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scytales
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Post subject: Criterion Bond CAV LD playability issues Posted: 21 Jun 2017, 09:40 |
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Joined: 09 Apr 2016, 19:26 Posts: 37 Location: France Has thanked: 1 time Been thanked: 1 time
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Hello everybody,
I have bought all the three Criterion Bond movies CAV laserdiscs releases for their collectible value, bonus features and the banned audio commentaries but I encountered playability issue with all but one disc !
Somewhere, generally but not systematically near the end of one disc, the sound begins to distort, the video accelerates or goes reversed and then freezes to one frame or stops.
I have tried to read the discs on to different players (Pioneer CLD-2950 and a pro deck Pioneer LD-V4300D) and, sadly, both players shows the same behavior at the same specific disc areas.
Does anyone have faced the same issue with this Criterion releases ?
I begin to fear the same problems would show on every Criterion CAV releases of the '90 or about, such as Ghosbusters, 2001, King Kong or Blade Runner.
_________________ Pioneer CLD-2950 - Panasonic Quintrix TX-32PM11F CRT PAL and NTSC calibrated.
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je280
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Post subject: Re: Criterion Bond CAV LD playability issues Posted: 21 Jun 2017, 12:05 |
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Joined: 13 Sep 2012, 23:14 Posts: 1199 Location: United Kingdom Has thanked: 265 times Been thanked: 259 times
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scytales wrote: Hello everybody,
I have bought all the three Criterion Bond movies CAV laserdiscs releases for their collectible value, bonus features and the banned audio commentaries but I encountered playability issue with all but one disc !
Somewhere, generally but not systematically near the end of one disc, the sound begins to distort, the video accelerates or goes reversed and then freezes to one frame or stops.
I have tried to read the discs on to different players (Pioneer CLD-2950 and a pro deck Pioneer LD-V4300D) and, sadly, both players shows the same behavior at the same specific disc areas.
Does anyone have faced the same issue with this Criterion releases ?
I begin to fear the same problems would show on every Criterion CAV releases of the '90 or about, such as Ghosbusters, 2001, King Kong or Blade Runner. Got these discs but not played them for a few years now. For a few reasons they are interesting LD releases. The transfers were not great & the source print quality did not help but the last time I had them spinning they played as expected (accepting the colour flash present on all the disc sides, some worse than others). If I get the time soon I will give them a spin to see if they have deteriorated since their last play, will try them on a UK PAL/NTSC 925 & an NTSC 1010 . Hopefully they will play okay but perhaps worth checking the other titles as suggested, I don't own many of the Criterion LDs so cannot check myself. Cheers .
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signofzeta
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Post subject: Re: Criterion Bond CAV LD playability issues Posted: 21 Jun 2017, 17:46 |
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Joined: 14 Jan 2010, 09:44 Posts: 5988 Location: Ann Arbor Has thanked: 1292 times Been thanked: 1106 times
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If there is a problem with playback on Criterion stuff I've never experienced it or heard of it. I have about 45 Criterion LDs and maybe 8 of them are CAV including Forbidden Planet, Tokyo Olympiad, Spinal Tap, and A Night at the Opera were all watched in the last few years.
It's probably both of your players, as unlikely as that sounds, or the discs you have are defective. Were they all located separately or did you buy them all at once from the same guy?
_________________ All about LD care, inner sleeves, shrink wrap, etc.
https://youtu.be/b3O-vHpHRpM
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scytales
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Post subject: Re: Criterion Bond CAV LD playability issues Posted: 21 Jun 2017, 20:04 |
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Joined: 09 Apr 2016, 19:26 Posts: 37 Location: France Has thanked: 1 time Been thanked: 1 time
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Hello ! Thanks for your replies. Well, as some of you have suggested above, it seems it's not the discs, for I manage to try them on another CLD-2950 and all the discs play well on this one. I will have to have my players serviced, but where ? Curiously, only this Criterion CAV Bond discs have cause obvious problems and revealed the defects of my players. Great Criterion releases, by the way. I found the transfers decent (Dr No, FRWL) to good (Goldfinger) and the audio commentaries are interesting - they debunked some myths.
_________________ Pioneer CLD-2950 - Panasonic Quintrix TX-32PM11F CRT PAL and NTSC calibrated.
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je280
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Post subject: Re: Criterion Bond CAV LD playability issues Posted: 22 Jun 2017, 09:16 |
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Joined: 13 Sep 2012, 23:14 Posts: 1199 Location: United Kingdom Has thanked: 265 times Been thanked: 259 times
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Hi scytales, really glad to see your discs play well, sorry it appears your players have issues with some discs. I enjoyed spinning these again, commentary track on. Cheers .
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