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 Post subject: Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places...
PostPosted: 14 Feb 2020, 02:57 
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"The most bizarre sight at the fair was a Swedish Micra, the oomph of whose hardware could be heard all the way to Lauttasaari and the house of parliament. The picture disc is viewed on a small LCD screen. Apparently it's impossible to restore the car equipped primarily with Orion components and Sony players back to original..."
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 Post subject: Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places...
PostPosted: 14 Feb 2020, 03:34 
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Micras, 80s Micras even, are not large. If one were playing a CAV LD it may even have gyroscopic stabilizing characteristics ala space rockets. :)
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 Post subject: Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places...
PostPosted: 14 Feb 2020, 10:21 
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Cool picture, where is it from - any further info?

Thanks for posting that :thumbup: .

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Found the picture on Facebook around 2016 - can't remember which group as I no longer have a Facebook account.

It sure does look like the interior of a MK1 Golf cabriolet as signofzeta suggests :) edit: maybe not, Micra it is! :roll:
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 Post subject: Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places...
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Rare even back in the day I'd imagine.

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 Post subject: Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places...
PostPosted: 14 Feb 2020, 16:58 
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takeshi666 wrote:
paul_s wrote:
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"The most bizarre sight at the fair was a Swedish Micra, the oomph of whose hardware could be heard all the way to Lauttasaari and the house of parliament. The picture disc is viewed on a small LCD screen. Apparently it's impossible to restore the car equipped primarily with Orion components and Sony players back to original..."


Thank-you takeshi :thumbup: .

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 Post subject: Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places...
PostPosted: 14 Feb 2020, 17:03 
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paul_s wrote:
Rare even back in the day I'd imagine.

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That is a couple of very interesting pictures you have posted here paul_s, I love that kind of stuff.

Thanks :thumbup: .

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 Post subject: Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places...
PostPosted: 14 Feb 2020, 22:28 
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I want to live in '80s again so bad
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 Post subject: Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places...
PostPosted: 14 Feb 2020, 22:40 
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Forper,
If you crave 80's nostalgia, man read the book "READY PLAYER ONE"....

The movie does not even come close to the revisits to the glorious 8o's
Dont know if you read much, however this book is written so you can glide through and not want to put it down.

The movie has some decent graphics, it's the better story and plot that make the book a must imbibe !

I reccomend this book to everyone who would like a nice time machine excursion into the near future and recent past.

Check it out peepz !

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 Post subject: Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places...
PostPosted: 15 Feb 2020, 09:17 
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thanks Firehorse, I think I tried to watch the movie but didn't finish it, not for me.

No I don't read books but thanks anyway. I have my own personal '80s in my head and I just need to buy my own house so I can convert it to all '80s decor
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 Post subject: Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places...
PostPosted: 15 Feb 2020, 18:07 
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paul_s wrote:
Rare even back in the day I'd imagine.

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I'm guessing it just plays a CAV disc at a speed determined by how fast you're pedaling, that's all.
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 Post subject: Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places...
PostPosted: 15 Feb 2020, 18:36 
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It didn’t occur to me that it would be that sophisticated but I guess I can see it doing that.

Does it say “Perceptronics”?
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 Post subject: Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places...
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Very cool. A little more info on it here:
Anyone got LaserTour by Perceptronics?
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 Post subject: Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places...
PostPosted: 24 Feb 2020, 01:57 
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~ 10:30 Peter Weller is watching a video and pauses it as Judy Davis enters, then tells her something like "Laserdisc is superior to VHS, but vinyl is clearly better than CDs. Digital is weird."
  
 
 Post subject: Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places...
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I’ve been meaning to re-watch that one.
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 Post subject: Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places...
PostPosted: 24 Feb 2020, 21:06 
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barely see it but the last room Frank mentions has an LD player
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 Post subject: Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places...
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Grabbed a new switch game, Murder by Numbers.

Had this nice bit of dialogue when I showed a suspect a VHS.

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 Post subject: Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places...
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Rising Sun refers to the medium the security disks are on as Laserdisc ~30:30. They're only about 3" across though.
  
 
 Post subject: Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places...
PostPosted: 03 Apr 2020, 08:15 
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In an episode of the anime series Late Night: Genius Bakabon. Mr Policeman is given a VHS tape by Bakabon's Papa containing possibly pornographic material. Trouble is it's 2018 and no one has a VHS player. The policeman goes door to door trying to find one until one guy tells him he does. The guy in fact actually owns a laserdisc player, which is then is immediately thrown out the window!
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 Post subject: Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places...
PostPosted: 04 Apr 2020, 19:32 
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I don't think it's real but here
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 Post subject: Re: Appearances of Laserdiscs in unexpected places...
PostPosted: 19 Apr 2020, 22:13 
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I'm watching this ESPN 30 for 30 documentary Requiem For The Big East (on the history and downfall of the Big East Conference of College Basketball) and there's this one shot (only appeared for about 1/3 of a second) of a couple kids watching a TV with a Discovision player in front of them . . .

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Dunno what that has to do with the subject matter, but whatevah!
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