Hey everyone,

so after beeing active for I guess about two months I wanted to give you guys a short introduction.

I got into Laserdisc only two or three months ago by accident.
My father and myself were watching a movie. We do this occasionally and when we both find the time he comes over as I am the nerd with the better equipment.
We both love "older" movies especially from ~ 1985 - 2005. Most things released after just dont get me that exited. Of course there are exeptions.
I love the art of stop motion and if I would have been born earlier that would have been my passion / profession for sure.

But I digress...

We were watching Demolition Man and the character played by Sandra Bullock said something like "you are even better in real than on Laserdisc".
I always though this to be a joke and some futuristic term used in the movie for some archive disc.
This time however I checked the internet and was shocked / straight in love with the hardware, the quality and the discs itself.
I like old technology that was ahead of its time.
The best quote I found was "10% of Japanese people owned a LD player, while only 1% of Germans even knew what a LD was".
I fully agree with that.

I also like to fiddle with older electronics (collecting pinballs as well which is a rather rare hobby in Germany).
So after a lot of research here I bought myself a CLD-2950 which is in rather good shape I guess.
And after that I, of course, had to start building up a small collection.

So here I am. Yet another useless and expensive hobby. I love it!

Thanks to everyone here for all the posted advise that helped my out a lot!

Cheers,
Markus

Liked your story re; DEmO MaN !
Too Cool to follow through and find out about laserdisc because of a movie reference !

Well your 100% accurate useless and expensive hobby ... fun though and incredibly exciting to treasure hunt into antiquity !

Big LDDB welcome ...

Cheers to the membership ....

P.S.

FYI - first post from a home PC in two years being untimely unhomed and then surviving the mortgage process to build a new home at the worst possible time in modern history ! Climbed the mountain, found enlightenment, and now chop wood and carry water...
FLYING TERRAPIN WILL BE OPEN 2024 later in the year if all goes as planned ......

Thanks for the interesting intro, my first ever player was also a CLD2950 purchased brand new back in 1995 and promoted by the dealer as the best player available in Europe! Was only a few weeks later they were selling the all new CLD-D925 its successor to the throne - never even mentioned at the time a replacement flagship model was imminent

Welcome to the forum - hope you’re here for the long haul

Thanks for the story and welcome from New Zealand