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| Author: | Guest [ 01 Mar 2012, 23:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Tv question again cannot find CRTS or the Wega as suggested |
It is almost impossible to find a good used analog tv in my town. My 10 year old analog set still works but the big question is if i plug a laserdisc player into a LED/LCD or Plasmas which are getting harder to find will the picture look as good as my analog set or will it be awful? |
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| Author: | flcl4evr [ 02 Mar 2012, 00:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tv question again cannot find CRTS or the Wega as sugges |
On my 52' Bravia LCD in my basement, it looks awful. Watchable awful, but still awful. I only use it for watching my discs with AC-3 surround sound |
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| Author: | yazorin [ 02 Mar 2012, 00:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tv question again cannot find CRTS or the Wega as sugges |
THRIFT STORES! go find your nearest good will or salvation army! you can get some major CRT's at thrift stores, widescreen HD SD WEGA, you can find all those CRT types at thrift stores lol |
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| Author: | Guest [ 02 Mar 2012, 01:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tv question again cannot find CRTS or the Wega as sugges |
There's been a few threads on how to get the best possible picture quality on HDTVs here which might have some good tips for you. In general analog sets will produce a better LD picture than digital. Screen size and viewing distance also are a big factor. On a 42" LCD from 12 feet away laserdiscs look nearly indistinguishable from DVDs. |
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| Author: | elahrairrah [ 02 Mar 2012, 01:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tv question again cannot find CRTS or the Wega as sugges |
Nothing on Craigslist? Just go to the corresponding CL page for your area and type in "WEGA" I've always found quite a few no matter where I look. |
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| Author: | Guest [ 02 Mar 2012, 04:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tv question again cannot find CRTS or the Wega as sugges |
ucfmatt wrote: There's been a few threads on how to get the best possible picture quality on HDTVs here which might have some good tips for you. In general analog sets will produce a better LD picture than digital. Screen size and viewing distance also are a big factor. On a 42" LCD from 12 feet away laserdiscs look nearly indistinguishable from DVDs. holy s**t, 12 feet away? I sit about 8 feet from my 60"! |
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| Author: | naiaru [ 02 Mar 2012, 04:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tv question again cannot find CRTS or the Wega as sugges |
gbpxl wrote: ucfmatt wrote: There's been a few threads on how to get the best possible picture quality on HDTVs here which might have some good tips for you. In general analog sets will produce a better LD picture than digital. Screen size and viewing distance also are a big factor. On a 42" LCD from 12 feet away laserdiscs look nearly indistinguishable from DVDs. holy s**t, 12 feet away? I sit about 8 feet from my 60"! I was thinking that too, I sit 5' from a 42" |
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| Author: | mikeystoyz [ 02 Mar 2012, 06:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tv question again cannot find CRTS or the Wega as sugges |
Keep looking. You will find one. |
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| Author: | ohreally [ 02 Mar 2012, 10:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tv question again cannot find CRTS or the Wega as sugges |
myrtle1beach wrote: It is almost impossible to find a good used analog tv in my town. My 10 year old analog set still works but the big question is if i plug a laserdisc player into a LED/LCD or Plasmas which are getting harder to find will the picture look as good as my analog set or will it be awful? Damn! How many people on this forum have old-ass TVs (no wonder people bash Blu-ray!)??!! Buy a new display and calibrate it properly for Laserdisc 
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| Author: | Guest [ 02 Mar 2012, 18:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tv question again cannot find CRTS or the Wega as sugges |
ohreally wrote: myrtle1beach wrote: It is almost impossible to find a good used analog tv in my town. My 10 year old analog set still works but the big question is if i plug a laserdisc player into a LED/LCD or Plasmas which are getting harder to find will the picture look as good as my analog set or will it be awful? Damn! How many people on this forum have old-ass TVs (no wonder people bash Blu-ray!)??!! Buy a new display and calibrate it properly for Laserdisc |
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| Author: | Guest [ 02 Mar 2012, 19:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tv question again cannot find CRTS or the Wega as sugges |
i have a 42" 1080p Philips LCD. i have it connected directly from my DVL-90 with an S-Video cable, and honestly, all of my LDs look just as good as dvd (if the original transfer was good that is). i sit about 5-6 ft away from the screen. i've never had any problems with it, or any LDs that are noticeably bad. the only time there is a problem with my picture quality is if there is laser rot, or if the original transfer was bad (such as a lot of non-laser-rot artifacts, etc). That said, the picture quality on my DVL-90 looks a lot better than my old V2600 did when i had it connected directly with component cables instead of s-video. i've watched Jurassic Park on each player, same tv, and the DVL-90 with s-video is exceptionally better. its not blu-ray, but its every bit as good as standard dvd. |
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| Author: | Guest [ 02 Mar 2012, 22:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tv question again cannot find CRTS or the Wega as sugges |
gbpxl wrote: ucfmatt wrote: There's been a few threads on how to get the best possible picture quality on HDTVs here which might have some good tips for you. In general analog sets will produce a better LD picture than digital. Screen size and viewing distance also are a big factor. On a 42" LCD from 12 feet away laserdiscs look nearly indistinguishable from DVDs. holy s**t, 12 feet away? I sit about 8 feet from my 60"! I sit around 9-10 feet away from my 60". However I did lug my first LD-player to a friend's house so we could watch Fantasia and I was really surprised at how "good" it looked under those conditions. |
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| Author: | ohreally [ 03 Mar 2012, 00:15 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tv question again cannot find CRTS or the Wega as sugges |
myrtle1beach wrote: It is almost impossible to find a good used analog tv in my town. My 10 year old analog set still works but the big question is if i plug a laserdisc player into a LED/LCD or Plasmas which are getting harder to find will the picture look as good as my analog set or will it be awful? Do you have the "Video Essentials" calibration LD? Have you read the article on watching LD in the digital age? http://www.mindspring.com/~laserguru/digitalage.html There are a number of people on this forum (as well as the AVS forum) who can help get you squared away with a modern display so have fun shopping... |
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| Author: | yazorin [ 03 Mar 2012, 01:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tv question again cannot find CRTS or the Wega as sugges |
the bubblegum crisis discs also have a calibration test at the end of them, idky but its usefull to have |
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| Author: | Guest [ 03 Mar 2012, 15:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tv question again cannot find CRTS or the Wega as sugges |
Thank You My analog set is over 10 years old & im starting to worry as we have one tv repair shop left in town. |
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