Getting closer to rounding out my Fred Olen Ray Laserdisc collection . . .



Neither of those are on DVD by the by (at least not officially.)

Spetters - Pioneer special edition, Uncensored director's cut - came in the mail today.
It's fun to see a American laserdisc release of a Dutch movie.
http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/23916/PSE96-72/Spetters-%281980%29

Fantasia Deluxe CAV. Actually got a few dozen LDs so I can't list them all, but this one stands out. The picture quality is stupendous! Looks very organic and can see pencil and drawing shades on all the animations; no halos either. I've no idea if there's a digital print that looks like this since most are bleached out with details gone. Maybe a DVD print? Those recent Cinderella bluray re-releases look like garbage (I'm not kidding but the VHS of that film looks way better than the DNR'd bluray. Some folks elsewhere have compared the bluray release and it's horrible.).

Also got disappointed with my LD-717. Put Aliens Special Widescreen Collector's Edition CAV disc in player, and it spun the disc against the tray. Got upset as the disc now has a deep radius and skips in my other player . Maybe some toothpaste and slight buffering can fix that hehe ...

Fantasia Deluxe CAV set. LD-V4200 and PVR-150; yv12, no filtering, no agc, 5 line 2d combing, and a dose of saturation and brightness from VLC:

Approximately 40 anime LDs, including a Hong Kong release apparently not listed in the DB, plus a Panasonic LX-900.

Heh. Three new insertions in this batch, although two of them are H-anime discs.

H-anime is awesome. I collect doujinshis myself.

This is what I've gotten since I posted here last. Lots of good stuff! A big thanks goes to Firehorse_44 (for The Matrix) and alex-1 (for some of the Hong Kong titles).












(The sticker is on the PVC so don't worry)



And yes, it's a near mint remote control for the HLD-X0.

Finally after many years I found a 100% mint JP release of my favorite concert of Tina Turner ... (have seen a couple though but with discolored sleeve)
Tina Turner: Queen of Rock & Roll [LVB-2003]

It is her 1981 concert in the Apollo (Harlem NY):




I also have the PAL version of this title, I was lucky enough to find one with no rot several years ago.
Tina Turner: Queen of Rock & Roll (1982) [405.3113]
(as it is an early Sonopress Germany disc which are very prone to have laser rot)

However the JP disc is much better, although it is a 1985 release (Pioneer), never re-released afterwards.

Superman-letterbox with 35mm Dolby mix
A Few Good Men
Mission Impossible THX ac3, can't wait to try this LD track I've heard about.
and FINALLY a CAV Criterion Goldfinger, the last video release to not have the damaged frames chopped out.

Wizard of Oz - Criterion

I made another trip to Thomas Video, possibly my last since they are closing soon. This time I went upstairs where it is 100ºF and pitch black, but FULL OF WONDERS.





I'm very happy for Tokyo Olympiad #117 (1965) [CC1227L]. I've wanted that thing forever. Also, Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983) [TSVM49936]. I'm told the DVD is terrible, and it must be if this LD is superior. Its not that horrendous for HK standards, but its not exactly good either.

They have another copy of Legend of the Forest/Astro Boy (1963) [LVD9508]. I highly recommend this release for any Tezuka fan.

All of this and a couple of DVDs was about $330, with Tokyo Olympiad being the most expensive by far. A few of these I only got because they were AC3, for example, ID4. That movie is naff but I'm sure it will rumble like mad and that's cool once in a while.

I just acquired Star Wars THX CLV Faces Edition trilogy.

Hello,

That is exactly how I started, now I have all these.

Those were my first laserdiscs too.

Gotta love those shlocky Shadow Entertainment titles.

2 thumbs up from me =)

I have the Mission Impossible AC3 LD. Had to use left audio mono since I don't have ac3 RF demodulator. LD looked great! Didn't notice aliasing unlike most 90s prints, and the colors really pop out (wonder if this is one of those super-ntsc LDs).

Crash: Special Edition #349 (1996) [CC1500L]
Laser rot victim...

Video Essentials

(Thanks Rein-o)

Wizard of Oz - THX CLV 1996

Brave heart

Silence of the lamps

the four seasons - Only picked this one up because its a disco vision. kind of a novelty for me, don't think I will ever watch it.