Hi everyone,

I've been using LDDb to keep track of my collection, and I figured it was time to introduce myself to the community!
I am a French-speaking collector living in Europe.
To be completely honest, I started my LaserDisc journey just about a month ago. I reached a boiling point with the ongoing modern censorship and the "politically correct" rewriting of movie history. Erasing our history puts us at risk of repeating it, and I strongly believe in preserving the absolute authenticity of a piece of art, even if its outdated context or mentalities might shock some modern audiences today.For me, LaserDiscs hold a critical importance because they are the ultimate physical gatekeepers of unedited cinema. Many of these original cuts will never see a modern re-release due to copyright issues, music rights, or other corporate legal nonsense.

My overall movie collection already includes more than 1,500 movies across various formats (DVD, Blu-ray, etc.), and I have recently acquired around 300 LaserDiscs.
I am well aware that my current LD batch (mostly local PAL releases rescued from flea markets) might not yet contain the rarest unedited gems, but we all have to start somewhere!

By the way, if any of you have compiled or know of lists tracking unreleased, uncensored, or heavily modified movies that are best preserved on LaserDisc, please share them with me! I am highly interested in building my future wantlist around this historical approach.

My current setup includes:
* LD Players: Pioneer CLD-D925 & Pioneer CLD-2950
* Displays: Philips 4K TV & JVC D-ILA NZ7 Projector
* Video Processing: To be frank, without serious upscaling, LDs look unwatchable on modern 4K panels and projectors. I am currently using a few other hardware components, but I am eagerly waiting to receive my RetroTINK-4K Pro very soon to finally get the best out of these discs.

I'm happy to join a community that values physical media and history preservation. Looking forward to chatting with you all!

Cheers!

Vincent

Hi Vincent,

And a slightly belated welcome to the forum!

Désolé mais je ne parle que le français .. pffff
Bonjour bonjour, et bienvenue.
je suis inscrit depuis peu aussi, mais pour faire un autre genre de collection .. les LD de France disques, qui ne comporte que des clip, distribué en France, Suisse, et peut-être aussi en Belgique, mais sans certitude si vous en voyez en Belgique dites le moi, ne serai-ce que pour savoir si c'etait aussi distribué en Belgique. L'appareil qui les lisait était le lasergraph fabriqué par Wurlitzer ...

De plus, selon les conseils de l'admin du site , il m'a dirigé sur une page ou il y a des inscrits parlant français. si ca vous interesse .. meme si peu parlent .. c'est un raccourci utile aussi !!

https://forum.lddb.com/viewforum.php?f=35

cordialement. Patrick