDs. The French edition of Star Wars is regarded as the best in terms of picture quality.
Branche Moi Ça There is an option to change audiotracks on a laserdisc, but that is used mostly for directors commentary. As far as I know there are nearly no NTSC-Laserdiscs with a French audiotrack. The only way to watch a lot of laserdiscs in french is with an european player.
This was great. I would like to see a CED player review now. My aunt has one of those that I saw recently and I was just baffled by it. Record sized movies confined in a plastic case and it actually uses a needle like a record player. Awesome!
***** You could review the Pionner LaserActive, the game console that uses LaserDiscs (games developed by sega and nec). And reads Sega CD games and included adaptors for read Genesis and other cartridge games.
Hey, there was another type of laser disc. It came in a plastic sleeve and you couldn't take it out. You put it in the player and pulled the sleeve back out and the disk was left behind. And when you were done watching you put the sleeve back in and got the disk out. Anybody remember those?
Actually the 1988 Streamline English dub of Akira appears on the 25th Anniversary Blu-ray release by Funimation. Personally I prefer the 2001 Pioneer dub but, just pointing this out. :)
Never had experience with Pioneer but I do know the Panasonic ones tend to last since there usually the ones on ebay listed as working while a lot of the Pinoeer brands are listed as not working. The funny thing with that is I thought I heard they both use the same Parts. I think I heard Panasonic's name is just slapped onto a Pioneer Laserdisc player. Laserdisc players are starting to get expensive now. I see them between 95 to 100 bucks on ebay now and on craigslist I seen ones between 75-50 bucks. Tho some of the ones on craigslists are junk and don't have the both sides or auto reverse feature since that came out with the later laserdisc models like you mention in your video. The mid 90s and maybe some earlier 90s read both side of the discs. Some people might think that's not a big of a deal but it's pretty nice not having to manually flip the disc.
I have this very same LD player. It's pretty bare-bones compared to most Pioneer players, but it kicks the crap out of them in terms of reliability. I've gone through at least 5 Pioneers (or Pioneer clones, like Proscan) that have all crapped out or needed lots of repairs. Meanwhile, this one keeps playing great, 20+ years after it was built.
BTW, don't bother with s-video on this or any other LD player, unless you're plugging it into a TV that's at least as old. Laserdiscs store video in a composite format; color and luminance are multiplexed together into a single video signal. The comb filter LD players use to separate out the color signal out from the composite video is almost always inferior to the one found in any modern TV. You'll actually get a much better picture by using the composite video jack on the LD player and letting the TV do all the video processing.
another good example of the Laser Disc version of a movie having a better cut is It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" which the longest cut available is on one of the laser disc versions.
Akira UK & Australian Blu-ray releases have both the original& new English dubs So you can select between the two along with the Japanese.Also there is a DVD release of the pre-edit star wars back in 2006 & I would not be surprise that there be a blu-ray release within the next few years, as it being Disney.
I go for laserdiscs for the audio, the same reason I listen to vinyl. It's uncompressed, beautiful, warm, analog sound except it's even better on laserdisc cause that plastic coating keeps it undamaged forever and it's read by a laser for higher accuracy that doesn't wear out. VHS and Beta wear out quick and get fuzzy but it's still a pleasant analog wear for the most part. It's nostalgic. DVD grates my ears, I hate it. It didn't a problem until I got myself good speakers and a record player. You can never go back. Blu-Ray is great, I have no problem with it cause the it's just about as good as the laserdiscs digital which is another quick thing I gotta mention. The laserdisc has separate analog and digital tracks. Both can play through the RCA cables and sound equally as good but on my current setup with my new receiver the RCA now produces a hum I didn't get with my 80s receiver. I got a great optical cable for it instead and it made a world of a difference but you can't play the analog track which holds the commentary. That's another cool feature, immediate switching between commentary and regular tracks so you can enjoy a bit of both when you get tired of one or the other. Besides that I personally love the picture quality. It looks abysmal on any digital display but it is the only way to watch a movie on any analog device like a big ol' CRT. My s-video port is broken which is unfortunate but composite looks find. S-Video results differ with any tv and player combo so if you want pristine visuals look all that up first. Comb filters man. But I love the picture in my setup, it's the warm fuzziness of a tape, the analog perfection of true black and white, and it's stable and always clean so it never hurts to watch. VHS is fuzzier and has all sorts of issues. DVDs are bad with dark tones and black. There is so little resolution that the compression sticks out horribly when solid colors dominate a portion of the screen. Blu-Ray rarely has that problem or any in general. Blu-Ray is the best way to go if you have a modern setup. I play mine on a big projector and when I pull that screen up the CRT is right behind it. It took years for me to get it all right along with my old and new consoles and music players but there you go. That's my audiophile and videophile opinion. Hope that maybe helped in some way if you were looking into purchasing laserdiscs. Maybe I should mention what my components are too. Pioneer CLD-3070 laserdisc player from the late 80s cause I love the styling, it matched my dad's old receiver I had been using at the time, and I believe it was the advanced model at the time. It has all the outputs and buttons and dials you could ever want and a huge remote to match it. A later player may have a better laser for the picture but mine works great already. I recently got a similarly styled Pioneer 1-bit CD player because I love the intricate detail you can hear that normally would not be possible and the warm sound of 1-bit players. Other players I find are too rough on the ears. In my room I have a whole different setup of Technics gear cause the early 80s record player and receiver used to be my mom's. I've got a 90s dual deck cassette player, nothing too fancy but really convenient, and a 90s 5 CD MASH player which was their 1-bit designation. 5 CD changers are great for multi disc albums so you don't have theirs no break. I play CDs for convenience and records when I'm fine with getting up off my butt and changing the discs. BTW I'm 19. A lot of people like to joke around (or maybe are serious) and say that they were born in the wrong age but if I were born in the 70s and 80s where everything I love was happening it would be too expensive and I wouldn't have any of the amazing gear I have, especially all of my film SLRs which are a story for another day. This is the perfect time to be born in because the internet has made it possible more me to enjoy everything great that every decade has ever had to offer! It's always high quality metal products that don't break and are super cheap just because they're old which never necessarily means they're bad. Now is the greatest time to be an enthusiast of laserdiscs or any sort of old technology or whatever. Get on that shit now before it becomes all harder to find and too expensive all over again. Every time I finally decide to but a Sega Saturn the price goes up and I don't have enough money again and I regret not leaping on the opportunity when I had the chance. Longest comment I've ever written so I'm signing out here. Peace.
ShineGuy210 "fine tuned" ears? Dude, the older you get the worse your hearing gets, "fine tuned" my ass. There are some biological limitations you can't avoid.
Gordon Freeman Alright well at the ripe young age of 19 I don't think my ears will be too impaired any time soon. Anyways just look to the professional musicians and how they exercise their hearing over the years. Many adults lose their ability to hear ultra high pitch sounds that kids can hear, you know the ones we all used to download and play in class to bug the teacher who couldn't hear it? My band teacher could hear it. The professional Jazz musicians I have met in Philly (the Philly jazz scene is crazy good, we really know how to swing) can hear it amongst other things I could never pick up on. Musical aficionados learn to tell exact pitches and can tune their own instruments by ear. They learn the intricate differences of the build quality of instrument strings that create its's unique sounds. Bottom line, the human ear has a crazy amount of unlocked potential that can be uncovered over the years with a little work and paying close attention to the little things. Listening to my favorite songs on vinyl over the years I pick up more and more intricacies planted in the music than I've ever thought could be loaded in. The 70s went crazy with 8, then 16, then 24 track recordings and then some. With noise limits basically gone now experimental or just great bands and recording artists can layer in whatever they want and with the right equipment in your home you can sit down, pay attention, and hear every bit they have to offer you. I can say without a doubt music is best listened to in the living room with a good pair of stereo floor speakers where you can absorb it all in and learn. On the go is fine too but you only get the basic idea of what's really going on. You should just try it out sometime. Nowadays you can get the whole deal used real cheap from eBay, your local thrift shops, or your neighbors, parents, or grandparents who may still have their stuff lying around. I got all my gear for free cause both my parents had their old players, receivers, and speakers around. Replacing the needle on my player is only $10 every year or two. My MASH (1-bit [debatably the best])5 CD player was only $20 at Care and Share, a huge bargain. One of my friends spent $70 on an amazing late production linear tracking turntable and only $30 bucks for a receiver and CD player. Actually he has two set ups, the other one in his bedroom is all crazy professional equipment he got from a good guy at his church for free. Listening to high quality music nowadays is ridiculously cheap and accessible. Don't knock it till you try it.
ShineGuy210 _"Alright well at the ripe young age of 19 I don't think my ears will be too impaired any time soon."_ You're 19, you're not an 8 year old. _"Anyways just look to the professional musicians and how they exercise their hearing over the years. Many adults lose their ability to hear ultra high pitch sounds that kids can hear, you know the ones we all used to download and play in class to bug the teacher who couldn't hear it? My band teacher could hear it. The professional Jazz musicians I have met in Philly (the Philly jazz scene is crazy good, we really know how to swing) can hear it amongst other things I could never pick up on."_ And I assume you have the exact levels at which let's say a 19KHz sinewave could be heard? _"Musical aficionados learn to tell exact pitches and can tune their own instruments by ear. They learn the intricate differences of the build quality of instrument strings that create its's unique sounds."_ On a quiet environment sure, but on a rather noisy environment, good luck. _"Bottom line, the human ear has a crazy amount of unlocked potential that can be uncovered over the years with a little work and paying close attention to the little things."_ Sources please. _"Listening to my favorite songs on vinyl over the years I pick up more and more intricacies planted in the music than I've ever thought could be loaded in."_ Surface noise. _"The 70s went crazy with 8, then 16, then 24 track recordings and then some. With noise limits basically gone now experimental or just great bands and recording artists can layer in whatever they want and with the right equipment in your home you can sit down, pay attention, and hear every bit they have to offer you."_ Fun fact of the day, the noise floor of a 16bit track is way too quiet to hear at all. _"I can say without a doubt music is best listened to in the living room with a good pair of stereo floor speakers where you can absorb it all in and learn. On the go is fine too but you only get the basic idea of what's really going on. You should just try it out sometime."_ Too bad 99% of the people won't do that :P. _"Nowadays you can get the whole deal used real cheap from eBay, your local thrift shops, or your neighbors, parents, or grandparents who may still have their stuff lying around. I got all my gear for free cause both my parents had their old players, receivers, and speakers around. Replacing the needle on my player is only $10 every year or two."_ I don't have the room at my place for fancy equipment. I do have an old Pioneer receiver, I don't know where I stored it though xD. _"My MASH (1-bit [debatably the best])5 CD player was only $20 at Care and Share, a huge bargain. One of my friends spent $70 on an amazing late production linear tracking turntable and only $30 bucks for a receiver and CD player. Actually he has two set ups, the other one in his bedroom is all crazy professional equipment he got from a good guy at his church for free. Listening to high quality music nowadays is ridiculously cheap and accessible. Don't knock it till you try it."_ I do have some stuff, I have an old Technics MASH cd player that I recently fixed, but I don't have the room to install it :P.
Many people are of the opinion that laserdisc, with it's uncompressed audio, is capable of better audio than dvds. I am hard of hearing and I have always found dialog to be more understandable through a LD than a dvd so there may be some truth to this. Holy crap Mark has a real turntable. A Rega P3 2000. I had one for years but I upgraded to a Rega P7. So many youtubers have those awful cheap plastic turntables so it is refreshing to see someone with a bonafide audiophile grade rig. BTW Rega now offers a motor upgrade for the P3 which is compatible with their speed box which I absolutely recommend.
I need to get back into Laserdisc. I have a Pioneer from the early 90s, but it only has composite, sad for me. I do have several classic movies that are great on Laserdisc...like Fantasia...the uncompressed digital audio on the LD format is perfect for Fantasia. I also went out of my way to make sure I had a Complete Aliens set, the entire movie on CAV discs...8 platters. I bought 5 lots before I could piece together a set that wasn't rotted. The CAV set was the only way to get the directors cut of Aliens for a good while, and I dumped the movie onto my compy at the time, and made copies for my friends.
***** The comb filter has nothing to do with the S-Video-Output. It is also applied on the cinch-plug. S-Video only makes sense if you want to use cables that are longer than 2 meters. If the cable is shorter than that, a good composite cable will give you a better picture.
I have that Definitive Edition Star Wars box and a few Criterion Collection and Ray Harryhausen Laserdiscs. My player doesn't put out a super great image, though. A lot of red and blue noise on the screen all the time. CLV discs are particularly bad for that. I wasn't sure if that was a Laserdisc thing or just my machine.
A laser disc player would be nice to have, but with all my Blu Ray/DVD players and movies and video game consoles along with a large selection of music vinyl and CDs, I just cannot afford or have room to start collecting for another media.
0:58 the cover just said "DIGITAL LASERDISC" Laserdiscs are analog. The video is analog, the sound is sometimes digital, more often then not, analog. So make up your mind! IT AIN'T COMPLETELY DIGITAL LIKE DVD!
So I really need to know the part number for the remote control. Please if anybody knows or where I can get the remote control please let me know. Thanks
I think if they made them today they would look better cause they would be using a 4k sorce to make the laser disc from which is probably about 480p, you would get less noise or artifacts cause it would be a pristine digitally remastered 4k source used to make it. If I ever made a movie I would make it on laser disc and vhs and everything for fun.
I remember seeing a LaserDisc player at a friends house in the early 90s when I asked him about it he said it was fucking stupid. Having to flip discs and change discs to watch movies.
Thanks for the shout out!!!!! I thought you might like those Street Fighter Laserdiscs!!!! All hail Lord Karnage!!!!!
***** I found them at a Japanese flea market. I just wanted to have a Laserdisc for some reason, and these were like 50 cents each. I didn't have anything to play them though so I thought they might be better in Mark's hands.
Do you know what anime movie that is at 4:00? I can't catch the name when Mark says it :/
mettaworldwill Macross: Do You Remember Love.
DavidStudiosproduct What exactly are these called? i wanna get my hands on them myself
One of them I know is called "Street Fighter Turbo". They are both in Japanese. Here is a picture of mark holding them so you can match up the covers: 40.media.tumblr.com/e94b0529de30ca511a1dad90c50e4a48/tumblr_no1ib3wplG1r2okkho1_500.jpg
Any man that loves shmups, Japanese Sega Saturn, and HK John Woo movies is a man whose opinion I can trust when it comes to quality entertainment.
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yeah but you mean: any man that loves John Woo's Hong Kong movies, right ?
Most of his US movies were somewhat watchable, but none of them was in the same league as The Killer, A better tomorrow I & II or Hardboiled. The Asian 4h version of Red Cliff wasn't bad either.
Frank Schneider
You are absolutely right. The only two Hollywood Woo flicks I like are Hard Target and Face/Off. MI:2 had its moments, but I strongly prefer his HK output. You ever heard of Johnnie To?
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I would have picked exactly the same US productions as you. MI:2 could have been good if he would have edited out the love story, problem is, that then there's just 30min of movie left.
Yeah I know Johnnie To (well not personally of course), The Mission was awesome. Last one I've seen by him was Vengeance. Not great, but ok. Something that surprised me positively was SPL: Kill Zone with Donnie Yen. What i can also recommendate is Dobbermann by Jan Kounen. From France, not Hong Kong, but nearly the same class as John Woo's classics. Really worth a try.
Frank Schneider ***** If you haven't already you guys should check out "Infernal Affairs" by Wai-Keung Lau. It's a truly great movie in the police/triad genre and should not be missed.
Absolutely love this format. And I had Pioneer DVL 909. The Bentley of laserdisc players
I still have my Laser Disk player that I saved all summer to buy back in 1995. It's a Pioneer and it's still works.
I'm not stuck in the 90's I'm just prepared for the future of 2084
Mark, you need to review the Pioneer Laseractive. With all the expansion pacs you can play sega genesis, sega cd, turbografx 16, turbografx 16 cd, and super cd rom2 games, along with laserdisc games, movies, audio cd's and karaoke
Nutz4Gunz45 As someone who owns one of those gargantuan beasts, I second this notion. There's Mega Drive, there's LaserDisc, then there's MEGALD; the holy union of Sega and LaserDisc. That is right up Mark's alley.
Pro tip: If you will be playing your Laserdisc on a projector or modern TV, then use composite. Laserdisc was developed with composite in mind, and since your TV or projector will have a better 3D Comb filter, it will look much better.
But, if you will be using it on a CRT TV, then use S-Video if possible. As the the 3D Comb filter in your player will most likely be better than the one on the CRT.
Actually, it's a bit the other way around.
Due to modern displays being built for digital equipment, the processing of analog signals - especially composite - do not get a whole lotta love.
Until I bought my Panasonic plasma, my laserdiscs looked horrible on old my 32" JVC LCD. There were a lot of rainbow artifacts, whenever very thin lines or patterns had to be displayed.
If you want the best picture from your player, get either a top model CRT TV with a built-in high quality comb filter... or get an external comb filter unit to do the job.
A more inexpensive way to get a 3D comb filter is by getting an older DVR and filter the signal through that. Many older DVRs from the early 2000s have great comb filters - especially the ones from Panasonic. Some of them even have upscaling capabilities and HDMI out.
The only kid who had a Laser Disc player at my school had, parents were doctors, so I've always seen them as a Rich kids toy.
"Who doesn't want this in their equipment rack? If you are going to invite some friends over for a movie viewing party, show them you are not afraid of the big D.....The laser disc", Mark. LOL
Love laserdisc so very cool will subscribe
I miss my laserdisc player so much. Nowadays, I own only the discs.
Oh god I think I want one of these now.
That's a HUGE disc!
damn, this device is SICK!
If I'm not mistaken, one of the last laserdiscs ever pressed was Dragons Lair SE which was pressed for Dragons Lair arcade game enthusiasts, and included extra scenes from the Bluth and RDI archives.
Do you need to rewind a laserdisc before putting it back in the package?
***** Sweet! >_
***** I'm going to say it's the best of the analog video formats, and some players (1987+) can also play CD Video, which makes it two in one, and considering some newer players can also play DVD, it _can_ be a three in one video player! But, a majority of DVD players can also play CD Videos, meh. But if you're an old-school analog guy, LaserDisc is most likely your best option.
The Duderino Man I love me some laserdiscs, mainly because i used to watch them when i was a kid in school (you could watch movies on them for 2 hrs after school was over). Also, when someone born after 1990 sees them their like, 'dude is that a huge dvd or something', kids crack me up.
***** And at least one of them is so ironic that its epic. The film 'Eraser' was so badly produced it suffers from horrible bit rot and literally erases its self.
***** Hey man, I can watch _Back to the Future_ on CD, and that's all I care about!
Laserdisc picture/audio quality varies from player to player. A good player will be comparable to an interlaced dvd in pq while a lesser quality player will have more noise etc. I know because I started off with an entry level Pioneer player and upgraded to a Pioneer Cld 95.
Got a Pioneer LD Player myself love the damn thing, got some Mad Max, Total Recall, and Bubble Gum Crisis on LD.
Mad jealous of the Do You Remember Love LD. I got the blu-ray but still keep a eye out for the laser disc constantly.
It would be cool to see more electronics from the past beyond video games on this channel.
Definitely look around for a player locally. Many of the mid-range to high-end models are pricey on ebay (around $250 plus). Shipping for one of these beasts will cost you quite a chunk of change, as well. Yard sales and flea markets are your best bet for scoring a player without emptying your wallet. I picked up an old Sony 550 for around $18. It's an auto-flip model with decent picture quality. To me LDs are a lot more collectible than VHS and Betamax. Standard, no frills discs run about $2 to $5 a piece. Buying LDs in lots is an even better alternative. You can score 30 or more discs for less than $100 most of the time.
I ended up finding a Panasonic Laserdisc player a couple of years ago, similar to this one, for sixty dollars Australian. Found it at a charity shop by chance. This was especially rare since it is quite difficult to find an NTSC model in Australia, let alone Port Macquarie.
Recently I've been into retro entertainment systems after noticing my CD player, VCR, and walkman were all broken. I actually had fun researching them and their various features and how they work. I got a really nice Sony VCR which is so much better than the Zenith I had and it's cool to own something like that that was probably very expensive in it's time and get it cheap. I also got a Sony Discman which is probably the nicest CD player I've ever owned but as far as walkmans I haven't been as lucky. I bought 3, 2 exact same AIWAs both work but have different issues and I got a newer Sony that still had Dolby NR which works but being the newer, cheaper 90s ones it wows and flutters if you move it. For whatever reasons decent walkmans still retain their value yet many no longer work due to aging components or broken belts but there's quite a wealth of info on them that no one in today's age probably has a clue about. Which is why I have an appreciation for this older technology because everything was its own device and they all had personality. Now everything is in chips on a phone which really can't be worked on and being software really doesn't have factors or variables which can change the experience per device.
I've got that player in the conference room at the office. Good player. Makes for fun lunch breaks and confusion from co-workers. Just spun up some Demolition Man on it last Friday.
Panasonic Laserdisc players seem to last probably because they were made near the end of the laserdisc player cycle. There's much less of them online now and more Pioneer even tho I've heard that Panasonic's name is just slapped onto a quality Pioneer laserdisc player. On ebay it looks like there's a ton of dead Pioneer branded ones. Probably because more of them were made and some of the earlier laserdisc versions may have more issues while the mid 90s ones work better like the Panasonic one. So even if Panasonic laserdisc has Pioneer parts built into it it's quality parts since they're usually the ones working. My old Panasonic Laserdisc I had in the past had a big dent on the type of the case yet had no problems playing the discs still. That shows you how durable the design went into the Panasonic Laserdisc players. Not that I'm recommending anyone to dent the aluminum up or metal.
Please if you could, tell me the part number for the remote control. Thanks
@@atranfanatic no problem! The remote for the Panasonic LX-H670 is RAK-LX149WH
@@Culturedog You rock! Thanks appreciate it. Do you know where I can find one? Anyway I am looking to get this exact model that works great. Just doesn't come with the remote.
Mark, The latest Akira bluray has the 80's streamline dub that we know and love!
You mean the one where everyone strains all their lines to match the lip sync, fuck that I'll stick with the Pioneer dub.
You must be young, if you grew up with streamline that's all you want....the pioneer dub is like dagger in my ears
Wonderful I knew you would say that, the only people who like it are those with nostalgia for it. The rest of us don't have that protection, and can tell it's bad.
XXTROB When it comes to anime, my view is that it's either English subs or nothing. English dubbing is so hit or miss, and when you've got a large cast of characters, some are good, most are mediocre, and the rest are cringe-worthy.
Char Aznable
I have heard that the audio for Akira was recorded before the animation, so watching it in Japanese is best because they match the lip sync, same thing with redline.
As a side note, one holy grail I always wished I could afford in the 90s (but had to settle for a Panasonic 3DO console instead), was the Pioneer LaserActive.
Great episode, it makes me want to buy a LaserDisc Player.
that street fighter instructional disk is sick. showing safe jumps and option selects with ryu lols
I found a really nice Pioneer CLD-V2600 at a thrift shop for $5. Got some heavy duty gold played AV cables. No Auto Reverse like this one, but I don't mind. Absolutely love this player. Holds up well for being from 1995!
I had a pioneer laseractive and just loved the fact I could play my Genesis sega cd and the laseractive games on it. Not that there was a lot of laseractive games to be bought for it but there was a few and at least one good one.
My family and I never owned any laserdiscs back in the days, but we only owned VHS tapes, and nowadays we only own blurays, dvds, and digital downloads.
LaserDisc have better quality then DVD, it analog so the image look better, LaserDisc is must have for Anime Fans, Star Wars Fans and all great 80's action Flicks
I now need to track down and add that Street Fighter II instructional laserdisc to my collection.
The 80's dub for Akira IS on the 25th Anniversary Edition bluray, which is the most common to find new now anyway.
Both the original Streamline and remastered Pioneer english dubs for Akira are actually included in the 25th anniversary DVD and Blu Ray release.
+Shinin Row I don't think the dual dub was released in any recent US releases, Only UK & Australian releases have the dual English dub release.
so laserdisc is basically the vinyl of movies!!!
Another thing you didn't mention is that certain movies. Only had a Laserdisc release for an example Runnin' Out Of Luck and September Affair.
I have a Pioneer Laserdisc player that I got for cheap in the late 90s/early 2000s. It also has a 5 disc cd player too. I only have a few movies but they are pretty great ones. Star Wars, Aliens, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Screamers, Taxi Driver, and Terminator 2. Nothing like swapping and flipping discs, mine is supposed to autoflip but it doesn't always work
Cool to see someone else with a Panasonic instead of a Pioneer.
do the laserdisc play in french ?
Branche Moi Ça Yes, if you buy an european player. There are a ton of french LDs. The French edition of Star Wars is regarded as the best in terms of picture quality.
thanks :)
do laserdisc have language option? because I live in canada
Branche Moi Ça There is an option to change audiotracks on a laserdisc, but that is used mostly for directors commentary. As far as I know there are nearly no NTSC-Laserdiscs with a French audiotrack. The only way to watch a lot of laserdiscs in french is with an european player.
:'(
great home video format
Someone should make a petition on bringing CGR back. And of course, have Mark as the host again.
This was great. I would like to see a CED player review now. My aunt has one of those that I saw recently and I was just baffled by it. Record sized movies confined in a plastic case and it actually uses a needle like a record player. Awesome!
Oh the memories...Please turn disc over..
Whenever someone says "Shop Smart", my brain always follows it up with
"Shop S-Mart... YOU GOT THAT???!!!..."
awesome! the killer is also one of my fav movies ^_^
wow this has optical audio out in 94'?
***** You could review the Pionner LaserActive, the game console that uses LaserDiscs (games developed by sega and nec). And reads Sega CD games and included adaptors for read Genesis and other cartridge games.
He's reviewing this stuff now? What's the next video, the review of the JVC 600 VHS player?
Where did you procure your player of laserdiscs?
Hey, there was another type of laser disc. It came in a plastic sleeve and you couldn't take it out. You put it in the player and pulled the sleeve back out and the disk was left behind. And when you were done watching you put the sleeve back in and got the disk out. Anybody remember those?
You're thinking of RCA's CED system which wasn't a laser disc at all but played more like a vinyl LP with a needle and groove.
Brian Griffin Really? I had no idea. That actually sounds pretty cool.
spiff2268 Unfortunately the discs would scratch easily and eventually would skip horribly. They weren't nearly as dependable as LD.
Ooh! A laserdisc! The Cheat's playin' somethin' on a laserdisc! Everything's better on laserdisc! Whatever happened to the laserdisc? Laserdisc!
the 1988 dub of akria is on the 25th anniversary blu-ray.
Are there LaserDisc™ players that have DVD™ and VHS™ combined
*Can you imagine how much data would be in Laser disc sized Blu Rays*
Actually the 1988 Streamline English dub of Akira appears on the 25th Anniversary Blu-ray release by Funimation. Personally I prefer the 2001 Pioneer dub but, just pointing this out. :)
And the Laserdisc game? Examples,road blaster,time gal,dragon's Lair,etc.
Never had experience with Pioneer but I do know the Panasonic ones tend to last since there usually the ones on ebay listed as working while a lot of the Pinoeer brands are listed as not working. The funny thing with that is I thought I heard they both use the same Parts. I think I heard Panasonic's name is just slapped onto a Pioneer Laserdisc player. Laserdisc players are starting to get expensive now. I see them between 95 to 100 bucks on ebay now and on craigslist I seen ones between 75-50 bucks. Tho some of the ones on craigslists are junk and don't have the both sides or auto reverse feature since that came out with the later laserdisc models like you mention in your video. The mid 90s and maybe some earlier 90s read both side of the discs. Some people might think that's not a big of a deal but it's pretty nice not having to manually flip the disc.
Is there any way to get this classic game room 15th anniversary set?? Long time fan
Gotta love Retro technology.
I have this very same LD player. It's pretty bare-bones compared to most Pioneer players, but it kicks the crap out of them in terms of reliability. I've gone through at least 5 Pioneers (or Pioneer clones, like Proscan) that have all crapped out or needed lots of repairs. Meanwhile, this one keeps playing great, 20+ years after it was built.
BTW, don't bother with s-video on this or any other LD player, unless you're plugging it into a TV that's at least as old. Laserdiscs store video in a composite format; color and luminance are multiplexed together into a single video signal. The comb filter LD players use to separate out the color signal out from the composite video is almost always inferior to the one found in any modern TV. You'll actually get a much better picture by using the composite video jack on the LD player and letting the TV do all the video processing.
another good example of the Laser Disc version of a movie having a better cut is It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" which the longest cut available is on one of the laser disc versions.
Why oh why didn't you get the laseractive with the Genesis or turbografx 16 paks.
there is a company in amsterdam that produces new movies on laserdisk
still cant find it
I have back to the future on lazer disk
A good composite cable will look better than the s-video on your player due to the low quality comb filter in your player
Akira UK & Australian Blu-ray releases have both the original& new English dubs So you can select between the two along with the Japanese.Also there is a DVD release of the pre-edit star wars back in 2006 & I would not be surprise that there be a blu-ray release within the next few years, as it being Disney.
I go for laserdiscs for the audio, the same reason I listen to vinyl. It's uncompressed, beautiful, warm, analog sound except it's even better on laserdisc cause that plastic coating keeps it undamaged forever and it's read by a laser for higher accuracy that doesn't wear out. VHS and Beta wear out quick and get fuzzy but it's still a pleasant analog wear for the most part. It's nostalgic. DVD grates my ears, I hate it. It didn't a problem until I got myself good speakers and a record player. You can never go back. Blu-Ray is great, I have no problem with it cause the it's just about as good as the laserdiscs digital which is another quick thing I gotta mention. The laserdisc has separate analog and digital tracks. Both can play through the RCA cables and sound equally as good but on my current setup with my new receiver the RCA now produces a hum I didn't get with my 80s receiver. I got a great optical cable for it instead and it made a world of a difference but you can't play the analog track which holds the commentary. That's another cool feature, immediate switching between commentary and regular tracks so you can enjoy a bit of both when you get tired of one or the other.
Besides that I personally love the picture quality. It looks abysmal on any digital display but it is the only way to watch a movie on any analog device like a big ol' CRT. My s-video port is broken which is unfortunate but composite looks find. S-Video results differ with any tv and player combo so if you want pristine visuals look all that up first. Comb filters man. But I love the picture in my setup, it's the warm fuzziness of a tape, the analog perfection of true black and white, and it's stable and always clean so it never hurts to watch. VHS is fuzzier and has all sorts of issues. DVDs are bad with dark tones and black. There is so little resolution that the compression sticks out horribly when solid colors dominate a portion of the screen. Blu-Ray rarely has that problem or any in general. Blu-Ray is the best way to go if you have a modern setup. I play mine on a big projector and when I pull that screen up the CRT is right behind it.
It took years for me to get it all right along with my old and new consoles and music players but there you go. That's my audiophile and videophile opinion. Hope that maybe helped in some way if you were looking into purchasing laserdiscs.
Maybe I should mention what my components are too. Pioneer CLD-3070 laserdisc player from the late 80s cause I love the styling, it matched my dad's old receiver I had been using at the time, and I believe it was the advanced model at the time. It has all the outputs and buttons and dials you could ever want and a huge remote to match it. A later player may have a better laser for the picture but mine works great already. I recently got a similarly styled Pioneer 1-bit CD player because I love the intricate detail you can hear that normally would not be possible and the warm sound of 1-bit players. Other players I find are too rough on the ears. In my room I have a whole different setup of Technics gear cause the early 80s record player and receiver used to be my mom's. I've got a 90s dual deck cassette player, nothing too fancy but really convenient, and a 90s 5 CD MASH player which was their 1-bit designation. 5 CD changers are great for multi disc albums so you don't have theirs no break. I play CDs for convenience and records when I'm fine with getting up off my butt and changing the discs.
BTW I'm 19. A lot of people like to joke around (or maybe are serious) and say that they were born in the wrong age but if I were born in the 70s and 80s where everything I love was happening it would be too expensive and I wouldn't have any of the amazing gear I have, especially all of my film SLRs which are a story for another day. This is the perfect time to be born in because the internet has made it possible more me to enjoy everything great that every decade has ever had to offer! It's always high quality metal products that don't break and are super cheap just because they're old which never necessarily means they're bad. Now is the greatest time to be an enthusiast of laserdiscs or any sort of old technology or whatever. Get on that shit now before it becomes all harder to find and too expensive all over again. Every time I finally decide to but a Sega Saturn the price goes up and I don't have enough money again and I regret not leaping on the opportunity when I had the chance. Longest comment I've ever written so I'm signing out here. Peace.
ShineGuy210
I love audiophools and their "warm" audio xD.
The placebo effect is one hell of a powerful thing.
Lol you're just jelly your ears aren't as fine tuned :)
ShineGuy210
"fine tuned" ears?
Dude, the older you get the worse your hearing gets, "fine tuned" my ass.
There are some biological limitations you can't avoid.
Gordon Freeman Alright well at the ripe young age of 19 I don't think my ears will be too impaired any time soon. Anyways just look to the professional musicians and how they exercise their hearing over the years. Many adults lose their ability to hear ultra high pitch sounds that kids can hear, you know the ones we all used to download and play in class to bug the teacher who couldn't hear it? My band teacher could hear it. The professional Jazz musicians I have met in Philly (the Philly jazz scene is crazy good, we really know how to swing) can hear it amongst other things I could never pick up on. Musical aficionados learn to tell exact pitches and can tune their own instruments by ear. They learn the intricate differences of the build quality of instrument strings that create its's unique sounds. Bottom line, the human ear has a crazy amount of unlocked potential that can be uncovered over the years with a little work and paying close attention to the little things.
Listening to my favorite songs on vinyl over the years I pick up more and more intricacies planted in the music than I've ever thought could be loaded in. The 70s went crazy with 8, then 16, then 24 track recordings and then some. With noise limits basically gone now experimental or just great bands and recording artists can layer in whatever they want and with the right equipment in your home you can sit down, pay attention, and hear every bit they have to offer you. I can say without a doubt music is best listened to in the living room with a good pair of stereo floor speakers where you can absorb it all in and learn. On the go is fine too but you only get the basic idea of what's really going on. You should just try it out sometime.
Nowadays you can get the whole deal used real cheap from eBay, your local thrift shops, or your neighbors, parents, or grandparents who may still have their stuff lying around. I got all my gear for free cause both my parents had their old players, receivers, and speakers around. Replacing the needle on my player is only $10 every year or two. My MASH (1-bit [debatably the best])5 CD player was only $20 at Care and Share, a huge bargain. One of my friends spent $70 on an amazing late production linear tracking turntable and only $30 bucks for a receiver and CD player. Actually he has two set ups, the other one in his bedroom is all crazy professional equipment he got from a good guy at his church for free. Listening to high quality music nowadays is ridiculously cheap and accessible. Don't knock it till you try it.
ShineGuy210
_"Alright well at the ripe young age of 19 I don't think my ears will be too impaired any time soon."_
You're 19, you're not an 8 year old.
_"Anyways just look to the professional musicians and how they exercise their hearing over the years. Many adults lose their ability to hear ultra high pitch sounds that kids can hear, you know the ones we all used to download and play in class to bug the teacher who couldn't hear it? My band teacher could hear it. The professional Jazz musicians I have met in Philly (the Philly jazz scene is crazy good, we really know how to swing) can hear it amongst other things I could never pick up on."_
And I assume you have the exact levels at which let's say a 19KHz sinewave could be heard?
_"Musical aficionados learn to tell exact pitches and can tune their own instruments by ear. They learn the intricate differences of the build quality of instrument strings that create its's unique sounds."_
On a quiet environment sure, but on a rather noisy environment, good luck.
_"Bottom line, the human ear has a crazy amount of unlocked potential that can be uncovered over the years with a little work and paying close attention to the little things."_
Sources please.
_"Listening to my favorite songs on vinyl over the years I pick up more and more intricacies planted in the music than I've ever thought could be loaded in."_
Surface noise.
_"The 70s went crazy with 8, then 16, then 24 track recordings and then some. With noise limits basically gone now experimental or just great bands and recording artists can layer in whatever they want and with the right equipment in your home you can sit down, pay attention, and hear every bit they have to offer you."_
Fun fact of the day, the noise floor of a 16bit track is way too quiet to hear at all.
_"I can say without a doubt music is best listened to in the living room with a good pair of stereo floor speakers where you can absorb it all in and learn. On the go is fine too but you only get the basic idea of what's really going on. You should just try it out sometime."_
Too bad 99% of the people won't do that :P.
_"Nowadays you can get the whole deal used real cheap from eBay, your local thrift shops, or your neighbors, parents, or grandparents who may still have their stuff lying around. I got all my gear for free cause both my parents had their old players, receivers, and speakers around. Replacing the needle on my player is only $10 every year or two."_
I don't have the room at my place for fancy equipment.
I do have an old Pioneer receiver, I don't know where I stored it though xD.
_"My MASH (1-bit [debatably the best])5 CD player was only $20 at Care and Share, a huge bargain. One of my friends spent $70 on an amazing late production linear tracking turntable and only $30 bucks for a receiver and CD player. Actually he has two set ups, the other one in his bedroom is all crazy professional equipment he got from a good guy at his church for free. Listening to high quality music nowadays is ridiculously cheap and accessible. Don't knock it till you try it."_
I do have some stuff, I have an old Technics MASH cd player that I recently fixed, but I don't have the room to install it :P.
Many people are of the opinion that laserdisc, with it's uncompressed audio, is capable of better audio than dvds. I am hard of hearing and I have always found dialog to be more understandable through a LD than a dvd so there may be some truth to this.
Holy crap Mark has a real turntable. A Rega P3 2000. I had one for years but I upgraded to a Rega P7. So many youtubers have those awful cheap plastic turntables so it is refreshing to see someone with a bonafide audiophile grade rig. BTW Rega now offers a motor upgrade for the P3 which is compatible with their speed box which I absolutely recommend.
13th comment :)
Good review, are you going to review the upcoming NFS game when it comes out?
Is your Laserdisc Player Region Free?
I need to get back into Laserdisc. I have a Pioneer from the early 90s, but it only has composite, sad for me. I do have several classic movies that are great on Laserdisc...like Fantasia...the uncompressed digital audio on the LD format is perfect for Fantasia. I also went out of my way to make sure I had a Complete Aliens set, the entire movie on CAV discs...8 platters. I bought 5 lots before I could piece together a set that wasn't rotted. The CAV set was the only way to get the directors cut of Aliens for a good while, and I dumped the movie onto my compy at the time, and made copies for my friends.
***** Composite acually outputs the best picture quality, since the video is encoded that way.
Well S-video makes it look better, only if the player has a better comb filter which splits the Composite signal into Luma and Chroma
***** The comb filter has nothing to do with the S-Video-Output. It is also applied on the cinch-plug. S-Video only makes sense if you want to use cables that are longer than 2 meters. If the cable is shorter than that, a good composite cable will give you a better picture.
+superhavi You are wrong. The Video encoded on a LD is in Composite video, and must be combed out to get S-Video.
I want one!
I have that Definitive Edition Star Wars box and a few Criterion Collection and Ray Harryhausen Laserdiscs. My player doesn't put out a super great image, though. A lot of red and blue noise on the screen all the time. CLV discs are particularly bad for that. I wasn't sure if that was a Laserdisc thing or just my machine.
Pioneer Elite X9 or X0 were the best Laserdisc Players ever created IMO
Now if only the players weren't crazy expensive... so I could finally watch my copy of Beverly Hills Cop 3 on laserdisc.
awesome
For the young one. You could also get games on Laserdisc like Dragons Lair 1 & 2, Space Ace.
A laser disc player would be nice to have, but with all my Blu Ray/DVD players and movies and video game consoles along with a large selection of music vinyl and CDs, I just cannot afford or have room to start collecting for another media.
Just found one for $10 at goodwill! Woot!
0:58 the cover just said "DIGITAL LASERDISC"
Laserdiscs are analog. The video is analog, the sound is sometimes digital, more often then not, analog.
So make up your mind!
IT AIN'T COMPLETELY DIGITAL LIKE DVD!
I remember watching Armageddon on laser disc.
Wait, never mind laser disks (albeit rad) whats the story about 'Edit Station One'?
In 2006 they put the theatrical versions of the original Star Wars films. it was a limited run and are now OOP
The 25th anniversary Blu ray of Akira has both English dubs on it.
i miss the edzel updates :( is he even still working on the comic? No update on the KS for AGES
OK, having the original English dub of Akira might just sell me!
In the UTFO video for leader of the pack ..Mixmaster ice uses these in the video like its wax ..
is magnavox different?
Tecnovlog MCA DiscoVision is only an older name for LaserDiscs.
So I really need to know the part number for the remote control. Please if anybody knows or where I can get the remote control please let me know. Thanks
I didn't even know such things existed.
I have a Pioneer CLD-A100 LaserActive.
I think if they made them today they would look better cause they would be using a 4k sorce to make the laser disc from which is probably about 480p, you would get less noise or artifacts cause it would be a pristine digitally remastered 4k source used to make it. If I ever made a movie I would make it on laser disc and vhs and everything for fun.
I remember seeing a LaserDisc player at a friends house in the early 90s when I asked him about it he said it was fucking stupid. Having to flip discs and change discs to watch movies.
They are basically huge DVD's
I'm not going to yell at you about putting your greasy mitts on the disc surface... but I want to.
The lord carnage CD's in the laserdisc package look awefully small when compared to the "true" laserdisc.
My neighbor still has these.
Han Solo always shoots first on LaserDisc!!!
So is it normal for these to be loud as hell?
how about ced format