Laserdisc Theater Featuring a Vintage Laserdisc Player

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  • @michaelhall6178
    @michaelhall6178 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    All I can imagine now is a laserdisc tutorial video voiced by Sideshow Bob!

  • @marktubeie07
    @marktubeie07 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I don't know how you managed to keep the accent up for so long - simply brill !

  • @SkyCharger001
    @SkyCharger001 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    10:02 I've seen power connectors of similar design. they were part of all-rail power bricks. (as opposed to the more common main-rail (EG: 24) power bricks that require that the device generates the sub-rails (+12,+5,+3.3,-3.3) from said main-rail)

  • @AmaroqStarwind
    @AmaroqStarwind 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    There are a few LaserDisc-related experiments I would like to see done, but can’t do myself because I lack the resources. Here are a few:
    - What happens if you spin a LaserDisc the wrong way while you try to read it?
    - Can you read a LaserDisc using a blue laser?
    - Can you use a CD Lens Cleaner to improve the playback quality of LaserDiscs?

  • @ccateni28
    @ccateni28 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The accent is perfect for this kind of video! Great job!

    • @databits
      @databits  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! It was fun. After all the complaints, I watched the video again a few days later. Still liked it.

  • @Angie2343
    @Angie2343 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Classy!

    • @maverickchan6107
      @maverickchan6107 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have a pioneer LD 707 until today! I love it.

  • @primarchayanamisrequious7946
    @primarchayanamisrequious7946 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so cool, and your voice is awesome. You sound like a passive aggressive villain, who's about to reveal his plan

  • @pHD77
    @pHD77 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    2:18 Are you trying to give all LD fans out there a heart ♥ attack?!

  • @Madness832
    @Madness832 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Seriously dude, what's w/ the Limey accent?

    • @databits
      @databits  7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I see what you did there...lime green! Yes!!!

    • @Fluteboy
      @Fluteboy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He very nearly pulled it off too! It ain't easy to imitate us, but he did VERY well! Ben at the Oddity Archive made an attempt too: th-cam.com/video/LG3x3bxXuic/w-d-xo.htmlm18s

    • @bombtwenty3867
      @bombtwenty3867 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thought it was Snake from the Simpsons.

    • @Wenlocktvdx
      @Wenlocktvdx 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Still hearing American vowels. Valentine Dyall next?

    • @germanboy5392
      @germanboy5392 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      How you learn to talk like that ?

  • @ChristopherSobieniak
    @ChristopherSobieniak 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I actually had this model for years, found it thrown out in a school dumpster and it worked when I got it home and put a disc in!

  • @HD7100
    @HD7100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I enjoyed the video. The LD-838D plays very good.

  • @MinoTheShow
    @MinoTheShow 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    >smartphone, computer, or tablet
    I’m watching this on my CRT, sitting right on top of my CLD-1080

  • @lemonlimestiv
    @lemonlimestiv 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    NTSC = Never That SCart

    • @darrenwells2277
      @darrenwells2277 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Us guys in the UK always used to say NTSC stood for Never Twice the Same Colour

  • @Renatodonadio
    @Renatodonadio 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The special disc could be the disc used in VR simulators, there were special videodiscs that contained approx. 5 minutes of video and audio of things like the cockpit of a rally car, a roller coaster, or a spaceship travelling in space, and digital data, this information was processed by a PC that drove a system of hydraulic pistons that moved and shook the cabin in which viewers were seating in sync with the show ;-D

    • @databits
      @databits  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good guess! Although that isn't it. It's even more special, but I haven't yet devised a plan to make a video about this disc.

  • @masterandservant8021
    @masterandservant8021 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    at the end sounds like Anthony Hopkins when narrated the Grinch..!

  • @mercuryvapoury
    @mercuryvapoury 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The record is "Piano In The Dark" by Brenda Russell. I paused it at just the right time, so you don't have to.

  • @theshadowman1398
    @theshadowman1398 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Now this player looks like a nice basic solid machine. Would love to own one as a back up.

    • @theshadowman1398
      @theshadowman1398 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Actually I am 29. I simply love the format. I have about 120 carefully selected titles + Pioneer DVL 909 player and a DVDO VP20 video scaler / processor to enjoy LD in full on a modern screen.

    • @theshadowman1398
      @theshadowman1398 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah I was never a tape based format kind of guy.

  • @jvatell6111
    @jvatell6111 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have that exact television I bought in 2003 It still performs like it did when new and still looks brand new except the Sharp letters in the front slowly started coming off one by one. It wasn't cheap...close to $500 but I loved the design and had to buy it. Purchased it at Circuit City.

  • @Narayan_1996
    @Narayan_1996 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why, for God's sake, did not I get notification of this video? I love laserdiscs,and nice video dude ^^

  • @ChristopherSobieniak
    @ChristopherSobieniak 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this BTW, love it!

  • @retrotechguy9517
    @retrotechguy9517 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I found your accent relaxing and I enjoyed listening to you explaining everything. You sounded a bit excentric but I like that.

  • @pineappleroad
    @pineappleroad 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    [Begin humour] Someone please smack me, I am somehow convinced I am watching a robot [End humour]

  • @pHD77
    @pHD77 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "All the best stuff is made in Japan 🇯🇵"
    BTTF3 reference?

  • @DMX-PAT
    @DMX-PAT 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Also I found a version of that player with digital in the title, exactly the same it just says digital before laser vision... do you know anything about it?

  • @MickeyD2012
    @MickeyD2012 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I heart your channel.

    • @databits
      @databits  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I heart you for hearting the channel.

  • @DMX-PAT
    @DMX-PAT 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to have a spectre gaming monitor with those jacks in it and I kick myself everyday for pitching the thing into thrash...

  • @AaronRedding
    @AaronRedding 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to have this same one ... a room mate stole it.... it was not a slim device

  • @CodaGardner
    @CodaGardner 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is hilarious.

  • @bigbro5793
    @bigbro5793 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Stuart M. - you are the cool man, man!

  • @aegisofhonor
    @aegisofhonor 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    MUSE Laserdisc players also won't play CDs, think of that when you fork over $2000 for one of those beasts.

  • @stevesmusic1862
    @stevesmusic1862 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lovin the accent I laughed!

  • @PascalGienger
    @PascalGienger 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    AFAIK that was a very low end laserdisc player. It has no features at all, plays only NTSC and only the Laserdisc format. As opposed to other machines it doesn't even have a clamp holding the disc from above. Relying only on that anti slip mat on the spindle for 1,800rpm shows this.
    The video out only was normal because there is only composition video on the disc. Comb filters to well separate Y and C were in the TVs before S-Video as plug came with the arrival of S-VHS.
    The high end models from Pioneer had a very good quality comb filter then - better than the one of most TVs.
    I had the luxury Model CLD-2950 plus AC3 via RF demodulator via hardware mod.

  • @Darieee
    @Darieee 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Naration is 102% pure awesomeness !!

    • @databits
      @databits  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank ye! haha

  • @Dante1122-k5t
    @Dante1122-k5t 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    it looks very similar to my pal pioneer ld-700

  • @slapandtick1e
    @slapandtick1e 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    idk man, im watching a laserdisc right now, crt

  • @TimLeeSongs
    @TimLeeSongs 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Why do people think English people talk like this? I've literally never met anyone who talks like this.
    Very nice machine though!

    • @kaitlyn__L
      @kaitlyn__L 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      haha, i've met people who talk like this. they tend to have offices in hundreds-year-old stone gothic buildings in oxford or cambridge or sometimes london. their desk is wood and their chair is musty leather. every wall is completely covered in leatherbound books.

    • @bradrichards6107
      @bradrichards6107 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tim Lee It is a bit of a posh accent. It reminds me of Alistair Cooke when he was on Masterpiece Theatre.

  • @retrotechandmore8899
    @retrotechandmore8899 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    You inspired me to make my retrotech videos with an English accent! 😂

  • @freezetile8588
    @freezetile8588 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wait, is that Seaman?!

  • @davidwithnalll2987
    @davidwithnalll2987 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    NTSC = Never Twice Same Colour

  • @cyberwolfe
    @cyberwolfe 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Can you say some brilliant English things like: "Cheerio!" and "Blimey!" 🧐

    • @Fluteboy
      @Fluteboy 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would like to hear his "innit buv" accent. That would be "bare nang blud, ya git me!"

  • @mspenrice
    @mspenrice 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Heh, to my ears, that sounds like an "upper class American" accent. Masterpiece Theatre and all that.

  • @martinbrewer7629
    @martinbrewer7629 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The accent didn’t really bug me much, I’m saying that as a guy from Somerset UK where most of us sound like a bland mix of Bristolian and Cornish… The thing that bothers me about the vid is that there was supposed to be something special about the player, and apart from the daft idea of it not being able to play five inch discs, I can’t see why it’s special.
    I wonder if the player came with a five inch to eight adaptor like how three inch discs sometimes came with five inch ones? It’s probably unlikely due to the spinal diameter…

    • @martinbrewer7629
      @martinbrewer7629 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      The thing is, CDV was a multisized format... maybe to the point of it not really being a format... This is why this machine is kinda confusing... Other machines could handle all disc sizes...

    • @mybigfatpolishlife
      @mybigfatpolishlife 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dude he was joking there was nothing notable about that player at all

  • @codenamescarletfox
    @codenamescarletfox 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    U WOT M8!?

  • @Claro1993
    @Claro1993 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi

  • @EpicLPer
    @EpicLPer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I hate to give this video a downvote but the stupid forced accent wasn't pleasant at all

    • @nliberty
      @nliberty 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah... oh hi EpicLPer, the guy I was searching for!

  • @simonward2823
    @simonward2823 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very funny video

  • @brun20
    @brun20 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOL, I see what you did here.

  • @gio048
    @gio048 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    You make me laugh 😂 😂😂😂😂

  • @soliman15
    @soliman15 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I only have 1 friend”s”, what should i do?

  • @gregpavell777
    @gregpavell777 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I got so excited...I booked my flight to Mars...Hello Stanley Kubrick! [this guy's great entertainment]!

    • @databits
      @databits  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching!

  • @mcramp20
    @mcramp20 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    ...hmm that voice, great video !

    • @databits
      @databits  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Mike.

  • @LeChave
    @LeChave 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You've a better English accent than me, and I'm English! :D

    • @databits
      @databits  7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Haha I’m terrible!!!

  • @barriep9
    @barriep9 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Accent funny you should do voice overs lol

    • @databits
      @databits  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ha! Thank you! I'd love to do voice overs!

  • @MrAzztech
    @MrAzztech 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this was painful to watch

  • @MovieGuy846
    @MovieGuy846 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    At first I was going to give the video a thumbs down not only for the accent but the obvious silliness of demonstrating it can’t play CD’s and LP’s. However, after enduring the full 19 min and 36 sec, I came away laughing and enjoying it after all.

    • @databits
      @databits  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you David, I'm glad I accomplished my goal of entertaining and informing you!

  • @codenamescarletfox
    @codenamescarletfox 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Did you really think this is going to be funny