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| Author: | admin [ 15 Mar 2018, 05:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laserdisc is back. Sort of |
rein-o wrote: Too much technical stuff getting the laser aligned and all to get new players made. Lots of lost tech data that newer people will never understand. The analog design mastery is a lost art. Even mid-2000's, SONY gave up fixing Hi-Vision decoders: the staff who designed the analog board had all retired or left the company after the analog division was closed. Pioneer is just a sad picture of what it once was, LaserDisc company (LDC) was disbanded around 2001 to make DVD as GENEON and even this went down. I don't think there's any team left to redesign such old school technology anymore, we're in a digital age now. Look at how much effort (and price point) it took TECHNICS to revive the SL-1200. LD is not coming back. We have to cherish (and maintain) what we have that still works! Julien |
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| Author: | forper [ 15 Mar 2018, 08:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laserdisc is back. Sort of |
signofzeta wrote: It would make a lot more sense to just make a quality flatbed laser scanner shaped like an LD player with software built into it to unwind the spiral and convert it to raw FM that other software (that already exists) can convert to usable video. You’d have a completely different way of playing the same disc that involves a lot less mechanical beefiness and analog sensitivities. Real interesting! Did you just think of this or has this idea been around for a while? |
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| Author: | signofzeta [ 15 Mar 2018, 22:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laserdisc is back. Sort of |
I’ve mentioned it here many times. I feel some version of this is imminent but it will take someone much smarter than me to actually do it. At the moment it’s certainly possible but probably only with very expensive stuff. The 3D printing fad will hopefully give us laser scanners useable at the microscopic level. |
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| Author: | forper [ 16 Mar 2018, 08:32 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laserdisc is back. Sort of |
Cool. You could call it ScanLD (tm) : D |
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| Author: | firehorse_44 [ 16 Mar 2018, 09:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laserdisc is back. Sort of |
Thankful for all this info and speculation..... Grateful to appreciate LaserDisc on a whole new level after reading these posts.... Thanks everyone ! |
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