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rein-o
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Post subject: Re: What do DiscoVision dead sides look like? Posted: 25 Feb 2016, 04:25 |
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Sounds like the coating to me. ________________________________ the rein-o official signature:
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forty-six-and-2
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Post subject: Re: What do DiscoVision dead sides look like? Posted: 28 Feb 2016, 03:30 |
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I actually posted a thread that addresses the dead sides of DiscoVision titles and a step-by-step guide on how to view them, which you can see here.In essence, the ones with potentially viewable dead sides have a finish I describe there as being like frosted glass. It sounds like the dead side of your copy of "Jaws" CAV is the same way, so I guarantee there's something there. How interesting it'll end up being, however, is totally up to chance. I have sides 2 and 4 of "Looking for Mister Goodbar" on dead sides, for example, but I also have sides from common films like "Coal Miner's Daughter" or "Smokey and the Bandit," as well as plenty of GM programs. Worth checking out, though! It's just part of the fun of DiscoVision collecting for me. The other kind mentioned here, the "glue spray," that look like this: Have no special coating you can remove, or any "hidden" content you can view. You're seeing the glue because that side is just a transparent plastic disc glued to the other half -- there's no reflective layer of aluminum underneath it. As another example, this is what my copy of "Alien" on the Magnetic Video label looks like (it was also manufactured by DiscoVision):
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rein-o
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Post subject: Re: What do DiscoVision dead sides look like? Posted: 02 Mar 2016, 22:01 |
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Coated sides look like crap not mirror like yours Laserbite. I don't have any dead sides as I've cleaned them or sold them all. Only DiscoVisions I have are using all the sides. ________________________________ the rein-o official signature:
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laserbite34
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Post subject: Re: What do DiscoVision dead sides look like? Posted: 03 Mar 2016, 12:44 |
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rein-o wrote: Coated sides look like crap not mirror like yours Laserbite.
I don't have any dead sides as I've cleaned them or sold them all. Only DiscoVisions I have are using all the sides.
It does make for a good mirror. I have to keep this topic in mind maybe it only applies to NTSC DiscoVison and not early PAL discs?
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laserbite34
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Post subject: Re: What do DiscoVision dead sides look like? Posted: 05 Mar 2016, 02:29 |
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blam1 wrote: PDO UK did a different "dead side" route with a blank mirrored side. There isn't anything to "uncover". Okay so that clears that matter up for early PAL UK discs. There is only one Disco one want to get Buck Rogers 25th Century, when I see it at sane price and not insanely priced.
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blam1
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Post subject: Re: What do DiscoVision dead sides look like? Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 16:50 |
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Quote: Or what is then correct common name for such LD side which contains film or programme (continuing from other sides) and is now not readable - player can't found any readable contents/chapters? I understand where you are going with this thought, but let's not confuse 38 years of terminology. A side that should play, but doesn't is a "rotted" side in my opinion. A "Dead Side" is a side that wasn't intended to be playable, but is. HOLY CRAP! LaserDisc is 38 years old!
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admin
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Post subject: Re: What do DiscoVision dead sides look like? Posted: 12 Jan 2020, 13:17 |
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forty-six-and-2 wrote: As another example, this is what my copy of "Alien" on the Magnetic Video label looks like (it was also manufactured by DiscoVision) Mine is just as bad! Front/Back side collage to highlight the differences. Attachment:
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dandu
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Post subject: Re: What do DiscoVision dead sides look like? Posted: 13 Jan 2020, 00:28 |
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muzer wrote: Sorry for the thread resurrection. I finally tried to clean off the lacquer on my Jaws CAV dead side. Underneath the lacquer I revealed... a mirror disc!
Damn. I have exactly the same things with my copy of Jaws : no Dead Side, juste a mirror
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blam1
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Post subject: Re: What do DiscoVision dead sides look like? Posted: 14 Jan 2020, 19:25 |
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dandu wrote: muzer wrote: Sorry for the thread resurrection. I finally tried to clean off the lacquer on my Jaws CAV dead side. Underneath the lacquer I revealed... a mirror disc!
Damn. I have exactly the same things with my copy of Jaws : no Dead Side, juste a mirror Can you post a picture of this?
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