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| Author: | admin [ 18 Oct 2019, 12:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Laserdisc Time Line |
I'm trying to make something pretty using (hopefully free) software and so far it's the best I got. https://time.graphics/line/310843 Limited to 8 pictures and 18 "events" in the free version, and export has watermarks... Attachment: History of LaserDisc.jpg [ 305.01 KiB | Viewed 1843 times ] Julien |
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| Author: | takeshi666 [ 18 Oct 2019, 13:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laserdisc Time Line |
Could add "first letterbox release", and "first collector's edition" which was Criterion's King Kong, wasn't it? |
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| Author: | rein-o [ 18 Oct 2019, 15:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laserdisc Time Line |
takeshi666 wrote: Could add "first letterbox release", and "first collector's edition" which was Criterion's King Kong, wasn't it? Citizen Kane. Looks nice, looking forward to seeing this with more info at a later date. |
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| Author: | takeshi666 [ 18 Oct 2019, 15:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laserdisc Time Line |
I always thought it was King Kong for some reason. The "first letterbox release" might get a little hazy since even before it became an actual "thing", I'd imagine at least a few 1.66:1 films would've been released as is since it made such a little difference. |
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| Author: | rein-o [ 18 Oct 2019, 20:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laserdisc Time Line |
Yeah KK was 2. The widescreen / letterbox deal is a total cluster. I think they say it was Manhattan but it was on CED first? But I swear I had some older anime pressings that are clearly dated on the sleeve and widescreen about 1.7? less than 1.85 It wasn't really until 89-90 that they started to reissue stuff widescreen then full blown around 1991 as it was a sales tactic if you ask me. Even films that weren't widescreen were matted and pumped out as such just to get another sale, then they released the box edition a month later. So if you impatient you could end up with 3 or 4 copies of the same film and spending 150-250 and there was no ebay to dump the extras that you owned. |
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| Author: | signofzeta [ 19 Oct 2019, 04:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laserdisc Time Line |
I think a timeline that mainly covers tech features that are genuinely a thing would be cool.. “Letterbox” is just bars on the same NTSC signal, not really a thing. Stuff like Digital Sound and CAA and all that would be nice to see in a row. Pioneer invented literally dozens of things to slap onto LD. |
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| Author: | pokefraker [ 19 Oct 2019, 11:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laserdisc Time Line |
You're missing the release of Howard the Duck on Laserdisc, which was the start and end of the Golden Age of Cinema. |
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| Author: | spudeus [ 19 Oct 2019, 15:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laserdisc Time Line |
pokefraker wrote: You're missing the release of Howard the Duck on Laserdisc, which was the start and end of the Golden Age of Cinema. Wait, I thought that one was a harbinger of the end of civilization? But what the hay, include it. |
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