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What is the longest side on any Laserdisc?
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Author:  flcl4evr [ 02 May 2012, 11:14 ]
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Fight Club side 1 and 2 both went over 60 min. apiece. It blew my friend and I's minds when we saw it. Alien CLV AC-3 THX remaster gets fairly close to 60 minutes a side if I remember correctly.....
Author:  hippiedalek [ 28 Jun 2012, 17:39 ]
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Gentlemen, I think we have a new champion. Disc 1 of Star Trek: The Pilots [PLTES 34071] features the whole of The Cage on one side, the total running time coming in at 63:55!

Side two contains Where No Man Has Gone Before but that only comes in at 48:33.
Author:  vinylcollector [ 08 Jul 2013, 05:05 ]
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I have just submitted this to the Database.
I now got a Philips Imax Flyers demonstration LD. It's in CAV at 32 mins long, and comes up on my player conter with 45764 frames. That's the longest CAV I now have. The disc was manufactured by Distronics and the only markings are W.O # 1084-22

Interesting the whole movie is on the one side. Whereas the Lumivision Flyers (cav) which is 34mins has the last chapter on side 2
Here are some pics to see. The jacket is a bit rough with spit seam, but you have to take them as they come.

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Author:  vinylcollector [ 08 Jul 2013, 05:10 ]
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The back jacket talks the CDV format, and it also has a fold open insert, explaining the how some of the stunts were done, and the Imax setup mounted on the plane for filiming.

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Author:  vinylcollector [ 08 Jul 2013, 05:11 ]
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The disc label

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Author:  betocure [ 28 Nov 2014, 16:38 ]
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I was wondering this last night, when I was watching:

Spandau Ballet: The Video Collection (1981) [WV038-3024]

Total time: 60'02"... nothing instead of about 63' (!!!!) of that Star Trek side!
Author:  hippiedalek [ 28 Nov 2014, 17:14 ]
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betocure wrote:
I was wondering this last night, when I was watching:

Spandau Ballet: The Video Collection (1981) [WV038-3024]

Total time: 60'02"... nothing instead of about 63' (!!!!) of that Star Trek side!

The Star Trek one is a PAL disc, I think in theory they can run to about 65 mins per side. Considering cessnaace's quote I think your Spandau Ballet disc must be NTSC winner.
cessnaace wrote:
I believe the maximum duration possible on a CAA60 was 60:05, so it might be that side 1 was in fact on a CAA60.
Author:  betocure [ 29 Nov 2014, 18:29 ]
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hippiedalek wrote:
betocure wrote:
I was wondering this last night, when I was watching:

Spandau Ballet: The Video Collection (1981) [WV038-3024]

Total time: 60'02"... nothing instead of about 63' (!!!!) of that Star Trek side!

The Star Trek one is a PAL disc, I think in theory they can run to about 65 mins per side. Considering cessnaace's quote I think your Spandau Ballet disc must be NTSC winner.
cessnaace wrote:
I believe the maximum duration possible on a CAA60 was 60:05, so it might be that side 1 was in fact on a CAA60.



:thumbup:
Author:  blam1 [ 17 Jan 2015, 23:07 ]
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I think that Flyer's disc has got to be the longest I've ever found. The frame count comes out to 31:46.

I just ran across a Technidisc pressed CAV disc that runs 54331 frames for 30:16. I think I read somewhere that CAV actually had a capacity of 32 minutes, but was rarely used due to playback issues.
Author:  virtualvcr [ 14 Mar 2015, 22:37 ]
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Watching my Japanese Import of Showgirls today and noticed that Side A is 60:01. There's about a 1:45 of logos before the actual film starts. Still pretty impressive.
Author:  blam1 [ 17 Mar 2015, 02:09 ]
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Technidisc does it again! The Technidisc pressing of "Silver Streak" [1080-80] has a side B that runs an astounding 60:07. Of course, it didn't have to run past 59:15 - the LaserVision Side 2 bumper runs nearly a full minute.
Author:  betocure [ 19 Apr 2015, 16:41 ]
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Madonna "The Girlie Show" (US Edition)

Madonna: The Girlie Show - Live Down Under (1993) [38391-6]

Side 1 is 60:03!!
Author:  blam1 [ 30 May 2015, 21:45 ]
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I've just picked up Yes: Union Tour Live (1991) [VPLR-70690], and side 2 clocks in at an amazing 60:20!
Author:  confederate [ 31 May 2015, 08:58 ]
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The longest one that I have encountered in my personal collection is the Criterion Edition of Boyz N The Hood which is a fantastic release btw. ( Great movie, great stereo audio, great picture quality )

Both sides are at least 60:20 minutes each ! and there are still some extras at the end of each side.
Author:  je280 [ 31 May 2015, 12:29 ]
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Don't think it's the longest side winner by any means but all the sides of the rather nice UK 2 disc box set of DUNE on LDD 1009 are over the 30 minute mark with PAL/SECAM CAV in fairly large letters on the bottom left of the front cover.

Side 1: frames 48565 - running time 32.22

Side 2: frames 54911 - running time 36.36

Side 3: frames 53825 - running time 35.53

Side 4: frames 43925 - running time 29.17

So the longest side here is 36 minutes & 36 seconds in CAV on the PAL format.

Cheers

They don't make 'em like this anymore
Author:  daro2096 [ 02 Jun 2015, 20:27 ]
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PAL CAV is 36 minutes. But NTSC CAV is just 30 minutes. Its all to do with different frame rates. PAL 25 frames vs. NTSC 29.97 frames per second.
Author:  laserbite34 [ 03 Jun 2015, 00:35 ]
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brmanuk wrote:
Side A of the UK PAL release of Hard Boiled is apparently 63:43 in length!

Hard Boiled (1992) (Uncut) [EE 1015]

Wow that title is coming in tight second close to my SNEAKERS. I wonder if there is a title clocking in at 64mins? :mrgreen:

Sneakers (1992) [PLFEB 31821]

Hopefully my PAL pressing of SNEAKERS clocks in the highest at side 2, 63m.54s. :mrgreen:

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Sneakers (1992) [41431]

I guess the USA pressing with the two sides split at CLV and CAV won't clocking higher than the PAL unless someone here can confirm?
Author:  daro2096 [ 03 Jun 2015, 00:45 ]
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Probably been said before but there was CAA70 format for anything over 64 minutes long and CAA75 which is upto 75 minutes long but I don't think it was ever used.
Author:  laserbite34 [ 03 Jun 2015, 01:22 ]
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^ okay but does my SNEAKERS win. :mrgreen: the laser must be within mm of the outer rim edge of disc when its getting close onto 64m.54s.

I have to check though my collection to see what other PAL titles I have at 120 to 125mins.
Author:  laserbite34 [ 03 Jun 2015, 02:07 ]
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Alive/Alive: 20 Years Later (1993) [PLFEC 31731]

ALIVE side 1 clocked in at around 63m.10s with slow fade to black 64m.11s and auto switching over to side B that doesn't clock in highest as side 1.

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