signofzeta wrote:
One does not upgrade FROM a Laserdisc, you can only upgrade TO it because it is the ultimate format.
I love it.
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| Author: | signofzeta [ 15 Mar 2021, 22:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? |
firehorse_44 wrote: My LaserDisc upgrade equals getting the latest version on LD before termination of the format. Peak sound and visual experience available at the time of tech development. If I own multiple copies of a title, it is to posses the latest version for best audio /visual experience on LaserDisc... No kidding. I'm still at 4 out of 5 different versions of Royal Space Force, just need the OG... I don't understand this thread. One does not upgrade FROM a Laserdisc, you can only upgrade TO it because it is the ultimate format. Yes, I did buy the Back to the Future 4K box set today, I don't know what that has to do with anything. |
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| Author: | teddanson [ 15 Mar 2021, 22:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? |
signofzeta wrote: One does not upgrade FROM a Laserdisc, you can only upgrade TO it because it is the ultimate format. I love it.
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| Author: | rein-o [ 15 Mar 2021, 23:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? |
signofzeta wrote: I don't understand this thread. One does not upgrade FROM a Laserdisc, you can only upgrade TO it because it is the ultimate format. Best thing I've read on the internet for the past year. |
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| Author: | cplusplus [ 16 Mar 2021, 00:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? |
rein-o wrote: signofzeta wrote: I don't understand this thread. One does not upgrade FROM a Laserdisc, you can only upgrade TO it because it is the ultimate format. Best thing I've read on the internet for the past year. Best thing I've read on the internet. |
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| Author: | firehorse_44 [ 16 Mar 2021, 11:31 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? |
That S. Bean meme is epic.... So many variants, definitely echo the previous mentions.... Meme world.... |
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| Author: | signofzeta [ 16 Mar 2021, 16:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? |
Am I correct in thinking that’s the guy from Lord of the Rings? |
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| Author: | teddanson [ 16 Mar 2021, 16:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? |
I think it should be immortalised and added to the random quotes on the LDDB main home page. Time to pester Julien? 
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| Author: | mikechambers [ 16 Mar 2021, 17:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? |
Blu Ray only exists because the general public wasn't ready for the uncompromising home theater experience of Laserdisc. |
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| Author: | signofzeta [ 16 Mar 2021, 18:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? |
mikechambers wrote: Blu Ray only exists because the general public wasn't ready for the uncompromising home theater experience of Laserdisc. I somewhat agree with this. Blu-ray is the new LD. I don’t know WTF DVD was. |
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| Author: | mikechambers [ 16 Mar 2021, 18:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? |
DVD was tiny LD with worse sound.  It's too bad LD was subject to it's sunset coinciding with the very beginning of the rise of widescreen TV becoming a thing in the US. It would have been nice to get a lot more anamorphic 16:9 disc options to take full advantage of the resolution, which was such a major advantage for DVD. |
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| Author: | firehorse_44 [ 17 Mar 2021, 00:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? |
signofzeta wrote: Am I correct in thinking that’s the guy from Lord of the Rings? Yeah, Sean Bean played Boromir son of Denethor, the Steward of Gondor and Minas Tirith. He was so most excellent in Equilibrium and The Martian.... He was epic in Ronin as well..... That meme pic has legendary status with hundreds of phrases. Cheers mates |
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| Author: | takeshi666 [ 17 Mar 2021, 03:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? |
mikechambers wrote: DVD was tiny LD with worse sound. It's too bad LD was subject to it's sunset coinciding with the very beginning of the rise of widescreen TV becoming a thing in the US. It would have been nice to get a lot more anamorphic 16:9 disc options to take full advantage of the resolution, which was such a major advantage for DVD. Probably wouldn't have made any difference. Manufacturers probably also wanted to move away from pressing LDs since they required dedicated hardware; meanwhile you could easily convert a plant pressing CDs to press DVDs as well, so there's a significant cost factor as well. Plus DVD has better color reproduction. Movies shot in low light and low contrast look pretty dreadful on laserdisc. |
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| Author: | mikechambers [ 17 Mar 2021, 13:15 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? |
Yeah, definitely, I just meant it would have been nice for people like us who are still using them 20+ years later to have more squeeze discs.
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| Author: | signofzeta [ 17 Mar 2021, 18:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you upgrade your laserdiscs? |
They would probably hold up well to EARLY DVD since so many of them were non-anamorphic. |
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