Hello, my name is Dan and I am a re-recovering LD enthusiast.

I am recovering from not enjoying my collection for the last 23 years and I am working on re-installing my surround system so I can enjoy the… surround sound the way I used to.

I purchased a CLD-D505 in 1996 when I decided I wasn’t going to wait for DVD to launch so I could watch Star Wars in widescreen in the best possible way. I had the first WSVHS box set and watched it on a 1968 RCA tube TV back in 1994 or 1995 or so. I was recently graduated from college and recently married and broke as f&$@.

I worked my way up from plain Dolby surround to AC-3 Dolby digital and a Denon AVR-3200 in 1999 and enjoyed the heck out of DD 5.1 surround with four 400w rated 15” Cerwin-Vega speakers and some unknown Infinity center channel with two 150W Infinity sub-woofers all driven by that Denon.

I’m no audiophile. I’m no videophile.

I think my collection of LDs is public so you can see what I’ve got. I’m a sci-fi nutcase.

I stopped buying movies in 2005 or so on DVD. My tv sucks. I just want what I had working in 2002 working again so I can enjoy the classics.

I’m an engineer by education and an automotive one at that. I run a forum for classic Lincolns and have a 1966 four-door convertible since 1998. I know it inside and out.

I hope I can contribute to this forum and learn how to get the best from my setup with a 40-45” 1080p Tv to replace my busted Vizio from 2007. I’m not going crazy with 4K as the picture from LD is just fine even though I know HD content looks far better. I want to show off my system to newbies who never heard of laserdisc or knew that Lincoln made four door convertibles from 1961 to 1967 if you know what I mean.

Thank you for welcoming me.

Dan

Big welcome to the LDDB membership.

Thanks for sharing your background. Best of luck getting the sound system online.

Always glad to read from new members.
Site Admin has provided a very epic website and forum to utilize, enjoy the deep dive here.

Welcome ! ! !

Cheers to the membership

Welcome to the madness, Dan!

Cheers,
Markus

Thank you. I’m still getting the feel of this well-put together system. The database to forum integration is great. I hope to learn what I’ve been missing for the last two decades.