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alien
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Post subject: Re: The Laserdisc Screenshot Thread Posted: 08 May 2015, 14:05 |
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nissling wrote: Also got a new ID4 comparison. You know I love this film and now LD looks much better than a year ago! LD still lacks in colors but overall it's a really fair game. The checkerboard artifacts aren't visible in motion. LD: DVD: The LD cap looks a lot better than last time absolutely. The DVD still a fair way ahead in terms of colour and clarity, but the LD looks very respectable now.
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laserbite34
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Post subject: Re: The Laserdisc Screenshot Thread Posted: 22 May 2015, 10:18 |
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mercury77 wrote: Liking your images....but I do not understand what you refer to on Side2 ? What are bind can't you see it? It sticks out like a sore thumb for several frames. Go and watch it, carefully. I'm guessing might be connected to the telecine process with the scan lines.
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alien
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Post subject: Re: The Laserdisc Screenshot Thread Posted: 23 May 2015, 08:07 |
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laserbite34 wrote: Spinning ID4 Dolby AC-3 (THX sound system) Any ID4 of this pressing Independence Day: ID4 (1996) [0411885] see this on side 2 time is on flat screen. It happens at several frames and sticks out how did THX miss this? laserbite, looks like you finely upgraded your CRT to a more modern display. How big is that new TV? and how do you compare the image quality of LD on it vs your previous CRT?
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laserbite34
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Post subject: Re: The Laserdisc Screenshot Thread Posted: 03 Jun 2015, 20:31 |
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alien wrote: laserbite, looks like you finely upgraded your CRT to a more modern display. How big is that new TV? and how do you compare the image quality of LD on it vs your previous CRT? My dad gave me the LG and got himself a newer larger a bit more flatter at 55" I think one of those OLEG type? As for the LG, it looks larger by only inches more at 38" the image is smoother and I have gotten used to it since December 2014. The flexibility of colour controls from standard to advance settings gives a bit more control over the Sony CRT 28". I can see the detail a bit clearer the back-lighting on it isn't all that bad it has a relatively even brightness when standing up many feet away from it but when standing near to it and looking down it goes a bit polarized but who knows maybe some like standing 2" from there flat screen looking down at it from an angle? The colour looks about the same as I didn't have the opportunity to compare the Sony CRT as it gave up and it had a good run for around 1994, 20 years. The speakers on it are only good for hearing the sound not listening too a film as it sounds so incredibly narrow and limited in low end. The top end has EQ controls that reach over 12KHz and most early day TV's mono was limited around 100Hz to 8KHz or so. I never use the TV speakers when I have full-range ones all around the room. The weight of it. WOW far, far easier to move it around without struggling but then the lager a flat screen gets then you'd start struggling again and got bear in mind that if you drop it, the screen will get damaged so got handle it carefully. The assorted x3 HDMI and x1 RGB x1 SCART x2 video (and ant that I don't use) x4 RCA LR phone inputs x2 9 pin connectors. I think a kitchen sink is fitted somewhere on it as well? I keep the screen cleaned with wipe over once every few weeks. Oh, as the for speakers and subs no more colour getting messed up so I can move the subs around a bit and put them in tighter closer around the TV than before.
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Post subject: Re: The Laserdisc Screenshot Thread Posted: 14 Jan 2020, 00:48 |
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jesuslovesgood wrote: I am also ripping through composite cables. I believe if I had an s-video cable which I'm waiting for in the mail it would produce better results when ripping. Yes I know composite is better for laserdisc but when ripping I'd imagine the s-video cable might be a benefit quality wise. Hmm, this issue again. Why do you believe that? Wouldn't it be better to have an unprocessed signal through composite to play with on your ripping software? The screenshots look good.
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Post subject: Re: The Laserdisc Screenshot Thread Posted: 22 Jan 2020, 17:17 |
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jesuslovesgood wrote: Edit: Seller of another laserdisc I have tells me he is having family problems and that he isn't avoiding me and is hinting he has no problems refunding me. I cannot say what the family problems is to protect his privacy. I feel bad tho now if he's telling me the truth. I kind of accused him of being a scammer. So maybe I jumped to conclusions too fast on seller. So I'll take the blame for that.
I am grateful to have this in my collection and from what I can tell it's in insane like New condition. The DISC doesn't appear to have any scratches on it and the seller claimed rot free. I have not watched it yet but I did rip a copy for myself to stream with a friend online. I'm hoping it doesn't have laserdisc rot or laserdisc warp. From what I can tell by the video quality it has not. Also for some weird reason when I ripped it with elgato it messed up the aspect ratio so now I'm re-encoding it(maybe a tiny loss of quality) to the correct aspect ratio. All in all I'm impressed by what this looks like considering the fact this laserdisc I believe is from 1981 a year after it came out the theaters. I think the video quality is good considering the time period this laserdisc came out in. What do I have to do take great care of this laserdisc so it doesn't rot and I have to prevent laserdisc warp? Is this prone to rotting over time? I am keeping my laserdiscs in a cool area and stacked vertically in a box that has a box top that covers the top of it. It flips off and flips on and is attached to the cardboard box. Also these screenshots are taken in vlc media player with I believe 16:10 aspect ratio because for some weird reason 16:10 fixes the aspect ratio of this particular laserdisc rip of mine. This isn't the re-encoded version so not much quality should be loss tho I do feel like Elgato standard version probably isn't ripping to the best of it's ability. Meaning I'm sure there's something better to rip with. Not saying Elgato is terrible but I feel like laserdiscs get compressed visually when ripped with the program and maybe in general laserdiscs get compressed and it's best to always have the original at hand. I also love my Halloween Criterion release laserdisc but now I have a new favorite. Friday the 13th was always a movie when I was a child that scared me and the first one in my opinion is one of the best of the series tho opinions are like butt holes and I'm sure most may disagree with me on that. I also own the uncut version bluray in the 8 movie box set and the uncut version suffers from a horrible scene with Kevin Bacon's neck which thankfully I heard is cut out in the laserdisc version. This is the rare case where the cut version is probably better than the uncut version since the obvious fake neck takes you out of the mood. And who ever sold me this copy on ebay I love you so much because lately I've had a lot of laserdiscs of other movies with laserdisc rot and warped laserdisc that I'm thankful that I appear to have a beautiful copy of this for laserdisc. It's going to be one of my most cherished laserdiscs. Maybe if I go to a horror convention in New Jersey I could possibly get it signed by some of the actors and people that worked on the first one if I'm lucky enough. Tho I never go to horror conventions. The copy I have is mint like New. The Cover is beautiful. I love collecting laserdiscs but the problem is most of the sellers on Ebay seem to be people who are resellers and probably don't even own a laserdisc player and they sell laserdisc rot and warped discs to the point that I get turned off by collecting a bit. And some of them want a ton of money for laserdiscs that don't work properly visual or audio wise. I'm dealing with one scumbag seller right now he's refusing a refund because I think the idiot must have spent all the money he made on laserdiscs and other people probably are trying to return his aka Shane's defective laserdiscs. I mentioned the guys name because if you run into someone with the name Shane on Ebay that is selling laserdiscs be aware that he doesn't test them and probably doesn't have a laserdisc player. He claimed to be a collector to me in pm and was trying to be cool but now he's refusing refunds like a scamming b*****d that probably went to his local flea market or goodwill to buy up all the laserdiscs and sell them for much more online. I don't like people who do that. They hurt us real collectors of movies that enjoy watching these different prints of the movie on our laserdisc players. Anyways enjoy these screenshots and I am not sure if I am allowed to give Shane's last name on here so for his privacy I will just use his first name. Don't think there's any harm in mentioning his first name. I haven't read the rules on this forum so not sure if I'm allowed to give his ebay account name out on here. Maybe if others are worried about dealing with people like Shane you will message me and I'll give you more info on the seller such his ebay account and so on as long as that is allowed. If that is not allowed then I won't do that. Anyways enjoy these screenshots of Friday the 13th laserdisc! It's a beauty from a great movie directed by the great Sean Cunningham. I know Carpenter claims the Friday the 13th movies ripped off his franchise but I personally prefer Friday the 13th over Halloween. Not saying Halloween isn't good on it's own right but I'm a bigger fan of Friday the 13th. Man would have been something if I could have gotten Halloween signed by someone like Dr. Loomis but sadly that actor I believe died awhile ago. The actor that plays Dr. Loomis is one of my favorite things about Halloween 1978.
Postimage is down right now I hope imgur is a good enough host. I feel like imgur resizes and takes some quality away from pictures so I hope these still look good on imgur. Apparently VLC Media player did not fix the aspect ratio when I took screenshots. Anyways this should still give you a slight indication on what you can expect quality wise with this movie.
Seriously?? You can't sort your stream of consciousness drivel into paragraphs?? Why would you expect anyone to even attempt to read that - I certainly didn't. When this kind of sh!t happens it generally points to something.....
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