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Author:  alien [ 05 Dec 2013, 12:37 ]
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laserbite34 wrote:
You need one of these ALIEN http://www.ebay.com/itm/SONY-SDDS-DFP-D ... 43c188f623

Wire up that AVR RCA to the AUX and have coolness in the home with separate outboard crossover/EQ/amps. Maybe by CP500 for analouge use or use it with Format 11 Extension 6-channel if your home cinema is only 6 channel. You can watch the levels on the LCD display.

This CP500 shows in the pictures but the pics might be from another listing as it makes no mention about cat-685 for discrete input and there are no current listings of cat-685 card for sell.

This listing is must AVR home cinema buy! It even comes with SA10 and 500 has cat-685 card. Don't grumble its a cheap cost and 500 won a technical scientific Oscar and its THX approved.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DOLBY-LABORAT ... 56555cab2a

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dolby-Digital ... 1e83b6cd96

Dolby Stereo matrix has the levels prefixed. The discrete from your AVR if levels are all set correctly you'd see what is happening with 5.1 mix and if you feel that the levels need to be adjusted and trimmed down on the LCR with equal -db reduced if you feel it needs adjustment for one or few films and make a note on paper and place it in the DVD LD blu box so that you know what to set it up at.

Sounds cool and if I had the money/time/space I'd look in to it, but my home theater is set up in my lounge room and I have a family which hate how loud my puny basic home theater is already haha, and also space is limited. Even so though many people have reviewed about the surrounds being quite in active for the most part when it comes to The Shawshank Redemption on blu-ray.com. So its not like something is fundamentally wrong with my set up, although it could do with some improving I'm not doubting that for a second.
Author:  laserbite34 [ 05 Dec 2013, 16:38 ]
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Well ALIEN, I'd just lower the front LCR equally down by some many -db and turn the fader/volume up a few +db higher for one film and see how it improves the film atmosphere for the surrounds?
Author:  alien [ 06 Dec 2013, 01:27 ]
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laserbite34 wrote:
Well ALIEN, I'd just lower the front LCR equally down by some many -db and turn the fader/volume up a few +db higher for one film and see how it improves the film atmosphere for the surrounds?

Good idea, can't hurt to try it. Although generally speaking I get good surround sound activity if the source material calls for it. I've been watching the Soaprones on DVD for instance, and all the speakers get utilized for music, sound effects, background noises etc to create a atmosphere that comes full circle. Also I've since made modifications/tweaks in general for the better with the audio settings since I last watched Shawshank Redemption anyway, so maybe that in itself would make a difference too.
Author:  Guest [ 06 Dec 2013, 23:47 ]
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Well scratch Mr. Holland's Opus of the list I got the Item and USPS damaged the Disc. This set was one of the ones I really wanted badly :(

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Author:  elahrairrah [ 07 Dec 2013, 00:23 ]
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Yikes! Did someone use that to block a bullet?
Author:  rein-o [ 07 Dec 2013, 05:45 ]
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i just want to add to this, it's not USPS that destroyed that disc it was the seller who didn't pack it right :evil:

if USPS could do that they would do it to ALL packages, so it shows they aren't that good at destroying stuff.

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Author:  Guest [ 09 Dec 2013, 09:50 ]
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rein-o there is one thing you don't see in the pic because my phone camera sucks is that there was a good sized dent in the cardboard. I have 2 more packages that I am waiting for one is another laserDisc and one is a Vinyl Record. I Guess we will see when they some in if they are broken also.
Author:  tsak [ 09 Dec 2013, 12:33 ]
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I just paid for 21 Laserdiscs off eBay including a Ultraman disc....pics to come.
Also, he had another LD of anime, and I didn't want it, but I knew someone here might be interested
http://www.ebay.com/itm/360809678625
Author:  knatterbuechse [ 09 Dec 2013, 15:42 ]
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Finally found these nice discs at Yahoo Japan some weeks ago:

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Author:  rein-o [ 09 Dec 2013, 19:08 ]
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no matter, if the seller packs it right there will be no damage.
but its hard to use another 1-2 dollars of cardboard on a 10 dollar disc


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Author:  confederate [ 14 Dec 2013, 20:48 ]
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I bought a couple of new discs last month but the rarest title I got is a German LD released by the German Free University of Berlin's Meteorological department.

The disc was released in 1991 and pressed by Sonopress. It still works flawlessly. It is a CAV encoded disc and includes satellite images of clouds moving and stuff
like that. It was meant to be used as a means of instruction for meteorology students. The official title is METEO DISC (ZEAM/EUMETSAT Meteorologie Freie Universität Berlin).
The sound is analogue btw and the disc is divided into many chapters and before each lesson the disc stops at a certain frame and you can study each satellite image
frame by frame including a commentary to accompany each lesson.

There is no lddb database entry for this disc. I would say it is extremely rare.

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Author:  sdraper [ 16 Dec 2013, 01:14 ]
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Licence to Kill Remastered WS from MGM.
$11 shipped, sealed copy!
Author:  ffutures [ 17 Dec 2013, 14:36 ]
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confederate wrote:
I bought a couple of new discs last month but the rarest title I got is a German LD released by the German Free University of Berlin's Meteorological department.

The disc was released in 1991 and pressed by Sonopress. It still works flawlessly. It is a CAV encoded disc and includes satellite images of clouds moving and stuff
like that. It was meant to be used as a means of instruction for meteorology students. The official title is METEO DISC (ZEAM/EUMETSAT Meteorologie Freie Universität Berlin).
The sound is analogue btw and the disc is divided into many chapters and before each lesson the disc stops at a certain frame and you can study each satellite image
frame by frame including a commentary to accompany each lesson.

There is no lddb database entry for this disc. I would say it is extremely rare.


My first player was a really old PAL analogue-only machine intended for educational use, which came with some science and maths education discs that used similar technology. You used a plug-in light pen to scan a sheet of bar codes to go to a particular picture / scene, they included multiple choice quizzes. But they were fairly low level - Key Stage 2, which in American terms is I think fifth or sixth grade - and I ended up giving them, and the player and pen, to a suitable school when I got a better player.

Hopefully I'll be picking up some good stuff tomorrow; some classical music and opera, and some Beatles movies and documentaries. They were advertised a couple of weeks ago but I thought they would be too expensive and too much trouble once I factored in transport, but it turns out that the vendor has something else I want which makes it worthwhile going there. I'll post again once I've got them.
Author:  tsak [ 18 Dec 2013, 03:33 ]
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A box of LASERDISCS came yesterday, I finally got some pics (21):
Cool Runnings
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Ultraman Ace Vol.3
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Heavy Metal
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Alien 4: Resurrection
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Barb-Wire
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Beverly Hills Cop III
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Beverly Hillbillies
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GoldenEye
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Down Periscope
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Escape From L.A.
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Flash Gordon
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Independence Day
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Jungle 2 Jungle
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Liar Liar
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Muppet Treasure Island
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Monty Python's Flying Circus
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Richie Rich
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Spy Hard
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The Flintstones
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Time Runner with Mark Hamill
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WaterWorld
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Author:  ffutures [ 18 Dec 2013, 15:24 ]
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Just back from picking up a job lot, mostly music, all PAL except for the ones marked NTSC

PLFEB 34311 - Hard Day's Night, A (1964)
PLFEB 34301 - Help!: The Beatles (1965)
PLFEA 34321 - The Beatles: You Can't Do That!: Making of A Hard Day's Night (1995)
ML100166 - Compleat Beatles, The (1984) - NTSC
17004 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) - NTSC
PLMCC 01031 - Verdi: Aida: Studer: Royal Opera (1994)
072 148-1 - Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine (1989)

Also
90-0509-5 - The Pied Piper plus Cinderella - two shorts by Cosgrove Hall, a company that made stop-motion animation films for children
BBCV 1016L - Paint! - film about painting techniques

Haven't tried playing them yet but they all appear to be in excellent condition, no signs of rot etc.

Cost me £25 (about $41) plus train fare, but I got some other things from the same vendor so I'm not counting that.

later - no problems, all of them are exceptionally clean in fact, but the Pied Piper and Paint! discs are analogue sound only, and my player can't handle analogue-only PAL; Pioneer saved a few pounds on the design by leaving out the components. Oh well, there's a charity shop that seems to be able to sell them, I'll drop them in the next time I'm in the area. A real shame, because Cosgrove Hall were very good for their day, it would have been nice to show that disk to various younger relatives.
Author:  laserbite34 [ 18 Dec 2013, 19:58 ]
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markitzero wrote:
Well scratch Mr. Holland's Opus of the list I got the Item and USPS damaged the Disc. This set was one of the ones I really wanted badly :(

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:shock: Holy crap. Looks like Sharon Stone had a go it with an ice-pick.

I'd be mighty p!ssed off if I had anything like that again in the post.

markitzero, did you get refunded for damaged goods?

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Author:  laserbite34 [ 23 Dec 2013, 19:12 ]
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Arrived today RANSOM (1996) extended uncut an extra 18mins not available on region 2 DVD.

Ransom (1996) (Uncut) [8295 AS]

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Author:  bguzman [ 24 Dec 2013, 03:32 ]
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Picked up all these for $16 at the used record store today. :D
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Author:  benmbe [ 24 Dec 2013, 19:02 ]
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markitzero wrote:
rein-o there is one thing you don't see in the pic because my phone camera sucks is that there was a good sized dent in the cardboard. I have 2 more packages that I am waiting for one is another laserDisc and one is a Vinyl Record. I Guess we will see when they some in if they are broken also.



Good evening from the UK markitzero,

When I viewed you pictures of the damaged ''Mr. Holland's Opus'' it made me cringe sir......I really felt for your disappointment.
Us Laserdisc enthusiast's at times wait many weeks, months ''if not years'' to finally get hold of a longed for title.

I really hope the rest of your deliveries turn up in perfect shape friend.

Keep us informed of when they turn up, and also when you finally get hold of another Mr Holland Opus

Kind and Genuine Regards from a serious collector.

:x :cry:
Author:  benmbe [ 24 Dec 2013, 19:08 ]
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Hello Guys,

Seeing that damaged laserdisc is making myself worry about, a laserdisc that I have coming from Japan.

T2 obviously the Japanese version.

I shall post a picture when this arrives.......Stay tuned!!
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