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forper
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 30 Jun 2017, 12:43 |
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alien wrote: kingpin wrote: Great Escape, The (1963) (Japanese Laserdisc) To be quite honest I've seen the movie for the first time and I like it very much! It was nice to see that Hendley (James Garner) took care of Blythe (Donald Pleasence) after being almost blinded by the Moonshine. A very emotional scene was when the semi-blind Blythe was shot from behind. forper wrote: Superb Kingpin, screenshots from your equipment I presume? That's the magic of Laserdisc/CRT.! kingpin wrote: @forper
I got the picture from the Internet. When I watched a movie, I always took a screenshot of my TV. But i don't do that anymore. Maybe I'll do it again in the future. LOL forper. You do realise that what you are seeing and what you complemented is most likely a HD image from the Blu-Ray. Curse you, ALIEN!!
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 01 Jul 2017, 09:24 |
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laserbite34 wrote: forper wrote: Great stuff! I have Wrath of Khan, feel like pulling it out. Too bad my HR36 is down. Waiting for replacement ICs... Get those ICs repaired Mr. Scott. ICs arrived, replaced the old ones and HR36 now fully operational.! It was a bit touch and go removing and replacing a giant board from the TV, was sure I broke something in the process, or my solders were bad or the chips were junk, BUT it was all good. So happy, been without her for over a month now. Currently having a TV party for one. Don't want to turn it off again just incase it doesn't turn back on! Globe: Naked Screen, my preferred reference LD looks better than ever!
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 30 Jul 2017, 13:37 |
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I was going to buy The Gladiator 1986 with Ken Wahl on LD as I had fond memories of it long time ago. Then found the very same movie for a free view on YouTube. I decided not to buy it coz it didn't do it for me anymore! It's an OK TV movie for 95 min waste of time. killer Dodge Charger used by death driver was cool. http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/01171/ID6 ... diator-The
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 02 Sep 2017, 13:25 |
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Arrived today and still watching F/X (1986) [LDD 1003]Picture is a bit shabby for this PAL transfer. Colours are very low and needed some boasting as with brightness as well as its very dark. Contrast whites on the transfer with daylight scenes didn't look over-boasted with the transfer. Framed full-screen of the 1.85:1 W/S and only time its in W/S is during the end credits. Full-screen Chapter 19 full-screen switches to W/S 1.85:1 Dolby Stereo matrix was okay with clear dialouge and loud music sound effects. No signs of laser-rot.
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 04 Sep 2017, 14:55 |
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Watched Akira for the first time on LD recently. The version I have is the unsubtitled Japanese widescreen version, which is fine because i know the plot (does it have one? ). I've watched the movie loads of times on VHS and on DVD a few times, and I think this one easily stacks up to the DVD version and much better than the VHS version. There's a lot to say about animated movies on LD played on a CRT, very nice. Cool gatefold cover as well.
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 05 Sep 2017, 15:13 |
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rein-o wrote: Yes, most anime from LD is much better on a CRT when comparing them side by side to DVD. If you get a chance watch Captain Harlock: Arcadia of my Youth (1982) [LSTD01195]The picture quality is AMAZING on the LD. I'll have to check that one out. Is that dubbed in English or (preferably) subtitled? Another one that I used to have on DVD is the series Blue Submarine No 6. But from what I've read it's pretty rare on LD and probably in Japanese only.
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 05 Sep 2017, 16:28 |
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holoview wrote: rein-o wrote: Yes, most anime from LD is much better on a CRT when comparing them side by side to DVD. If you get a chance watch Captain Harlock: Arcadia of my Youth (1982) [LSTD01195]The picture quality is AMAZING on the LD. I'll have to check that one out. Is that dubbed in English or (preferably) subtitled? Another one that I used to have on DVD is the series Blue Submarine No 6. But from what I've read it's pretty rare on LD and probably in Japanese only. That version is only in Japanese, there is an American release which is posted in the database and does have some type of English but I can't say anything about the picture quality as I've never owned it.
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 17 Sep 2017, 00:55 |
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holoview wrote: Watched Akira for the first time on LD recently. The version I have is the unsubtitled Japanese widescreen version, which is fine because i know the plot (does it have one? ). I've watched the movie loads of times on VHS and on DVD a few times, and I think this one easily stacks up to the DVD version and much better than the VHS version. There's a lot to say about animated movies on LD played on a CRT, very nice. Cool gatefold cover as well. Yes I have this edition and it's very nice. I think the movie is overrated but has some nicely done scenes and it's the ultlimate way to watch it at home, like all material made in the 20th century. We're living the same experience of the AV elites of the 90s! The ones I personally worshipped. Finally got time to watch this: It's the Megazone 23 Premium LD box released by a strange company called Taxco in 1993 http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/51884/SBL ... remium-BoxIt contains 3 discs. Part I and II and the English version of Part II that Carl Macek dubbed. First up the dialogue track is missing from all three discs on the digital audio tracks! Don't know if anyone else who owns this had the same problem? I only have one working LD player currently so can't test on other equipment but other LDs don't have the problem on the player. Luckily the analogue track is very nice and contains the dialogue!! I have serviceable Japanese after living in-country for more than five years. However some of the harder sci fi vocab is still over my head (have to start studying again, as I get older my inspiration is Marty Friedman) Anyway I haven't seen this since the days of the Canberra Anime Society in the mid 90s where I saw the fansubs on VHS through somebody there. The box was released by a company called Taxco and they have one of the worst logos and openings I've ever seen! I know the rights to the franchise have been sold off a number of times so I guess this is who had the rights at the time. However the quality of the packaging, inserts and mastering is all great (except for the missing dialogue?!!!) It looks and sounds a lot better than I remember, it is a sci fi animation fans dream, both parts are gorgeous. It's easy to see why it was so influential. Anyway really enjoyed seeing these again. Although I'm not such a fan of Umetsu's character designs for part II vs Mikimoto's originals the mecha looks great in both parts. Those Itano dogfights are gold. The girls are cute (Actually love Umetsus punk girl who rides on the back of Yui's motorcycle in Part II, probably influenced by Cindy Lauper?). The action is over the top and filled with detail. I love the REAL brandnames everywhere. I don't agree with some here who thought the violence was over the top. What's the point of going direct to video if you can't show more gore than on TV? It's cool and makes the aliens really sinister. Love EVE more than ever. I pulled out all my Miyasato Kumi CDs and have been listening non stop since I watched it. Recommended.
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 17 Sep 2017, 01:24 |
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lons_vex wrote: I have quite a bunch of anime LD's that only have "isolated score" tracks on digital, and "normal" dialogue audio on analog tracks. I would not call it uncommon. Might be TOEI that used it on a lot of discs. Ok, thanks for your post. It7s the first time I've come across it. How are you supposed to get an LD player to output analogue and digital audio at the same time though??
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 17 Sep 2017, 16:18 |
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forper wrote: lons_vex wrote: I have quite a bunch of anime LD's that only have "isolated score" tracks on digital, and "normal" dialogue audio on analog tracks. I would not call it uncommon. Might be TOEI that used it on a lot of discs. Ok, thanks for your post. It7s the first time I've come across it. How are you supposed to get an LD player to output analogue and digital audio at the same time though?? I have witnessed the same phenomenon with the Zeira movie. The Japanese disc has an isolated score track on its digital audio track and a normal audio track with all the dialogues and sounds on its analogue audio track. I think you misunderstood lons vex' post. What he meant to say was that the analogue audio track contains everything not only the dialogue itself.
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Post subject: Re: What have you been watching? Posted: 18 Sep 2017, 02:01 |
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forper wrote: lons_vex wrote: I have quite a bunch of anime LD's that only have "isolated score" tracks on digital, and "normal" dialogue audio on analog tracks. I would not call it uncommon. Might be TOEI that used it on a lot of discs. Ok, thanks for your post. It7s the first time I've come across it. How are you supposed to get an LD player to output analogue and digital audio at the same time though?? Yeah, you only play one at a time, if you have both playing at the same time it can sound really funky. But its not both analog and digital but both L R Channels that have film on one track and score on the other. They are in sync but one sounds better and then you only get dialog coming from one side of the room NG No Good.
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